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Story of King Who Took Spiritual Lesson from Cart Puller

The story of King Janashruti taking lessons from cart puller is part of the Chandogya Upanishad. One day, King Janashruti was resting on the terrace of his palace; he saw two swans fly over. The swans were actually a sage and a deva in disguise. One swan told the other swan not to fly near the king and disturb him as his luminous spiritual power will burn anyone going near him without his permission. The swan told that the king acquired the power by offering food to all. The other bird replied “Who is this person you are glorifying, as though he were Raikva, riding a small cart?” The other then told his friend that Raikva was a great person in whom all virtue and wisdom resided, just as the number four includes the other numbers; one, two and three. It is said: Whatever good work people do goes to the credit of Raikva. If anyone knows what Raikva knows, he become like Raikva.” (Chandogya Upanishad 4.1.4) King Janashruti, who overheard the conversation, was keen

Kanakadhara Stotram Text in Kannada – Download Kanakadhara Stotra Prayer Lyrics in Kannada

Kannada Kanakadhara Stotra text is provided by Sree Rama Dasa Mission. Kanakadhara Stotram is a popular prayer dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi and was composed by Adi Shankaracharya. This is Kanakadhara Stotram lyrics in pdf in Kannada. You can download the text in Kannada in pdf format. You can also take print of the prayer and share it with older people. Link –  Kanakadhara Stotram Kannada Related Kanakadhara Stotram pdf in English with meaning Story of Kanakadhara Stotram

Pandavleni Caves in Nashik - Location - Visiting Hours

A yatra is annually held to the famous Pandavleni caves near Nashik in Shravan month (July – August). It must be noted here that the Pandavleni Caves is not associated with the Pandavas. An annual religious yatra is observed after the Narli Purnima day. Pandavleni Caves Location The Pandavleni Caves are located off the Mumbai – Nashik Freeway and it is in the Buddha Vihar Complex on the right side of the Freeway, 3 km before reaching Pathardi Phata, and 8 km before Nashik city. Pandavleni Caves Visiting Hours 8 AM to 5:30 PM Pandavleni Caves Information The caves are Buddhist Viharas. Leni in Marathi means ‘Cave.’ Pundru in pali language means ‘yellow ochre color’. There are 24 caves cut into the hillside with carvings of Buddha and various Buddhist monks. The biggest caves are 3, 8, 10, and 23. The interior of the caves have simple carvings whereas the exteriors are more elaborately and intricately carved.   You need to climb 100 steps to reach th

Kanakadhara Stotram Text in Telugu – Download Kanakadhara Prayer Lyrics in Telugu

Kanakadhara Stotram is a popular prayer dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi and was composed by Adi Shankaracharya. This is Kanakadhara Stotram lyrics in pdf in Telugu. You can download the text in Telugu in pdf format. You can also take print of the prayer and share it with older people. Link  –  Kanakadhara Stotram Telugu Related Kanakadhara Stotram pdf in English with meaning Story of Kanakadhara Stotram

U G Krishnamurti Quotes and Teachings - A Collection of Thoughts of U G Krishnamurti

U. G. Krishnamurti (1918 – 2007) defies all kinds of human definitions like philosopher, Guru, etc. You can call him what you may want. Here is a collection of U. G. Krishnamurti quotes and thoughts. The best way to understand a person like U. G. Krishnamurti is through his teachings (in his own words). When everything fails, you use the last card, the trump in the pack of cards, and call it love. Human problems are exactly the same. All the problems are artificially created by the various structures created by human thinking. Anything that is born out of human thinking is destructive. We have arrived a point where you cannot destroy your adversary without destroying yourself. Every cell is interested in its own survival. It knows in some way that its survival depends upon the survival of the cell that is next to it. It is for this reason that there is a sort of cooperation between the cells. That is how the whole organism can survive. It is not interested in utopi