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Better be alone than in bad company
Hitopadesha narrates the following story. A donkey once roamed in the forest and was content with the abundant food available in its surroundings. A wily fox noticed this heavily built animal and desired to make the donkey a feast. The fox befriended the donkey and gradually gained his...
Laziness – the enemy within
Laziness is a state of mind which does not allow the person to perform any action or spend energy towards anything at all. Generally one who is affected by laziness is lethargic, inactive, and indolent. This is different than subjecting the body and mind to rest. Laziness should...
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
We interact with many people daily. We might engage in casual discussions with our colleagues, friends or relatives in the family. We might deal with vendors, shopkeepers for business activities. When we do so, subconsciously we tend to observe one’s behavior, the way in which one respond’s to...
Self-help is the best help
It is all too well-known that one should not be dependent on others for everything. It is an attitude that one should inculcate in every aspect of life. It is said that even God would put us to test in order to find out if we can at...
Most surprising thing on earth
One of the popular stories in the epic Mahabharatha is the part of Yaksha prashna. When all Pandavas except the elder one don’t heed to the Yaksha’s warning they are put to death. Yudhishtira, the eldest Pandava is known for his righteousness. The yaksha asks him a series...
Path of self-destruction
Aesop narrates the story of a frog that destroyed himself because of his egomania. One of the frog’s friends once tells him that she had seen a huge animal as big as a mountain with horns on its head. Apparently she had seen a wild buffalo. However the...
The rich beggar’s pride
Life brings us face to face with situations of varying difficulties. It will not always be the same. It is the very nature of life to be cyclic. A person who is rich today may become poor tomorrow and a beggar this day may turn rich next day. ...
Being intelligently deaf
I’m sure you have heard of the motivational frog race story. Well, if you haven’t, here is a gist. A group of frogs once organized a race. But it was not an ordinary frog hopping race; the participants had to climb a tall light pole. This was certainly...
Glow behind the nimbus
In the roller coaster called life, we experience thrill and at times are scared to death. When things don’t go our way we get disappointed and enter into a state of depression. We jump to conclusion that the end is near and life has come to a dead...
Beware the malady of hoarding
Life is beautiful. There is so much variety in everything. We enjoy the goodies through our antennae to external world - senses. It is of course human nature to put efforts to satisfy one’s senses. For majority of us, we can consider it as the driving force. We...
The swallow within us
One of Aesop’s fables narrates the story of a Swallow – a bird well known for its forethought. A farmer was sowing some hemp (the fibre of cannabis plant, extracted from the stem and used to make rope) seeds in a field where a Swallow and few other...
Unfurling the memory riddle
Try answering these questions as precisely as possible. What did you eat for breakfast today? What did you discuss with your friends yesterday? When did you last visit a restaurant and what did you eat? How did you spend the entire day exactly 6 months ago, 1 year...
Staying Humble
When I was a kid, I was fond of indulging myself in the game of snakes and ladders. It was such a simple and beautiful game. Just a small piece of cardboard having numbers 1 to 100 and adorned with colorful snakes and yellow colored ladders placed randomly at...
Elephantine Deception
When the elephant is still a calf, it is bound to a mast just by a rope. The baby elephant struggles to escape from confinement but as the rope is thick enough to match its strength, it can’t. Noticing that its efforts are in vain, gradually this calf registers...
Happiest man on earth
Do you know who the world’s happiest man is? It is Mr. MatthieuRicard. He is a French academic-turned-Buddhist monk. Scientists have conducted many experiments on him as part of a research and after he scored significantly above the average of hundreds of others, declared him the happiest person....
How happy are you?
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Pride comes before fall
We have heard this popular saying that suggests us not to be braggers. It indicates that if a person keeps boasting then eventually that person will face downfall. And that is a certainty. But what constitutes "pride"? Neuroscientists have painstakingly studied the details of different cognitive aspects of...
Rendezvous with destiny
Destiny is explained in the dictionary as something that is to happen to a particular person or predetermined, usually inevitable course of events. It is also known as fate which is the force or agency that predetermines the fortune befalling a person. As the events are apparently inevitable,...
Pale Blue Dot
What is our purpose? Ever since my intellect prompted me to think about life on earth, I've been wondering why we, human beings, have turned a blind eye towards our origins and purpose. We have made superb advancements in science and technology. We have built huge, powerful telescopes...
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