Pranam Having learnt so much being divine people cause damages to earth and individuals? Are they time passing stories? or else people cannot remain so foolish after reading all these. Lots of stories without any substance but ending the vaikunta ekadasi fastings?. KR IRS 21722
On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 at 11:26, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *DIVINE STORIES 07-2022-06* *Dear friends,* *I have started posting a > few divine stories. Hope these stories could be refreshing. These were > stored in memory device earlier after reading from different websites. **There > are variations in these stories as heard popularly.* *Gopala Krishnan > 21-7-22* > > *1 When to do Good Things* > > Once there was a rich man. But not even once in his life had he done any > charity. One day, he felt a sudden urge to do some “dana”. *He decided to > give gold small pieces to poor people every day*. Unfortunately, he told > his wife about his intention. She said, “My beloved one, instead of giving > small pieces, you can give a larger quantity of gold, by gathering all the > pieces. > > The rich man accepted her words as divine mantras. Hence from that day > onwards, he started to gather the golden pieces. *He decided to make them > into a big golden ball and then give it away before his death*. Years > rolled on and he collected a good many small pieces, which he made into a > golden ball and kept it inside his pillow. > > All of a sudden, one day, he fell ill and his condition became quite > serious. He could not even move his hands. His tongue lost its power and he > could not speak. He hi-cupped and the sputum blocked his throat. *He > understood that death was near and resented very much for not performing > the cherished ‘dana’ already.* > > He said to himself “At least now I should do the thing”. But he couldn’t > even speak out what he was thinking. He could not move his hands and take > the gold ball out of the pillow*. He tried to remind his wife of their > resolve.* > > Collecting all his energy, he showed by signs to his wife, “As we had > discussed earlier, I have made a gold ball with the pieces of gold intended > for giving in charity daily. The ball is now inside the pillow. Now, my end > has come. But I have no strength to take it out and give it to the needy > people. *Without making any further delay, you please take it out and > give it in charity”.* > > The wife understood what her husband meant. But she thought, “My husband > is going to die soon. There is no surety that my children will take care of > me, after they grow. So now is the time for me to act intelligently. I will > not give the golden ball in charity now. Rather I can keep it with me until > my lifetime. That is the only safety for my life”. > > Her two sons standing nearby could not understand what their father wanted > to convey by his signs. The younger one asked his mother, “*Mother, > Father shows signs of a ball, what he wants to say?” * > > The mother did not want to tell him the truth. She said, “Son, before you > were born, we regularly took wood-apple fruit, and we both liked it. He > used to bring the fruit and I would mix it with sugar and give it to him. > Now also he wants that fruit”. > > The elder son said, “Mother, it is our duty to fulfil the last wish of our > father. So, we shall bring the fruit”. He started with his younger brother. > It was not the season for that fruit. *However after a great deal of > searching the boys found out a wood-apple tree. But a new problem cropped > up. None of them knew how to climbing a tree. They stood below worrying how > to pluck the fruits. They were sad.* > > A few monkeys were living in that tree. Imitating the two boys they also > mocked at them by putting up a sad appearance. On seeing that, the younger > brother got an idea*, “Brother, the monkeys show sad faces like us. Let > us throw a stone at them. In return, the monkeys will hit us with those > fruits”.* > > Immediately they picked up a stone each and threw them at the monkeys. The > monkeys like very much to imitate the actions of human-beings. Immediately > they plucked the fruits from the tree and threw them at the boys. *The > sons picked up the fruits and ran to their mother.* > > She took the pulp from the fruits, mixed it with sugar and gave it to her > husband. The husband was already suffering with sputum blocking his throat > and he couldn’t speak. *But just to save the gold, the wife compelled her > husband to eat that fruit. Due to her compulsion, he also had to eat it.* > > It is a well known fact that anyone who takes that fruit too much, while > suffering with cold and sputum has to die. This is a common truth. It > became true in the matter of that rich man also. He died. > > *This is a Jain story. What do we understand from this?* > > *Good things are to be done immediately, because we don’t know whether* > *tomorrow > belongs to us or to the God of Death.* > > The thing that we want to do on a future day should be done tomorrow > itself. That, which we intend to do tomorrow should be done today itself. > Finally what we intend to do today should be carried out now itself. In > Sanskrit they say - Subhasya Seegram. > > *2 Where is GOD?* > Once an inquisitive devotee asked a realized saint, “Bhagavan, what is the > form of God? Where does he live and where can I find him?” > > The saint said, “God is everywhere and is all pervading. He is blissful, > omniscient and immortal and He is your own self”. The devotee asked, “If it > is so, why do I not perceive and have an experience of Him?” The saint > replied, “As the God is all pervading, He is within your own mind as well > but your mind is not in Him. Your mind is engrossed in the world.” > > The saint in many ways tried to make him understand the existence of God > but the devotee could not comprehend and realize God. *The saint then > told him, “Go to Haridwar, there in Ganga, there is a fish of a strange > colour and it can speak in the voice of human beings. The fish will give > you an appropriate answer to your question”.* > > The inquisitive devotee bowed to the saint, touched his feet and started > on his way to Haridwar. There he sat down in a corner and began to wait for > the arrival of the strange fish. Whenever he saw any fish he repeated his > question and asked *where God lived and how could he see Him? * > > *After sometime the strange fish came and asked the devotee “where from > have you come*?” The devotee replied, “A saint asked me to see you and I > want to know where does God live and how can I see Him?” The fish said to > him, *“I am thirsty for the last seven days. So tell me where I can get > water from.”* > > On listening to the words of the fish, the devotee laughed and said, “Oh > foolish one, water is above you, below you, it is on your right, on your > left and there is water on all you sides”. > > When the devotee spoke like this, the fish became serious and said, *“Oh, > you innocent devotee. You are also foolish like me. God whom you are > searching is above you, below you, on your right, on your left, and in > brief he is on all your sides.* > > The devotee was a bit satisfied and said, “If so, why am I unable to see > the blissful God and why am I so miserable?” The fish said, *“The same is > my question. If water is on all my sides why is my thirst not quenched?* > > The devotee knew the construction of the body of the fish and knew that so > long as the fish swam straight with its face upward, no water can enter its > mouth. To quench its thirst the fish has to swim upside down. If the > construction of the body of the fish is not been like this, water can enter > its body freely and it will die. *So the devotee advised the fish to take > a turn upside down to quench its thirst.* > > The fish then said to the devotee, “As we have to take a turn to quench > our thirst, you should also take a turn to see God. *Turn away from the > desires to see God. In other words, when you turn the flow of the thoughts > of your mind from the world to the blissful omniscient God*, then all > your sorrows will come to an end. The devotee did accordingly and realized > his real Self. > > *3 Where is the Power?* > > Once, in Heaven there was a discussion among the gods to decide where the > miraculous secret power, the power by which man can achieve anything in > this world was to be kept hidden. > > > > One of the Gods suggested that it could be kept hidden in the depths of > the Sea. Another said it could be buried on top of high mountains. The > third one thought of a cave in the woods as the right place. At last, the > most intelligent among them said, ‘Keep it in the depths of man’s mind. He > will never suspect that the power is hidden there because right from his > childhood, his mind is prone to wandering and he will not look within. Only > the intelligent among them will look within, and use the power and become > great.’ All gods agreed. > > So, do you see that the difference between two people lies in their minds? > One knows how to tap its power and the other does not. So, the truth > expressed here is that in the depths of man’s mind lies hidden the > miraculous power, using which one can become great. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/331554415.148684.1658382966679%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/331554415.148684.1658382966679%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZopMc9ti9ukonqOTZCKN3yBi0CAzmiBQX-o0%3DyqmpKaN8w%40mail.gmail.com.
