An incident from the Mahabharata tells a lot about the world we live in today. Once a merchant came to meet Yudhisthir to sell some precious goods. The merchant had a beautiful and amazing horse. When Arjun, Bheem, and the other two brothers saw the horse they were spellbound. The four brothers requested the merchant to sell his horse to them. They were ready to pay any price for...
How important are Blessings for success?
The Mahabharata war had been declared between Pandavas and Kauravas. The battleground had Pandava’s army on one side and a much bigger army of Kauravas on the other side. The Kauravas had the greatest and invincible warriors likes of – Bhishma, Dronacharya, Kripacharya, Shalyaraj on their side while Pandavas had only Krishna and that too as a charioteer of Arjuna. Dharmaraj Yudhisthir, the eldest of the Pandavas arrives with...
Did Emperor Akbar adopt Vegetarianism?
This is at the time when Mughal Emperor Akbar was ruling India. One day he was sitting leisurely and looking outside from the window of his palace. He saw a grand procession passing by the palace. A lady was being taken in a decorated palanquin. There were merchants, businessmen, and their families who had dressed up in expensive clothes and jewelry taking part in this procession. King Akbar was...