Sai Aashraya

September 29, 2019

When Râma, Sîtâ and Lakshmana were riding off to the forest in the chariot, in obedience to the plighted word of Dasaratha, Dasaratha came in another chariot, behind them and shouted, in great agony at their departure: "Stop! Stop! Turn back!".

September 28, 2019

The Superintendent of a District Jail called the prisoner to his office and read out his discharge order. He said that he was free and had to get out of the jail in half an hour. "While going, carry with you the mat and pot you brought with you", he ordered.

September 27, 2019

Because God comes out of our heart in the form of speech, we must try to make our speech as pure and clean as possible. God is also in the form of Truth. So whatever we will be saying will have an echo: "Let it be so!" There is a small story for this....

September 26, 2019

One day, when Swami Vivekananda was moving about in the city of Calcutta, an aristocratically dressed person accosted him and asked: "Why do you wear this gerua (ochre color) robe? Perhaps, you want to advertise that you have given up the world and renounced all desires.

September 25, 2019

It is said that during the Kurukshetra battle which lasted for 18 days, Vyâsa had his mind torn with contrition, for, the contestants were both of his lineage. So, he could not cast his eyes on the fratricidal carnage! 

September 24, 2019

God is so merciful that He will come ten steps towards you, if you but take one step towards Him. Vibhishana , the brother of Râvana, inquired from Hanumân whether Râma will accept his homage and take him under His protecting shade.

September 23, 2019

One night a man came to our house and told me, “There is a family with eight children. They have not eaten for days,” I took some food and I went. When I finally came to the family, I saw the faces of those little children disfigured by hunger.

September 22, 2019

A rich merchant once went to a holy place to attend the temple festival. A thief too followed him, in order to knock off his purse. But, he posed as a companion proceeding to the same place, for the same festival. They stayed in a Dharmasala for the night. When everyone had gone into deep sleep, the thief who kept awake until then, rose and searched everywhere for the merchant's bag. 

September 21, 2019

A street-hawker had on his head a basket full of empty bottles, as he walked along to the bazaar. He hoped to sell the lot at a profit of ten rupees and, in ten days, he calculated his earnings would have accumulated to a hundred rupees. With that capital, he planned to switch on to more profitable deals.

September 20, 2019

Abou Ben Adhem saw a brilliance in his room when he returned home. He found an angel sitting at the table and recording something in a register. He ventured to ask her very politely what she was so assiduously writing down. She said that she was recording the names of those who loved God.