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 "One Little Story" Part I - Part II Stories and Parables Quoted from
the Divine Discourses of
11. Mother's Role 12. Putali Bai 15. Patriotism 20. Beware of
Anger 21. Arjuna's Pride 25. Attachment 27. Fair Division
of the Property 28. Desire leads
to Despair 29. End-Joy 30. F.O.F.S.
& F.O.F.D. 31. Remembering
Things by Rote is Dangerous 32. Three Types
of Listening 33. Do Not Follow
Instructions Blindly 34. Do Not
Condemn People Hastily 35. Fruits Sold
Here 36. Blind
Imitation 37. What is the
Remedy? 38. What is the
Whitest Thing in the World? 39. Beauty Contest 40. Be Discreet
in Thought Word and Deed 41. The Power of
Thought 42. As You Think
so You Become 43. Deal with
Everything Fairly 44. Haste Makes
Waste 45. Do Your Good
Acts Now and Here 46. Mind Control 47. Keep the Mind
Engaged 48. Render Your
Mind Pure 49. Control of
the Senses 50. End the Mind 51. Always be
Careful 52. Humility of
Sir Isaac Newton
53. Einstein's
Example 54. Equanimity 55. What is
Tolerance? 56. See Good in
Everything 57. Who is a True
Philosopher? 58. Talking
Philosophers 59. Who is a real
Pundit? 60. What is Sin? 61. Likes and
Dislikes 62. Taste and
Distaste 63. Practice
Makes Man Perfect 64. Duty is God 65. Work is
Worship 66. Deserve
Before Desiring 67. The Power of
Prayer 68. Adjust and
Accomodate 69. Who is
Superior? 70. Human Effort 71. Dignity of
Labour 72. Self Help 73. Resolution 74. Sahasa -
Sādhana 75. Divided
Attention 76. The Veil of
Conceit 77. Desire of a
Devotee 78. All is Divine 79. S'iva or
Vishnu 80. God is
Omnipresent 81. Idol Worship 82. Do Not Treat
God as a Stone or as a Picture 83. Who is the
Custodian of the Temple? 84. Sandalwood
Tree 85. What is True
Detachment? 86. Wedding
without a Bridegroom 87. The Last Wish 88. Mohakshaya 89. Charity is
the Ornament for Hands 90. Beware of the
Company you Keep 91. Sinner Turnt
Saint 92. Who is Fit to
enter Heaven? 93. What is
Sacrifice? 94. Give and Gain 95. Forbearance
in Worldly Life 96. Who is a Real
Friend? 97. As the King,
So the People 98. The Ways of
the Divine 99. Impatience 100. Tests Deepen
Conviction 101. What is True
Prayer? 102. Ask and Ye
Shall Be Given 103. Faith is the
very Breath of Life 104. Power of
Faith
105. How to Earn
the Grace of God? 106. God will
Never Forsake His Devotee 107. Seek ye
First the Kingdom of God and All these things shall be added unto you 108. Refrain from
Asking, Oh Mind! 109. This Belongs
to My Dear Devotee 110. Songs Dear
to the Lord 111. Total
Surrender 112. Draupadī's
Forbearance 113. Krishna -
Trishna 114. Blessed are
the Pure in Heart for They Shall See God 115. God's Plan
and Sense of Logic 116. How to
Become Dear to the lord? 117. Karma is
Responsible for Everything 118. The
Reservoir of Love and Benevolence 119. What is True
Fearlessness? 120. S'iva and
Sankaracharya 121. Ubhaya
Bharati 122. Man Versus
Animals 123. Gifts of
Grace 124. Chalo Re Man
Ganga Yamuna Theer! 125. The Three
Stages 126. Martyrdom of
Mansuri 127. Bliss is
Brahman 128. Nābhaka -
The ideal son and student 129. (Jada)
Bharata 130. Bhasmasura 131. The Divine
Samkalpa 132. The Urge -
Merge 133. Love Gives
and Gives 134. The
Influence of Vibrations of a Place 135. A Lesson in
Fraternity 136. Mankind 137. A Lesson in
Detachment 138. Do Not Judge
Anything by the Outward Appearance 139. Jńāna Dev -
Nāma Dev 140. The Grand
Bargain 141. The Five
Transgressions 142. The Three
Questions 143. Forbearance
- the Greatest Quality for a Spiritual Seeker 144. What is True
Devotion? 145. Who is a
True Devotee? 146. S'rī Rāma
and the Bleeding Dog 147. Father and
Son 148. God Does
Everything for the Best 149. Who is a
True Yogi? 150. Minister
Turned into a Minstrel 151. Easily Said
than Done 152. The Strike
of the Sense Organs 153. Parable of
the Vine Yard 154. Mohammed
Gori 155. Edison's
Example 156. The Artless
Art of Repartee 157. Quality -
Quantity 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. - Late 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.
