Enclosed here are Inspiring Quotes, Short Stories, Tales and Fables with a great message. These inspiring motivational tales and short stories are from "Akhand Jyoti" magazine or the "Light Divine" started by Shriram Sharma Acharya in 1936.
The Akhand Jyoti magazine completes 75 years of publication and circulation this year and has worldwide readership. Akhand Jyoti magazine was started by Shriram Sharma Acharya to transmit the Acharya's writings and Literature.
The spirit of the Divine purpose of Acharya Shriram Sharma's Life lies in Acharyaji's extensive writings ( the translation of all Vedas , Puranas, Upanishads, learnings from Puranas, Mahabharata, Ramayana etc) and forms the essence and substance of this magazine. (Note: certain grammatical amendments to the quoted text below have been made for ease of reading.)
The Art of being Tactful yet Truthful:
"A King called three great artists and asked them to make his portrait. There was a big prize for making the best portrait. The King had only one eye.
One artist thought that the King may get angry if he showed him with only one eye. So he made a beautiful portrait with two eyes.
The second artist thought that the portrait should be completely real and so he sketched the picture with only one eye.
The third artist acted intelligentlly and showed the king with a bow and arrow.An eye was hidden in the posture as the king was aiming to hit the target.
All the portraits were beautiful but the prize for the best portrait went to the third artist as he had succeeded in artfully making the truth of the King having one eye more appreciable."
(Credits: Akhand Jyoti Magazine, September-October 2011)
The wisdom of Jesus Christ:
When Christ was in the town of Caper, he chose to live with the downtrodden , illiterate and backward people in the city.Many criminal people and people with a dubious character also lived there. The elite of the town went to visit Christ and pay their obesiance to him. The requested HIM to come and stay at a nearby locality where the people were cultured, educated and civilized. At this request Jesus replied by saying: "Does a doctor on duty go to see the sick and the healthy persons? The Son of God has come to serve those in pain, to show light to those who are in dark, to help the fallen ones to rise. So he has to live with the lowest and the lost.
(Credits: Akhand Jyoti magazine, September- October 2011)
The distribution of knowledge and wisdom is the best charity:
A dispute arose between three brothers on the best type of donation or charity. One brother said -Money is the best donation. The second brother said- gifting a cow is the best donation. The thrid brother said -gifting land is the best donation.
The Father did not give an answer. He sent his eldest son with some money and the son gave this money to a beggar he met on the way. Similarly, the second and the third son went and gave a cow, a piece of land to the same beggar while on their way to do their father's work.
A few days later the sons were passing through the village with their father and were surprised to find the same man bagging again. The man had finished the money and sold the cow and the land. Now the Father told the sons: The charity of giving wisdom is the best charity".
(Credits : Akhand Jyoti Magazine, September- October 2011)
Can Money be the most Important ingredient of our Life?
A Businessman from the city of Basra got lost in the desert. He wandered lost for a very long time. He was hungry and looking desperately for food. As though God heard his prayers by evening, he found that he could see Nakhalistan. He was really happy to see a parcel lying there. He picked it up felt it and thought it was a parcel of grams and that it would be enough to feed him for two days.
Minutes later he was really distressed and disappointed. On opening the parcel he found that it was not grams that he could eat, but precious pearls were the contents of the packet. He remained hungry.
In the final moments of life we realize that MONEY is not the most important pursuit of our lives. Money is precious only when it is utilised rightly and justly, and when not utilised correctly, the pursuit of money is like accumalating gravel and stones.
(Credits : Akhand Jyoti Magazine , September- October 2011)
The Most Important work, The Best person and The Most Auspicious Time:
A seeker once asked : "Which is the most important work, Who is the most important person and What time is the best time"?
The wise person explained: " The work in hand is the most important work ; One who works along with you is the most important person ; and the present moment is the most auspicious time - so do not waste it".
(Credits : Akhand Jyoti Magazine , September- October 2011)
Control of The Senses: Katha Upanishad
The journey of life can be safely completed only if one keeps a watchful control over the senses. This is also the path of reaching the Supreme/ or The Absolute.
The BODY is like a chariot to which the SENSES are yoked like horses. The MIND is like the reins, it enables the charioteer to hold the horses in check.
The SOUL rides in the chariot and the ROAD is the world of objects over which the senses move.
If the reins are not held firmly and wisely, the senses like wild horses will get out of control and the chariot will not reach its goal. Instead the chariot will go round and round in births and rebirths.
If man is wise and controls his mind, his senses will be like well behaved horses driven by an able charioteer. -(Katha Upanishada{3(3,4,5,9)}
(Credits : An excerpt with minor text modifications from Akhand Jyoti magazine , May- June 2012).
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