Guest guest Posted October 22, 2002 Report Share Posted October 22, 2002 Parvati, the consort of Shiva once got curious that among the countless bhaktas of her lord, who was the most devoted. Upon being so questioned by her, Lord Shiva smiled and said that presently there were two who were on an almost equal level, one very rich and other a poor brahmin, and as it was due time to give them a visit, why not she join him in the tour to karmabhoomi(this earth of ours). o both of them in a disguise of mendicants(Jogi and jogan) proceeded first to the rich fella. The merchant was a very devout bhakta of Shiva and his free time was spent in the beautiful Shiva temple in his courtyard, doing pooja most of the time. The twosome happened to arrive at his gate just at the time of his special pooja and called out for alms. The merchant was 'too busy', but in accordance to his standing instruction, the 'beggars' were given a couple of blankets and some food and then shooed away when they asked for the darshans of the benefactor as he was busy appeasing Shiva. Parvati was not too happy, but Shiva "the giver beyond compare", simply blessed his devotee with a thousandfold increase in his wealth; Bang! Just like that. Now they proceeded to the other devotee, the poor brahmin. This brahmin was quite old and his wife had passed away, neither did he have any progeny. For his livlihood he just had an old cow whose milk he used to consume and sell the rest; thus just managing to scrape through. He was just biding his time till his death happily repeating Shiva's name. Upon the arrival of two athitis(unexpected guests), he fed them with what little he had deciding to go hungry for that day. Shiva also gracefully accepted as alms, the only tattered blanket he had. The "mendicants" departed from the brahmin's door quite satisfied. After covering some distance, Parvati was curious and asked the Lord, why did he not bless the poor brahmin. "Ahh, I just forgot my dear", replied Shiva, "May the brahmin's cow die". LoveAlways, Mazie & b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2002 Report Share Posted October 22, 2002 , "hrtbeat7" <hrtbeat7> wrote: > Parvati, the consort of Shiva once got curious that among the > countless bhaktas of her lord, who was the most devoted. > > Upon being so questioned by her, Lord Shiva smiled and > said that presently there were two who were on an > almost equal level, one very rich and other a poor > brahmin, and as it was due time to give them a visit, why > not she join him in the tour to karmabhoomi(this > earth of ours). > > o both of them in a disguise of mendicants(Jogi and jogan) proceeded > first to the rich fella. The merchant was a very devout bhakta of > Shiva and his free time was spent in the beautiful Shiva temple in > his > courtyard, doing pooja most of the time. > > The twosome happened to arrive at his gate just at the time of his > special pooja and called out for alms. > > The merchant was 'too busy', but in accordance to his standing > instruction, the 'beggars' were given a couple of blankets and > some food and then shooed away when they asked for the > darshans of the benefactor as he was busy appeasing Shiva. > > Parvati was not too happy, but Shiva "the giver beyond > compare", simply blessed his devotee with a thousandfold > increase in his wealth; Bang! Just like that. > > Now they proceeded to the other devotee, the poor brahmin. This > brahmin was quite old and his wife had passed away, > neither did he have any progeny. > > For his livlihood he just had an old cow whose milk he used to > consume and sell the rest; thus just managing to scrape through. > He was just biding his time till his death happily repeating Shiva's > name. > > Upon the arrival of two athitis(unexpected guests), he fed them with > what little he had deciding to go hungry for that day. Shiva also > gracefully accepted as alms, the only tattered blanket he had. > > The "mendicants" departed from the brahmin's door quite satisfied. > After covering some distance, Parvati was curious and asked the > Lord, > why did he not bless the poor brahmin. > > "Ahh, I just forgot my dear", replied Shiva, "May the > brahmin's cow die". > > > > LoveAlways, > > Mazie & b "To those have......I will give. " "To those who have not.......I will take away" :-) Thank you b..........somethings just came together Love Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 , "lastrainhome" <lastrain@w...> wrote: > , "hrtbeat7" <hrtbeat7> wrote: Namaste, There is nothing to give or take away, in duality there are the delusion of attachments...Om Namah Sivaya.......Saktidas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 , "saktidasa" <saktidasa> wrote: > There is nothing to give or take away, in duality there are the delusion of attachments. )))) Can you give or take them away? Om Namah Shivaya! LoveAlways, b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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