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Discipline

There was a sheristadhaar by name Thakad. His wife and 16-year old son were ardent devotees of Shridi Baba. Tharkad did not object to their worship of Baba. One day when they wanted to go to Shridi, he gave them his consent. But Tharkad himself did not go to any shrine as he was a Brahmo Samajist. He did not to go to Shridi despite many appeals from his wife.

Tharkad's son told his father that he would not go to Shridi because he was performing regular worship to Shridi Baba in their house. This worship would be affected if he went to Shridi. The lad told his father that every day he was making an offering of sugar candy to Baba and he was partaking part of the candy as prasaadh (blessed offering) out of the conviction that Baba was receiving the candy...
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A tiger, a hunter, a bear and a fear

Once in a forest, a hunter, on being chased by a tiger, felt tired and climbed up a tree. There was a bear sitting on the top of the tree. The tiger was waiting under the tree as it could not climb up. It was very hungry, so it wanted to gobble up the hunter. It requested the bear to push the hunter down, so that it could kill him and appease its hunger. The bear refused to do so, saying that the hunter was its guest and it was its moral duty to extend hospitality to guests. But, the tiger continued to wait under the tree. After some time, the bear started to doze. Noticing this, the tiger addressed the hunter, "O man, I am very hungry. It does not matter whether I eat you or the bear...
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