Illusion of Wealth

Following below is a collection of quotes which describes the illusion of wealth that prevails in this world…
I found a very interesting quote on Wealth and the illusion it creates on the minds of people, here it goes:
Yasyasti vittam sa naraH kulinaH
Sa panditaH Sa shrutavanguNjnaH (1)
Sa evam vaktaH San guNajna;
Sarve guNaha kanchanmashratye (2)
[ Neeti Shataka-artha [...]

Thought for the day-Illusive appearance

Hansa: shveto, baka: shevto; Shvetoko bhedo baka-hansyo?
Neer-ksheera bhedo hanso: hanso: baka: baka:

The Swan and Crane are white in color respectively, but what really differentiates between them is the ability of swan to differentiate water and milk-This unique capability makes swan a ‘Swan’ and crane a ‘Crane’.
This shubhashita intends to tell that we should not be [...]

When I was your age….

When it comes to comparing times of our childhood and that of our kids, we tend to compare those two situations and often end up over-doing it……every time we say to our kids: When I was your age…….This is arguably the most irritating phrase many kids find,perhaps we too felt the same when our parents [...]

Story of river Ganga

And my obsession with Ramayana continues
The great river Ganga is a Man made river unlike a natural one, here’s the story , Read on…..
 Every body knows that Gangaji came from heaven by the efforts of King Bhagirath. There are several stories as to how Ganga reached heaven. During Bawan Avatar when the foot [...]

Ramayana trivia

Ramayana Trivia
These are some amazing facts from Valmiki Ramayana in random order:
Dhundu a rakshas mentioned in Ramayana was a volcano
In ancient days ‘Patala’ was a name given to parts of South-america since it was cut off from the real world, also it has a time difference of about 12 hrs from the Asian countries; navigation [...]