Rajessh M Iyer

An unpardonable act

October 24, 2023

Strangely, questions other than about his life—which was fast slipping away—troubled Ravan. Ram had only a few moments ago shot a Brahmastra at him. As he was falling down, a question rose above the cacophony in Ravan’s mind: ‘Where did I err, Shiv, my Lord? Was my strategy wrong?’ ‘I...

An unending stream of danavs and shapeshifters

October 17, 2023

The battlefield was filled to the brim with demons of all shapes and sizes. They had sprung up with such alacrity that it took Goddess Durga by surprise. She had been in battle with the army of Shumbh and Nishumbh, the two brothers who had usurped the kingdom of the...

Your deeds and the karmic account

October 10, 2023

Ratnakar saw the sun almost touch the far horizon. It had been a particularly lean day, and no traveller came down the road that passed through the forest. He wondered if he’d be going home empty-handed. That’s when he got a glimpse of a shimmering image. It seemed like a...

The caged parrot

October 3, 2023

Bodhidharma was dejected. His objective of divulging the immense knowledge that he possessed seemed to be going nowhere. People were frankly unconcerned with anything that wasn’t of use in their mundane lives. The deeper meanings of life meant nothing to them. One day, as Bodhidharma was trudging morosely down a...

Enlightening in elation and distress

September 26, 2023

Once there lived a king who desired to wear a special ring with a line inscribed on it that would be enlightening in both happiness and sadness—a reality check each time he read it. However, the king rejected every line presented to him. That’s when one of his advisors suggested...

Divinity can gobble up material assets

September 19, 2023

Stories of yore—even simple ones—have layers that can be peeled off to reveal newer meanings that are hidden beneath them. It’s easy to observe parallel events getting enacted right now in our lives that seem to take a leaf out of popular ancient lores that we grew up on, as...

Obsessed with the exterior

September 12, 2023

The royal court of King Janak’s kingdom was filled to the brim. Educated people from various kingdoms had assembled to listen to the finest minds discussing matters pertaining to the soul. Janak was the patron of numerous seers and scholars and regularly held such spiritual assemblies. Far away in his...

Relax… here and now

September 5, 2023

Alexander was exasperated and regretted his decision to meet the recluse sage Diogenes. He, along with his soldiers, had been roaming the island for hours. Yet there was no sign of Diogenes. ‘I shouldn’t have come to meet him,’ Alexander said as he sat down on the beach. ‘Little wonder...

Why are you still carrying her?

August 29, 2023

Once upon a time, two monks who were part of a monastery were travelling together. The monastery followed strict rules, which the monks needed to adhere to. The younger monk was relatively new to the monastery and observed other monks carefully. And he admired the elder monk who accompanied him...

All I know is that I know nothing’

August 22, 2023

Knowledge is acquired from the world outside, but wisdom comes from deep within, though only after the acknowledgement that we ‘know nothing’ Once, a friend of Socrates—the Greek philosopher and seer—asked the Oracle at Delphi if there was anyone wiser than Socrates. The Oracle replied in the negative. Unlike a...

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