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"One
Little Story" 1.
Vinayaka
- The leader of all 2.
Guru's
grace
brings eternal glory 3.
Lighting the
lamp
of wisdom 5.
The sacred
fruit
of action 7.
The best
gift
to ask from God 10.
Selfishness will never
work
in matters relating to God 11.
One steady
disciple
is better than thousand wavering
ones 40.
The greater
grief
scours off the smaller &
Compassion
is a sign of the great 68.
Every Material Object has a Qualitative
and Quantitative
Difference 72.
Affection and Attachment Responsible
for All Joys and Sorrows 89.
The Lord's Name and the Chain of
Destiny cannot Co-exist 95.
Steadiness and Ritualism must go with
Discrimination in
Sâdhana 100.
Consequence of Keeping Company with the
Wild and Foolish 105.
A Steady Mind alone can Understand
Matters relating to the
âtmâ The
"Chinna Katha", if only we ponder over
its relevance, is an effective instrument in
Bhagawan's educational process. When He is
discoursing, these parables and stories, ever on
the wing, hover in flocks in the firmament of
His Love; He lets a few fly into our hearts and
nestle there, until we fondle and foster them
and make them part of our thought and behaviour
patterns. Here is a charming, fragrant bouquet
of these multicolored Kathas for our
delectation, meditation and inspiration.
N.
Kasturi The
first collection of "Chinna Katha" was
made by members of the Sri Sathya Sai Study
Circle, Delhi, and the Prasanthi Workshop,
Madras, and was published in 1975 by the Sri
Sathya Sai Seva Samithi, New Delhi
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"Oka
Chinna Katha" - When Bhagawan intercepts the
speeding current of His Discourse with these
three Telugu words, meaning, "One little story"
all ears are alert, all hearts are quivive. For,
the story that follows is a flash that
illumines, a shower that cools, a joke that
tickles, a "tablet" that alleviates, a peep into
epic grandeur or pompous absurdity, a poetic
parenthesis, an exhilarating prick, a lilt that
enlightens, a sugar-coated pill of profundity, a
disarming repartee, a volley of raillery on
religious rigmarole! It may be a tonic tale of
the past or the report of a contemporary comedy;
it may be a thrust on theological disputation or
a dear little dig at some egoistic
dignitary.
