To unravel the truth, concentration is required. The mind wanders off from what does not interest it. The ancient Indian sages had the knowledge of this trait of the human mind. They created interesting stories to attract the attention of the mind which led to the compilation of Puranas and Upanishadas. The episodes were directly connected to a person as an anecdote or a significance incident of his life or they were woven around an imaginary character.
This device is intelligently used by Junapithadhishwara Swami Avadheshanand giri Ji Maharaj. His Discourses are interspersed with witty anecodotes, references, quotes and suitable episodes which unwitting convey the message very efficaciously. You can learn from this book the art and the devices to make your speech more intresting and fascinatingly impressive.
A tresurable book indeed.
You are judged by the company you keep | 15 |
Value of a person | 16 |
True faith | 16 |
Reverence for one's nation | 17 |
Brilliance of true knowledge | 17 |
More precious than the paras | 18 |
Identifying one's own vices | 18 |
Greatness of chait any a mahaprabhu | 19 |
Lord buddha's sorrow | 20 |
God's will | 20 |
Meditation or service | 21 |
Test of dedication | 21 |
Life | 22 |
Kind-heartedness of H.G. Wells | 23 |
Guru nanak and a mendicant | 23 |
The secret of being carefree | 24 |
The indian culture | 25 |
Purushartha | 25 |
A gift of honey | 26 |
True generosity | 26 |
Vidyarthi ji's generosity | 27 |
The joy of serving others | 27 |
Love and desire | 28 |
True intimacy | 28 |
The importance of words | 29 |
Generosity | 30 |
How things can be worked out | 30 |
The last sermon of bhishma | 31 |
Teachings of swami dayanand | 32 |
Truth and falsehood | 32 |
The meaning of inattention | 32 |
True surrender | 33 |
Test of greatness | 34 |
Real age | 34 |
Dutifulness | 35 |
End of avarice | 35 |
There is a defect | 36 |
The advice of swami vivekanand | 37 |
A team of arjunas | 37 |
The fragrance of rose | 38 |
The meaning of the dharma | 38 |
First opportunity | 39 |
Giving a way ego in charity | 39 |
Mother of vinoba | 40 |
Place for everyone | 40 |
Sometimes a lie is better than a truth | 41 |
It is only a matter of time | 42 |
No-one's personal property | 42 |
The inner light | 43 |
Feelings of love | 43 |
Son and disciple | 44 |
Buried treasure | 45 |
Worshipper of soul | 45 |
Which one is more valuable | 46 |
A healthy mind | 47 |
One's own world | 47 |
Importance of work | 48 |
Honesty | 49 |
Swami vivekanand's spontaneity | 50 |
The secret of happiness | 50 |
Honesty and large-hearted ness | 50 |
Gokhale's truthfulness | 51 |
Limitations of a king | 52 |
Jasmine flower | 53 |
What is greater | 53 |
Usefulness of a lamp | 54 |
Right time | 54 |
Grandest of all palaces | 55 |
Invitation from duryodhan | 56 |
Self-conceit and humbleness | 56 |
Karma and devotion | 57 |
A prayer of its own kind | 57 |
Plato in quest of truth | 58 |
Being with god | 58 |
Alexander's insight | 59 |
Real diamond | 60 |
Beauty of a spot | 60 |
It is that very bull | 61 |
Heaven and hell | 62 |
The power of concentration | 62 |
Preparation of speech | 63 |
The importance of schooling | 63 |
Public money | 64 |
A piece of firewood | 64 |
Childhood days of ranade | 65 |
The responsibility of science | 65 |
When jesus came again | 66 |
God | 67 |
The filthiness of mind | 67 |
Ego and its limits | 68 |
Who are you | 68 |
Safety of life | 69 |
Nanda's rice pudding | 69 |
True feelings | 70 |
A truthful advocate | 71 |
Moral conduct | 71 |
Journey of life | 71 |
Yudhishthir in meditation | 72 |
Necessity of a guru | 73 |
Perfection in the field of knowledge | 74 |
Haji ali | 74 |
Brilliance of soul | 75 |
Firmness of tilak | 75 |
An ideal incident | 76 |
Positive thinking | 76 |
Duty | 77 |
The image of one's inner being | 78 |
Greatness of mansoor | 78 |
Observance of fast in true sense | 79 |
Soul of music | 79 |
The impact of humbleness | 80 |
Difference of viewpoint | 81 |
Veena of life | 81 |
1922 movement | 82 |
Flower and thorns | 82 |
Greatness of chait any a mahaprabhu | 83 |
Casting aspersions | 84 |
Test of religious austerity | 84 |
Poorest of all | 85 |
Reward of truthfulness | 85 |
A king in true sense | 86 |
Ashtavakra and king janak | 87 |
Importance of the karma | 87 |
Orders of the guru | 88 |
The core of instructions | 88 |
Dates for picnic | 89 |
Avarice | 90 |
More beautiful | 90 |
Ego of being a haji | 91 |
Immortality | 91 |
True devotion | 92 |
Ungratefulness | 92 |
Comfort able sleep | 93 |
A mother is above everything | 93 |
Success | 94 |
The path that leads to salvation | 94 |
Sheikh sadi's mistake | 95 |
Why self-admiration | 96 |
Impact of thoughts | 96 |
Kanhaiya's neutrality | 97 |
The eternal truth | 97 |
Who is greater | 98 |
Mother's teaching | 98 |
Gama's advice | 99 |
Worship and faith | 99 |
Love and ego | 101 |
Drawback of a human being | 101 |
The psychology behind making charities | 102 |
Hurry for mantra | 102 |
Farsightedness of lincoln | 102 |
Message of islam | 103 |
Test of the divine knowledge | 103 |
Laziness | 104 |
Path that leads to god and faith | 105 |
Who is an emperor in real sense | 105 |
For attainment of salvation | 106 |
Remedy | 107 |
True and beautiful | 107 |
Don't be carried away by your dreams | 108 |
The seat of a guru | 109 |
Rabindranath and his criticizers | 109 |
Worthy of reward | 110 |
Do not weaken yourself | 110 |
Poor but honest | 111 |
Fearlessness and truthfulness | 112 |
Let not the obstrucfions bother you | 112 |
The greatest surprise | 113 |
Realization of truth | 113 |
Ornaments in true sense | 114 |
What is worthless | 115 |
Who is the greatest | 115 |
Everyone is not like you | 117 |
Knowledge and good moral conducf | 118 |
Gandhi]i's prudence | 119 |
Secret of success | 119 |
What should be the aim of sadhana | 119 |
This world is like a mirror | 120 |
Shastri ji's coat | 121 |
Who is greater | 121 |
Taking care of the unwell | 122 |
Unnecessary wastage | 123 |
The nature of a saint | 123 |
Vegetarian and non-vegetarian brain | 124 |
There is no end to greed | 124 |
Last test | 125 |
In quest of god | 126 |
Prayer and hea yen | 126 |
Carrying wealth to the other world | 127 |
False ego | 128 |
True love | 128 |
A boon for constructive purposes | 129 |
Hanuman's reply | 130 |
Control over your mind | 130 |
The bangles of lakshmibai | 131 |
Gold is as good as soil | 131 |
The greatest duty | 132 |
Softness of tongue | 133 |
What is death | 134 |
Charitable donation of ego | 135 |
Necessity of spiritual practice | 135 |
simplicity of tolstoy | 136 |
Modesty of bhadrajit | 136 |
The greatest devotee | 137 |
Prayer is the food of my soul | 138 |
Value of freedom | 138 |
The secret of pits | 139 |
No complaints | 139 |
The thorns of the rose | 140 |
When he roared like a lion | 140 |
True happiness | 141 |
Guru dakshina | 141 |
Fearlessness | 142 |
Self-control | 142 |
The ideals of nasruddin | 143 |
Correcting one's mistake | 143 |
Dharmashala | 144 |
True repentance | 145 |
God's gift | 145 |
Lincoln's sincerity | 145 |
The entry of the british | 146 |
Determination and firmness | 146 |
Fruits of charity | 147 |
Home and office | 148 |
Fear of death | 148 |
The meaning of leading an ascetic life | 149 |
Socrates and the old man | 150 |
Greatness of rabindranath tagore | 150 |
Inspiration | 151 |
Patience and its fruit | 151 |
Mantra given by a guru | 152 |
Twenty dollars still in circulation | 152 |
Improving one's mistakes | 153 |
Blessings as a result of honesty | 154 |
Bringing an end to ego | 154 |
Saint kabir and his devotion | 155 |
The fire of love | 156 |
Truthfulness of washington | 156 |
Home | 157 |
Repentance | 157 |
Being comfort-loving | 158 |
True worship | 159 |
Last supper | 159 |
Greatness | 160 |
Promise | 161 |
Kind-hearted ness | 161 |
Exercising control over one's mind | 162 |
In quest of truth | 162 |
Victory to the world and | 163 |
Not to india alone | 163 |
Knowing one's soul | 163 |
Change of heart | 164 |
In quest of sadguru | 165 |
Truth and happiness | 166 |
Existence of soul | 166 |
It will be remembered forever | 167 |
The great impact of truth | 167 |
Vivekanand's prayer | 168 |
A lion's gratefulness | 169 |
A sany asin and his ochre robe | 170 |
How to attain peace of mind | 170 |
The yoga of concentration | 171 |
Uncoln's formula | 172 |
God is the real giver | 172 |
Test | 173 |
Encouragement | 199 |
Alexander's change of heart | 199 |
Father's promise | 200 |
Self-effort | 200 |
True devotion | 201 |
Shadows | 201 |
Preach only what you practise | 202 |
It's good that you came | 202 |
Lord krishna's flute | 203 |
Sanyasa in real sense | 203 |
Flowers of seven kinds | 204 |
Unity brings victory | 205 |
Knowledge and good moral conduct | 205 |
Where is the child | 206 |
Pretension of taking sany asa | 207 |
Feelings and the karma | 207 |
The wealth of kanad | 208 |
Principles of an ideal life | 209 |
Large-heartedness of Dr. Ansari | 209 |
Faith | 210 |
Salvation of a pig | 210 |
An ordinary man | 211 |
Pain in legs | 211 |
Worry for the seventh genera non | 212 |
Definition of ego | 213 |
God never harms | 213 |
Swami ramtirtha in america | 214 |
Ego | 214 |
Forbearance | 215 |
The real meaning of sany asa | 216 |
Victory of the power of forbearance | 216 |
Half-eaten mango | 217 |
Inspiration | 218 |
Newton | 219 |
An old woman's sacrifice | 220 |
Parasmani | 221 |
Solution to a problem | 221 |
The irrefragable truth | 222 |
True faith | 222 |
Import ance of discussing knowledge | 223 |
I am absolutely alone | 223 |
A thief's wish | 224 |
You are judged by the company you keep | 15 |
Value of a person | 16 |
True faith | 16 |
Reverence for one's nation | 17 |
Brilliance of true knowledge | 17 |
More precious than the paras | 18 |
Identifying one's own vices | 18 |
Greatness of chait any a mahaprabhu | 19 |
Lord buddha's sorrow | 20 |
God's will | 20 |
Meditation or service | 21 |
Test of dedication | 21 |
Life | 22 |
Kind-heartedness of H.G. Wells | 23 |
Guru nanak and a mendicant | 23 |
The secret of being carefree | 24 |
The indian culture | 25 |
Purushartha | 25 |
A gift of honey | 26 |
True generosity | 26 |
Vidyarthi ji's generosity | 27 |
The joy of serving others | 27 |
Love and desire | 28 |
True intimacy | 28 |
The importance of words | 29 |
Generosity | 30 |
How things can be worked out | 30 |
The last sermon of bhishma | 31 |
Teachings of swami dayanand | 32 |
Truth and falsehood | 32 |
The meaning of inattention | 32 |
True surrender | 33 |
Test of greatness | 34 |
Real age | 34 |
Dutifulness | 35 |
End of avarice | 35 |
There is a defect | 36 |
The advice of swami vivekanand | 37 |
A team of arjunas | 37 |
The fragrance of rose | 38 |
The meaning of the dharma | 38 |
First opportunity | 39 |
Giving a way ego in charity | 39 |
Mother of vinoba | 40 |
Place for everyone | 40 |
Sometimes a lie is better than a truth | 41 |
It is only a matter of time | 42 |
No-one's personal property | 42 |
The inner light | 43 |
Feelings of love | 43 |
Son and disciple | 44 |
Buried treasure | 45 |
Worshipper of soul | 45 |
Which one is more valuable | 46 |
A healthy mind | 47 |
One's own world | 47 |
Importance of work | 48 |
Honesty | 49 |
Swami vivekanand's spontaneity | 50 |
The secret of happiness | 50 |
Honesty and large-hearted ness | 50 |
Gokhale's truthfulness | 51 |
Limitations of a king | 52 |
Jasmine flower | 53 |
What is greater | 53 |
Usefulness of a lamp | 54 |
Right time | 54 |
Grandest of all palaces | 55 |
Invitation from duryodhan | 56 |
Self-conceit and humbleness | 56 |
Karma and devotion | 57 |
A prayer of its own kind | 57 |
Plato in quest of truth | 58 |
Being with god | 58 |
Alexander's insight | 59 |
Real diamond | 60 |
Beauty of a spot | 60 |
It is that very bull | 61 |
Heaven and hell | 62 |
The power of concentration | 62 |
Preparation of speech | 63 |
The importance of schooling | 63 |
Public money | 64 |
A piece of firewood | 64 |
Childhood days of ranade | 65 |
The responsibility of science | 65 |
When jesus came again | 66 |
God | 67 |
The filthiness of mind | 67 |
Ego and its limits | 68 |
Who are you | 68 |
Safety of life | 69 |
Nanda's rice pudding | 69 |
True feelings | 70 |
A truthful advocate | 71 |
Moral conduct | 71 |
Journey of life | 71 |
Yudhishthir in meditation | 72 |
Necessity of a guru | 73 |
Perfection in the field of knowledge | 74 |
Haji ali | 74 |
Brilliance of soul | 75 |
Firmness of tilak | 75 |
An ideal incident | 76 |
Positive thinking | 76 |
Duty | 77 |
The image of one's inner being | 78 |
Greatness of mansoor | 78 |
Observance of fast in true sense | 79 |
Soul of music | 79 |
The impact of humbleness | 80 |
Difference of viewpoint | 81 |
Veena of life | 81 |
1922 movement | 82 |
Flower and thorns | 82 |
Greatness of chait any a mahaprabhu | 83 |
Casting aspersions | 84 |
Test of religious austerity | 84 |
Poorest of all | 85 |
Reward of truthfulness | 85 |
A king in true sense | 86 |
Ashtavakra and king janak | 87 |
Importance of the karma | 87 |
Orders of the guru | 88 |
The core of instructions | 88 |
Dates for picnic | 89 |
Avarice | 90 |
More beautiful | 90 |
Ego of being a haji | 91 |
Immortality | 91 |
True devotion | 92 |
Ungratefulness | 92 |
Comfort able sleep | 93 |
A mother is above everything | 93 |
Success | 94 |
The path that leads to salvation | 94 |
Sheikh sadi's mistake | 95 |
Why self-admiration | 96 |
Impact of thoughts | 96 |
Kanhaiya's neutrality | 97 |
The eternal truth | 97 |
Who is greater | 98 |
Mother's teaching | 98 |
Gama's advice | 99 |
Worship and faith | 99 |
Love and ego | 101 |
Drawback of a human being | 101 |
The psychology behind making charities | 102 |
Hurry for mantra | 102 |
Farsightedness of lincoln | 102 |
Message of islam | 103 |
Test of the divine knowledge | 103 |
Laziness | 104 |
Path that leads to god and faith | 105 |
Who is an emperor in real sense | 105 |
For attainment of salvation | 106 |
Remedy | 107 |
True and beautiful | 107 |
Don't be carried away by your dreams | 108 |
The seat of a guru | 109 |
Rabindranath and his criticizers | 109 |
Worthy of reward | 110 |
Do not weaken yourself | 110 |
Poor but honest | 111 |
Fearlessness and truthfulness | 112 |
Let not the obstrucfions bother you | 112 |
The greatest surprise | 113 |
Realization of truth | 113 |
Ornaments in true sense | 114 |
What is worthless | 115 |
Who is the greatest | 115 |
Everyone is not like you | 117 |
Knowledge and good moral conducf | 118 |
Gandhi]i's prudence | 119 |
Secret of success | 119 |
What should be the aim of sadhana | 119 |
This world is like a mirror | 120 |
Shastri ji's coat | 121 |
Who is greater | 121 |
Taking care of the unwell | 122 |
Unnecessary wastage | 123 |
The nature of a saint | 123 |
Vegetarian and non-vegetarian brain | 124 |
There is no end to greed | 124 |
Last test | 125 |
In quest of god | 126 |
Prayer and hea yen | 126 |
Carrying wealth to the other world | 127 |
False ego | 128 |
True love | 128 |
A boon for constructive purposes | 129 |
Hanuman's reply | 130 |
Control over your mind | 130 |
The bangles of lakshmibai | 131 |
Gold is as good as soil | 131 |
The greatest duty | 132 |
Softness of tongue | 133 |
What is death | 134 |
Charitable donation of ego | 135 |
Necessity of spiritual practice | 135 |
simplicity of tolstoy | 136 |
Modesty of bhadrajit | 136 |
The greatest devotee | 137 |
Prayer is the food of my soul | 138 |
Value of freedom | 138 |
The secret of pits | 139 |
No complaints | 139 |
The thorns of the rose | 140 |
When he roared like a lion | 140 |
True happiness | 141 |
Guru dakshina | 141 |
Fearlessness | 142 |
Self-control | 142 |
The ideals of nasruddin | 143 |
Correcting one's mistake | 143 |
Dharmashala | 144 |
True repentance | 145 |
God's gift | 145 |
Lincoln's sincerity | 145 |
The entry of the british | 146 |
Determination and firmness | 146 |
Fruits of charity | 147 |
Home and office | 148 |
Fear of death | 148 |
The meaning of leading an ascetic life | 149 |
Socrates and the old man | 150 |
Greatness of rabindranath tagore | 150 |
Inspiration | 151 |
Patience and its fruit | 151 |
Mantra given by a guru | 152 |
Twenty dollars still in circulation | 152 |
Improving one's mistakes | 153 |
Blessings as a result of honesty | 154 |
Bringing an end to ego | 154 |
Saint kabir and his devotion | 155 |
The fire of love | 156 |
Truthfulness of washington | 156 |
Home | 157 |
Repentance | 157 |
Being comfort-loving | 158 |
True worship | 159 |
Last supper | 159 |
Greatness | 160 |
Promise | 161 |
Kind-hearted ness | 161 |
Exercising control over one's mind | 162 |
In quest of truth | 162 |
Victory to the world and | 163 |
Not to india alone | 163 |
Knowing one's soul | 163 |
Change of heart | 164 |
In quest of sadguru | 165 |
Truth and happiness | 166 |
Existence of soul | 166 |
It will be remembered forever | 167 |
The great impact of truth | 167 |
Vivekanand's prayer | 168 |
A lion's gratefulness | 169 |
A sany asin and his ochre robe | 170 |
How to attain peace of mind | 170 |
The yoga of concentration | 171 |
Uncoln's formula | 172 |
God is the real giver | 172 |
Test | 173 |
Encouragement | 199 |
Alexander's change of heart | 199 |
Father's promise | 200 |
Self-effort | 200 |
True devotion | 201 |
Shadows | 201 |
Preach only what you practise | 202 |
It's good that you came | 202 |
Lord krishna's flute | 203 |
Sanyasa in real sense | 203 |
Flowers of seven kinds | 204 |
Unity brings victory | 205 |
Knowledge and good moral conduct | 205 |
Where is the child | 206 |
Pretension of taking sany asa | 207 |
Feelings and the karma | 207 |
The wealth of kanad | 208 |
Principles of an ideal life | 209 |
Large-heartedness of Dr. Ansari | 209 |
Faith | 210 |
Salvation of a pig | 210 |
An ordinary man | 211 |
Pain in legs | 211 |
Worry for the seventh genera non | 212 |
Definition of ego | 213 |
God never harms | 213 |
Swami ramtirtha in america | 214 |
Ego | 214 |
Forbearance | 215 |
The real meaning of sany asa | 216 |
Victory of the power of forbearance | 216 |
Half-eaten mango | 217 |
Inspiration | 218 |
Newton | 219 |
An old woman's sacrifice | 220 |
Parasmani | 221 |
Solution to a problem | 221 |
The irrefragable truth | 222 |
True faith | 222 |
Import ance of discussing knowledge | 223 |
I am absolutely alone | 223 |
A thief's wish | 224 |