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 "One
Little Story" Quoted
from the Divine Discourses of 11.
Mother's
Role 12.
Putali
Bai 14.
Mother and Mother Land 15.
Patriotism 16.
You shall Speak the Truth 17.
Never Tell Lies even for Fun 18.
Honesty is the Best Policy 19.
Means Determine the End 20.
Beware of Anger 21.
Arjuna's Pride 22.
Greed is the Seed-bed of
Grief 23.
Miserliness leads to Misery 24. A
Man with Dual Mind is really
Blind 25.
Attachment 26.
The Fleet-footed Princess 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 - Sâdhana 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.
Draupadî'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.
Nâbhaka - 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.
Jñâna Dev - Nâma 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'rî Râma 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.
