Birbal Stories: Birbal Betrays Himself

Birbal was the top Minister in the court of the great Moghul Emperor Akbar and the latter depended on Birbal to solve his problems and the ones faced by his govt. A lot of stories are there about and I propose to bring them to you one by one. The following is the first one.

Let us enjoy reading this one of Birbal Stories of Birbal Betrays Himself.

Birbal was missing. He and

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Birbal denies rumour

Let us enjoy reading this one of Birbal Stories of Birbal Denies
Rumor
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One day a man stopped Birbal in the street and began narrating his woes to him.

„I’ve walked twenty miles to see you,“ he told Birbal finally,
„and all along the way people kept saying you were the most generous man
in the country.“

Birbal knew the man was going to ask him for money.

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Importance of sense control in spiritual life

Krishna says (Bg. 2.57): „He who is without attachment, who does not rejoice when he obtains good, nor lament when he obtains evil, is firmly fixed in perfect knowledge.“

 

One of the symptoms of a person in Krishna consciousness is that he is transcendental to the continuous changing situation of happiness and distress he faces in the material world.

 

We all know in our

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Why should God drive me to do a bad action?

God never drives you to do any bad action. He is always the Sakshi or witness. Your
own nature, your own evil Samskaras, force you to do actions. “Svabhavastu Pravartate” says
the Gita (Ch. V-14). You lack in Viveka or discrimination. That is the reason why you become
a slave of passion. God has given you Buddhi to check passion. Why don’t you use it then?

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