In the rich spiritual history of India, Jaidev is acknowledged as a great saint and devotee of Shri Radha Krishna. He has composed many devotional songs elaborating the highest form of divine bliss called the Madhurya bhav. Once, as Jaidev was travelling through the forests, he was held captive by
A young widower, who was very much attached to his five year old son, was away on a business trip when bandits came and burned down the whole village and abducted his son. When the man returned, he saw the ruins and became very saddened and disturbed. He took the
Sage Uddalaka ran a school (Ashram) teaching Vedic knowledge. Kahoda was one of his best disciples. Uddalaka was so pleased with him that he got his daughter Sujata married to him. In due course Sujata conceived a child and wanted to instill the Vedic knowledge in her child early in
Long ago, there lived a poor Brahmin. He was always engrossed in singing the glories of God and in doing so, often forgot all about eating, sleeping, and performing other household duties. People in the village used to stop by his cottage to give him something to eat, but that
This is the story of a 10 year old boy who lived 200 years ago in the land of Braj. His master, Nandkisor Das Goswamipad, used to run a Gurukul-Ashram in Barsana. He used to live in the ashram and tend to his master’s cows. He was a very
Once there was a beggar. He used to beg all day on the streets near the king’s palace. Still, he did not manage to get enough to feed his family. One day as he was sitting on the side of road to beg for alms, he heard the king’
Once upon a time, there lived a potter in a small village. He earned an honest living by making clay pots. He had two pets at home - a dog and a donkey. Every morning, the dog used to bark to wake up his master. The barking of the dog
Because of the devotion he had cultivated in his past lives and his wife’s amiable nature, Srinivasa was very dear to Lord Krishna. The Lord, the embodiment of mercy, sought to deliver him from his material attachment and awaken the dormant devotion in his heart. So, Shri Krishna took
500 years back, the king of Jaipur desired to meet a saint. One of his ministers told him about saint Haridas, the most revered saint on earth at that time. The king decided to go and pay his respects to Him. The king wanted to take a very special gift
King Raghu, grandfather of Lord Shri Ram was a very respectable king of Avadh (current Ayodhya) dynasty. The subjects of his kingdom were very proud of their king Raghu due to his generosity. One day he, dressed as an ordinary man, was passing by through the village with the entourage.
Upliftment of Naoroji In a forest named Choranandi, there lived a notorious gang of robbers, headed by a merciless and violent robber named Naoroji. People were terrorized by the mere mention of his name. For this very reason, Mahaprabhu Chaitanya was advised by everyone to not pass through that forest,
During his descension in the human form in Treta Yug, Bhagwan Shree Ram performed several leelas. In one such leela Bhagwan Shree Ram is acting grief stricken since his virtuous wife Sita is missing. In despair, He is asking everyone including the animals of the forest, birds, plants, trees and