Parables of Rama

by Swami Rama Tirtha | 102,836 words

Hinduism Vedanta

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Summary: Stories in English used by Swami Rama to illustrate the highest teaching of Vedanta. The most difficult and intricate problems of philosophy and abstract truths, which may very well tax the brains of the most intellectual, are thus made not only simple and easy to understand but also brought home to us in a concrete form in such an interesting and attractive style that even a dullard or a child finds delight and pleasure in reading them and can easily apply their truths in daily life and practice.

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The full text of the Parables of Rama in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

Preface to the Fourth Revised and Enlarged Edition

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Shri Ram Tirtha Pratisthan

+ Chapter I - Ambition

. Story 1 - The Case of Ambition

. Story 2 - The Cause of Greed

+ Chapter II - Desires

. Story 3 - The Forecast of Coming Events

. Story 4 - The Secret of Fulfillment of Desires

. Story 5 - The Result of Begging

. Story 6 - Purifying the mind

. Story 7 - Diffusion of Good Spontaneously

. Story 8 - The Real Poverty

. Story 9 - The Law of Karma

. Story 10 - The Consequences of Desires

. Story 11 - The Result of Conflicting Desires

. Story 12 - The Result of Discordant Desires

+ Chapter III - Faith

. Story 13 - God versus Man

. Story 14 - Right Belief

. Story 15 - Cure of False Imagination

. Story 16 - Faith versus Creed

. Story 17 - Wonders of True Faith

+ Chapter IV - God-consciousness

. Story 18 - God-Consciousness.

. Story 19 - Extraordinary Powers of Realized Being

. Story 20 - Ghost are Bound Souls

. Story 21 - Subtle body of the Realized Soul

. Story 22 - Attachment versus Detachment

. Story 23 - State of death of God-Consciousness

. Story 24 - The Highest Standpoint

. Story 25 - True Knowledge of God-head

. Story 26 - How the Infinite can be perceived

. Story 27 - Effect of Heaven or Hell on a Realised Soul

+ Chapter V - Happiness

. Story 28 - The Real Abode of Happiness

. Story 29 - The Source of Joy

. Story 30 - Vain Search

. Story 31 - Worldly Blessing a Curse

+ Chapter VI - Ignorance

. Story 32 - Crazy man‘s Feast

. Story 33 - The World, a Mirror-House

. Story 34 - Foolish Rejoicing

. Story 35 - Cause of Religious Quarrels

. Story 36 - Superstition

. Story 37 - A Terrible Absurdity

. Story 38 - The Darkness of Ignorance

. Story 39 - Knowledge, the Remover of Darkness

. Story 40 - Wrong Reasoning

. Story 41 - Misinterpretation of Scriptures

. Story 42 - Search due to Ignorance

. Story 43 - Weakness Within

. Story 44 - Ignorance, the Cause of Ruin

. Story 45 - The Result of Dogmatism

. Story 46 - Effect of Maya or Ignorance

. Story 47 - True Imitation

+ Chapter VII - Knowledge

. Story 48 - Turning the Fearful into useful

. Story 49 - Divine Knowledge

+ Chapter VIII - Logic

. Story 50 - Want of Time, A groundless Complaint

. Story 51 - A Mistaken way of Arguing

. Story 52 - Unfair and Untrue

. Story 53 - False Reasoning

. Story 54 - Queer Reasoning

. Story 55 - Practice of Half Truth

+ Chapter IX - Love

. Story 56 - Why Things are dear to us?

. Story 57 - The Secret of Love

. Story 58 - Law of love

. Story 59 - Intensity of Love

. Story 60 - Why things are dear

. Story 61 - The Result of Worldly Love

. Story 62 - Oneness through Love

. Story 63 - No Trace of Separation

. Story 64 - The Primary Stage of Love, "I am His"

. Story 65 - The Middle Stage of Love, "I am Thine"

. Story 66 - The Final Stage of Love, "I am He"

. Story 67 - The True Worship of God

. Story 68 - Mad in Love

. Story 69 - Owning Other's Beloved

. Story 70 - Universal Love

. Story 71 - Transformation of Sensual Love

. Story 72 - The Result of Intense Love

+ Chapter X - Maya

. Story 73 - Infinity

. Story 74 - The Cause of Bondage

. Story 75 - World a Play

. Story 76 - Why and Wherefore of the World

. Story 77 - A Logical Fallacy

. Story 78 - The Illusion of the Why, When and Where

. Story 79 - The Intrinsic and the Extrinsic Illusion

. Story 80 - Where lies the Charm?

+ Chapter XI - Mind

. Story 81 - Concentration and Character

. Story 82 - How to Acquire All Knowledge

. Story 83 - Idealism and Realism

. Story 84 - Two ways of Acquiring Knowledge

+ Chapter XII - Obstacles

. Story 85 - Difficulties Unavoidable

. Story 86 - Obstacles as Source of Strength

. Story 87 - Family Ties no Obstacles

. Story 88 - Removal of Obstacles Essential

. Story 89 - The Greatest Obstacle

. Story 90 - Impatience an obstacle

+ Chapter XIII - Om The Sacred Syllable

. Story 91 - Om, the Source of Vedas

. Story 92 - The Effect of Mantram Om

+ Chapter XIV - Oneness

. Story 93 - The Result of Perfect Union

. Story 94 - The Right way to Profit the Part

. Story 95 - Inspired Life

. Story 96 - True Feeling of Oneness

. Story 97 - The True Neighbour

. Story 98 - Clairvoyance created by Oneness

+ Chapter XV - Renunciation

. Story 99 - True Renunciation

. Story 100 - The Result of Renunciation

. Story 101 - Possession versus Renunciation

. Story 102 - The Right Way of Renunciation

. Story 103 - False Versus True Dedication

. Story 104 - The Snake of True Renunciation

. Story 105 - Life is too sacred to be wasted

. Story 106 - True Renunciation

+ Chapter XVI - Self Realization

. Story 107 - The Way to Get Anything

. Story 108 - What is God?

. Story 109 - Turning Water into Wine

. Story 110 - The Way to Realization

. Story 111 - The Vedantic Lullaby

. Story 112 - Realizing Everything as God

. Story 113 - Realizing God as Omnipresent

. Story 114 - The Self is AH in All

. Story 115 - God-head, Our Birth Right

. Story 116 - The Price of Realization

. Story 117 - Self, the Master Musician

. Story 118 - The Whole World Within

. Story 119 - Ways Differ

. Story 120 - Reality Concealed

+ Chapter XVII - Self Reliance

. Story 121 - Self-Reliance

. Story 122 - The Result of Dependence on Others

+ Chapter XVIII - Self-respect

. Story 123 - Value, Respect and Honour

. Story 124 - Belief in Self

. Story 125 - False Idea of Respect

. Story 126 - Sound Sense of Self-respect

+ Chapter XIX - Selfishness

. Story 127 - The Result of Greed

. Story 128 - The Cause of False Interpretation

. Story 129 - The Result of Egoism

. Story 130 - The Result of Selfishness

+ Chapter XX - Sin

. Story 131 - The Cause of Sin

. Story 132 - The Phenomenon of Sin

. Story 133 - The Wrong Way of Instruction

. Story 134 - Commandments without Reason

+ Chapter XXI - Spiritual Powers

. Story 135 - Thought-Reading

. Story 136 - Suspending Life-Functions

. Story 137 - Levitation

. Story 138 - Possession of Powers

. Story 139 - Hatha Yoga Samadhi

+ Chapter XXII - Success

. Story 140 - Practice without Understanding

. Story 141 - The Secret of Success

. Story 142 - The Secret of Invincibility

+ Chapter XXIII - Sufferings

. Story 143 - No Gain without Pain

. Story 144 - The Nature of All Pains

. Story 145 - The Snares of Flattery

. Story 146 - Rest and Unrest

. Story 147 - Sensual Pleasure

+ Chapter XXIV - Thought Power

. Story 148 - Unbecoming Modesty

. Story 149 - Right imagination

. Story 150 - The Effect of Prohibition

. Story 151 - Thought the index of Man's Nature

. Story 152 - The Way to uplift the Dead or the Living

. Story 153 - Like cures like

. Story 154 - Contrary cures contrary

. Story 155 - Ludicrous Fright

. Story 156 - Heaven or Hell our Own Creation

. Story 157 - The Companion's Effect on Transmigration

+ Chapter XXV - Truth

. Story 158 - Everything Indispensable

. Story 159 - The True Companion

. Story 160 - Standing by Truth

. Story 161 - Majority no Proof of Truth

. Story 162 - Connection with the Eternal

+ Chapter XXVI - Vedanta

. Story 163 - Vedanta in Everyday Life

. Story 164 - The Way to Learn

. Story 165 - Model of a Vedantic Life

. Story 166 - True Vedanta

+ Chapter XXVII - Work

. Story 167 - Hell turned into Heaven

. Story 168 - Work for Work's Sake

. Story 169 - Reflex Action

. Story 170 - Half-hearted Action

. Story 171 - Half-hearted Work

+ Chapter XXVIII - Faith In God

. Story 172 - Fight between gods & demons

. Story 173 - Spear with which Jesus was touched

. Story 174 - Lord Krishna's grace over Kubja

. Story 175 - The astounding work of Shri Sankaracharya

. Story 176 - The examples of Prophet Mohammad

. Story 177 - Story of Hercules

. Story 178 - The Example of Duldul

. Story 179 - An English boy with strong faith in his love

+ Chapter XXIX - Devotion To God

. Story 180 - The King on his Saintly queen

. Story 181 - The story of a true Namazi

+ Chapter XXX - Love For God

. Story 182 - The Sweepress and the fallen pearls of the queen

. Story 183 - The Story of Guru Nanak

. Story 184 - The Story of a shepherd boy and Moses

+ Chapter XXXI - Awareness

. Story 185 - Lord Jesus' advice to Romans

+ Chapter XXXII - Spiritual Power

. Story 186 - Alexander the great and the Indian Saint

. Story 187 - Expansion of the limited self

. Story 188 - The strong minded Lord Buddha

+ Chapter XXXIII - Will-force

. Story 189 - Maharaja Ranjit Singh-Lion of Punjab

. Story 190 - The story of devotee child - Nam Deo

. Story 191 - The story of Whittington

+ Chapter XXXIV - Thought Power

. Story 192 - The curse of adverse suggestion

. Story 193 - Thinking of dog & cat

. Story 194 - A clever poet wrought in perversity

. Story 195 - Lord Indra & his piggish thoughts

. Story 196 - The intensity of Koonj bird's love For her offspring

. Story 197 - The awareness of a pregnant woman

+ Chapter XXXV - Self-confidence

. Story 198 - Lions and Elephants

. Story 199 - The ocean & the Tateri

. Story 200 - Lion-hearted-Frederick the Great

+ Chapter XXXVI - Universal Unity

. Story 201 - The Large-Hearted Abraham Lincoln

. Story 202 - Lord Buddha and the hunter-King

. Story 203 - Saint Kabir and one of his disciples

+ Chapter XXXVII - Self-realization

. Story 204 - The dilemma of an intoxicated man

. Story 205 - The Story of Lord Shiva & Bhasmasura

. Story 206 - The popular game of Gulli-danda as an aid to concentration

+ Chapter XXXVIII - God Realization

. Story 207 - A patient and a doctor

. Story 208 - A judge in his court

+ Chapter XXXIX - God Consciousness

. Story 209 - Rama Chandra's determination

. Story 210 - Miraculous horn

. Story 211 - A prince and his vulgar companions

. Story 212 - The saint and the lion

. Story 213 - Two men and the pigeons

. Story 214 - The designer of piano and his magnificent music

. Story 215 - The maid servant who sought nothing but king's grace

. Story 216 - The practice of allowing roots of godly ideas

+ Chapter XL - Truthfulness

. Story 217 - Saint Tuladhar

. Story 218 - The story of a simple boy

. Story 219 - The example of crooked and straight wood

+ Chapter XLI - Purity

. Story 220 - The example of a lamp.

. Story 221 - The King and two painters

. Story 222 - Fall of Napoleon

. Story 223 - The defeat of Prithvi Raj Chauhan

. Story 224 - The sad plight of Abhimanyu in Mahabharata

. Story 225 - The greatness of Hanumanji

. Story 226 - The battle of Meghnath with Lakshmana

. Story 227 - Bhishma Pitamaha

. Story 228 - The example of an insect which, develops Immunity in dirty water

+ Chapter XLII - Patriotism

. Story 229 - The example of Japanese and others

. Story 230 - A British doctor's sacrifice for his country

+ Chapter XLIII - Devotion To Duty

. Story 231 - A gardener's devotion to duty

. Story 232 - Two servants of a king

+ Chapter XLIV - Knowledge

. Story 233 - Cure of Ignorance

. Story 234 - The forgetful barber

+ Chapter XLV - Progress

. Story 235 - Example of running water

+ Chapter XLVI - Success

. Story 236 - The story of a retired soldier

. Story 237 - The importance of honest and truthful work in life.

+ Chapter XLVII - Self Help

. Story 238 - The example of a short boy

. Story 239 - The example of serving others through self-help

+ Chapter XLVIII - Peace

. Story 240 - Importance of keeping aloof from the world

+ Chapter XLIX - Renunciation

. Story 241 - The story of Ayaz

. Story 242 - Expansion of little self into Universal Self

. Story 243 - ample of commissariate clerk

. Story 244 - The example of shadow in respect of worldly desires

+ Chapter L - Ignorance

. Story 245 - The story of an ignorant child

. Story 246 - The prince and the painted plate

. Story 247 - A fool's joy at the theft of his horse

. Story 248 - The lion and other animals

. Story 249 - The imagery of the hunter and his game

. Story 250 - Story of Nawab

+ Chapter LI - Maya

. Story 251 - The delusion of Duryodhana

. Story 252 - The story of a self-realized ascetic

+ Chapter LII - Desires

. Story 253 - A patient's desires

. Story 254 - Newton's fan

. Story 255 - Sacrificing of worldly desires to attaining peace and god-hood

+ Chapter LIII - Suffering

. Story 256 - Human Suffering

+ Chapter LIV - Anger

. Story 257 - The hermit and the shudra

+ Chapter LV - Attachment

. Story 258 - The Story of Lot and his Wife

+ Chapter LVI - Selfishness

. Story 259 - Fall of Indians due to short-sightedness

. Story 260 - Distortion of Truth

. Story 261 - Result of selfish and deceitful action

. Story 262 - The story of a selfish and greedy man

+ Chapter LVII - Egoism

. Story 263 - The example of chilled snakes in the Himalayas

. Story 264 - Lord Krishna's flute

. Story 265 - Refinement of egocentric desires for attaining eternal life & happiness

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