Significance of Makar Sankranti

There are twelve sankrantis in a year, out of which Makar Sankranti has been considered most important because from here begins the Uttarayana punya k…

Devotion is the pinnacle of Love

The center of life is love, yet we seem to be so far away from our own centers. What can connect us to our centers, what can bring us back to ourselve…

The Story of Garuda and Lord Rama

There is a story in the Ramayana: Lord Rama needed the help of Garuda, one of his devotees, at a time when Rama was under the spell of a poison arrow.…

The Story of Radha and The Parrot

This story is written by Bhanu Narasimhan, Sister of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Radha had no messages to send to Krishna. What was the need for …

If you are willing to look beyond what is already known…..

The mature intellect brings forth devotion that is always in awe of creation. When something is unfathomable, the intellect is in awe. When the m…

The power of Devotion – A beautiful story about the monkeys and Lord Rama from the Ramayana

When Sri Rama was building the bridge to Sri Lanka, a lot of monkeys were helping him build it. So the monkeys were picking up stones, writing  Sr…

The Story of Eklavya and Dronacharya Is the Guru Great or the Disciple?

Since ages, the story of Eklavya( a character from the Indian epic- Mahabharata) has come to define exemplary discipleship. But there is an unheard and…

Once God decided to go to a temple – A story about devotion God is all over. But a devotee is not all over. So God runs behind His devotees. To God, devotees are very dear, so dear.

There is a very nice story. Once God decided to go to a temple, which He rarely does. So He gave a dream to the priest. He said, "I'm coming into the t…

Why did buddha wait for this little girl? A story about how a Master moves towards the disciple!

Once upon a time, Gautam Buddha visits a town. The entire town gathers and is waiting to listen to him, but he goes on waiting. He keeps looking backwa…