Spiritual Stories
by Swami Sivananda
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Book Code: ES137
Paperback: 216
ISBN: 8170522609
Book Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 260 grams
Table of Contents
| Publishers’ Note | 5 |
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Chapter One |
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| 1. City of Benightedness | 13 |
| 2. The Sadhak’s Path | 23 |
| 3. Shadow and Substance | 35 |
| 4. Happiness is within Thee | 36 |
| 5. Hidden Treasure | 38 |
| 6. Atman is Most Dear | 40 |
| 7. Maya and the Magician | 42 |
| 8. The Best Choice | 43 |
| 9. His Son’s Voice in a Crowd | 44 |
| 10. The Treasure Beneath the Pillow | 45 |
| 11. The Parable of the Millionaire’s Son | 46 |
| 12. Secret of Unswerving Righteousness | 48 |
| 13. Love and Love Alone can Transform Evil for ever | 50 |
| 14. You can’t Deceive God | 54 |
| 15. How a Sage Ruled | 56 |
| 16. The Reward of Faith | 58 |
| 17. What God does is All Good | 59 |
| 18. Diluted Milk | 61 |
| 19. Glory of Self-Surrender | 62 |
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Chapter Two |
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| 20. The Story of Grief | 65 |
| 21. Chipak Mahadev | 66 |
| 22. Glory of Glorification | 68 |
| 23. Story of a Kaupeen and a Buffalo | 70 |
| 24. The Story of Conch | 72 |
| 25. Mada-Devata’s Trick | 73 |
| 26. Moksha through Service of Saints | 74 |
| 27. Living Presence not a Piece of Metal | 74 |
| 28. Illumination: The Reward of Insult | 76 |
| 29. Birbal and his Brother-in-law | 78 |
| 30. Be Courageous | 80 |
| 31. Do not Quarrel | 82 |
| 32. We are His Responsibility | 84 |
| 33. Akbar and Beggar | 85 |
| 34. Who will Take my Sin? | 86 |
| 35. God-realisation through Yukti | 87 |
| 36. The Ahimsa-ideal | 88 |
| 37. Story of a Shoe and Halwa | 91 |
| 38. Story of Two Ants | 93 |
| 39. You cannot Run away from Evil | 96 |
| 40. The Voice in the Woods | 98 |
| 41. Release the Pigeon: Avert Death | 99 |
| 42. Man–The Crowning Glory of Creation | 102 |
| 43. Power of Satsanga | 105 |
| 44. Self-sacrifice | 106 |
| 45. The Engine Refuses to Move | 107 |
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Chapter Three |
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| 46. Love that only Guru can have | 109 |
| 47. The Parable of the Three Robbers | 111 |
| 48. Our Wedding is Indissoluble! | 113 |
| 49. Story of Sage Swarnakesa | 117 |
| 50. Story of Vishayapriya | 119 |
| 51. The Wisdom of God-I | 121 |
| 52. The Wisdom of God-II | 123 |
| 53. The Story of Kancha Prabhu | 124 |
| 54. The Lord Takes on His Bhakta’s Prarabdha | 127 |
| 55. Andha Chettiar’s Folly | 130 |
| 56. Moorkha Ram and the Leper Woman | 131 |
| 57. Daridranarayana’s Prayer | 131 |
| 58. Cart before the Horse | 132 |
| 59. Pepper for Tears of Love | 133 |
| 60. Bhakta Haridas | 133 |
| 61. Fear: Worse than Cholera | 135 |
| 62. Story of the. Ring Finger and the Index Finger | 136 |
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Chapter Four |
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| 63. The Fruits of Karma | 141 |
| 64. The Test of Renunciation | 143 |
| 65. Tiruvalluvar’s Wife | 144 |
| 66. Saints are one at Heart | 145 |
| 67. Story of King Sachipati | 146 |
| 68. Yudhishthira and Dawn of Kali Yuga | 149 |
| 69. The Lord’s Grace | 150 |
| 70. Wisdom of a Hunter | 152 |
| 71. Story of King Bhanupratapa | 153 |
| 72. Vedas are Infinite | 160 |
| 73. Divine among Diabolicals | 161 |
| 74. Man Proposes: God Disposes | 162 |
| 75. Krishna Bhakti | 166 |
| 76. The Foolish Camel Chapter Five | 167 |
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Chapter Five |
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| 77. The Missing Tenth | 169 |
| 78. Do not Cheat | 170 |
| 79. Eradicate Laziness | 171 |
| 80. Long Beard within a Single Night | 172 |
| 81. Guru Nanak Tests | 172 |
| 82. Sivaji’s Pride Quelled | 173 |
| 83. God is Full | 173 |
| 84. Maya Dog Barks | 174 |
| 85. Have Avyabhicharini Bhakti | 175 |
| 86. Cry like the Child | 175 |
| 87. Dhanna Bhagat | 176 |
| 88. Vidura’s Wife’s Plantain Skin Offering | 177 |
| 89. Lakshmi-Parvati Samvad | 178 |
| 90. Churning | 178 |
| 91. Power of Renunciation | 179 |
| 92. Yayati’s Descent-Ascent | 180 |
| 93. The Greatest Miser | 180 |
| 94. Story of an Applicant | 181 |
| 95. Story of Horse ‘Edakku’ | 182 |
| 96. Story of Two Disciples | 183 |
| 97. Story of a King’s Cat | 183 |
| 98. Story of a Cobra and a Farmer | 184 |
| 99. Story of Two Misers | 185 |
| 100. Story of a Miserly Millionaire | 185 |
| 101. Be Sincere and Aspire | 186 |
| 102. Look at Kallu’s Devotion | 187 |
| 103. Socrates and a Horse | 187 |
| 104. Jiva Srishti alone Gives Pain | 188 |
| 105. Restless Horse-Mind | 188 |
| 106. Dog in Stone | 189 |
| 107. Knowledge of a Child | 190 |
| 108. Moorkhanandas | 191 |
| 109. Sugarcane Story | 192 |
| 110. Daya Krishna and Danaveera Ram | 192 |
| 111. Effects of Dream | 194 |
| 112. Pandit Ram with His Third Wife | 194 |
| 113. A Sadhu and a Seth | 195 |
| 114. Milk, Doodh, Pal, Ksheeram | 196 |
| 115. Aspire for Liberation | 197 |
| 116. See the Lord in all Forms | 197 |
| 117. An old Lady and a Needle | 198 |
| 118. Fever Meets Itching | 199 |
| 119. Do not be Credulous | 200 |
| 120. A Great F.F.S. & F.T.D. | 201 |
| 121. Story of a Pig | 201 |
| 122. Develop Contentment | 202 |
| 123. Your Wife Became a Widow | 203 |
| 124. Story of a Sannyasi | 204 |
| 125. A King and a Saint | 205 |
| 126. Sivaratri in E.I.R. | 205 |
| 127. Have Perfect Faith | 206 |
| 128. Maya’s Vicious Circle | 207 |
| 129. Human Love is Hollow | 207 |
| 130. Give it Now | 208 |
| Yoga of Self-Surrender – I | 209 |
| Yoga of Self-Surrender – II | 211 |
| What is Prayer | 213 |
| The Universal Prayer | 216 |
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
There is not a single means of imparting spiritual knowledge to people that H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj has ignored. Sayings, Poems, Songs, Essays, Discourses, Plays, Parables and Stories–he has, in the words of Sri C. Rajagopalachariar, then Governor-General of India, beaten gold into various shapes.
And, here is one more story-book; and it will be greatly enjoyed by children–young and old–who will find a wealth of wisdom in them.
The Divine Life Society