Noble thoughts

[Guest guest]

I am delighted to see that Sri Sadagopan has agreed graciously to continue

to contribute to the group. Nothing makes me more happy.

 

The many requests that outpoured from many bhagavathas in this context were

quite instructive as well. Such is the beauty of this group.

 

In one of those messages, Sri Krishna Prasad said:

<<<<One should be happy if reminded of good thoughts by anyone in this world,

like how the RigVeda states "AA NO Bhadraaha Krathavo yantu vishwataha" (let

good thoughts come to us from all directions). >>>

 

This reminded me of a story I heard last year around this time at our temple.

Here it goes:

It was the time of judgement (hell or heaven) for two individuals who sort of

knew each other during their earthly life. One of them was a priest at a

temple. The other one was a taxi driver-with no religious inclinations. The

cab driver had ferried many people to the temple, but never once he entered

the temple for darshan. The outcome at the gate of swarga was quite clear to

both of them.

 

However, to their total surprise, God at the outset gave the necessary papers

to enter the swarga for the cab driver. With our temple priest though, the

God was still doing the paper work and this hesitation made it look like,

the preist may not make it to Swarga. Our priest was getting rather

perplexed.

 

Our Priest, who ordinarily would not question God, gathered courage and

asked; God, how come him-the God avoider, and not me-the servant of God?

 

God said, you don't know one thing about that cab driver. He made more people

think of Me than you ever made. Yes, you were a priest at the temple and

you served me on behalf of the many devotees who came to temple. But this cab

driver made even those who would not take my name or go to temple to take My

Name! Anyone who rode in his taxi prayed to Me for their safe trip (because

of his unsafe driving habbits and the poor stae of his taxi)!

You, on the conrary, scared away many (would have been devotees) with your

knowledge of the shastras by making them think that God was too much for them

to seek. Only those who stayed on course were those who would have, even if

you were not there in the first place!

 

Sincerely,

 

K. Sreekrishna (Tatachar)