Authentic Self (1)
प्रामाणिक स्व(१) सबसे बड़ा धर्म है, अपने स्वभाव के प्रति सच्चा होना। — स्वामी विवेकानंद Authentic Self (1) The greatest religion is, To be true to your own nature. — Swami Vivekanand Image Credit: Thomas Harrison, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Strength of Character (2)
चरित्र शक्ति (२) सबसे बड़ा पाप है, ख़ुद को कमजोर समझना । — स्वामी विवेकानंद Strength of Character (2) The greatest sin is to think yourself weak. — Swami Vivekanand Image Credit: Thomas Harrison, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Strength of Character (1)
चरित्र शक्ति (१) ताकत की उच्चतम अभिव्यक्ति खुद को शांत और अपने पैरों पर रखना है । — स्वामी विवेकानंद Strength of Character (1) The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet. — Swami Vivekanand Image Credit: Thomas Harrison, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Self-discipline (1)
All self-discipline might be defined as “Teaching ourselves to do the unnatural.“ —-M. Scott Peck आत्म-अनुशासन (१) सभी तरह के आत्मानुशासन की परिभाषा हो सकती है “अपने को अप्राकृतिक कार्य करना सिखाना” — ऐम. स्कॉट पेक
Pundalika
The city of Pandharpur in southern Maharashtra, in peninsular India, has the famous temple of Vithoba, a form of Krishna. The shrine’s origin is related to one Pundalika who lived with his wife and old parents. He was very devoted to his parents. Far away in the city of Dwaraka, Krishna heard about the beautiful […]
Prahlad
Prahlad was born to King Hiranyakashipu, a powerful asura (demon) king, who desired immortality and sought to be worshipped as a Bhagwan. After performing bhakti and severe penance, Hiranyakashipu was granted a boon by Brahmaji that he could not be killed by a man or a beast, neither indoors nor outdoors, neither during the day […]
Nachiketa, the child Rishi
Nachiketa was a very inquisitive little boy. One day, his father performed a grand yajna, in which he invited several priests and gifted cows and bulls to them. Nachiketa was not happy to note that the animals being donated by his father, were old and useless. He thought, “My father will gift me to one […]
Dhruv
Dhruva literally means unshakable, immovable, or fixed. Dhruva was born to a king named Uttanapada and his wife Suniti. The king had another wife named Suruchi and a son Uttama. Once when Dhruva was five years old, he saw Uttama sitting on his father’s lap at the King’s throne. Dhruva also wanted to sit on […]
Ashtavakra
Ashtavakra was born with eight deformities in his body. He was born, in a town called Videha, present day Janakpur, Nepal. He was named Ashtavakra–Ashta means Eight and Vakra means a curve or a deformity. While Ashtavakra’s mother Sujata was pregnant, his father Kahoda would recite Vedas to her. The unborn genius Ashtavakra, even in […]
Andala
Andala, also known as Godadevi, Kothai and Nachiyar, was the only female Alvar among twelve Hindu poets of South India. She was affiliated with the Shri Vaishnav tradition of Hindu tradition. She was posthumously considered an avatar of the Bhudevi. It is believed that she lived in the middle of the seventh or eighth century […]