Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 Namaste Nice jokes! In the first one, the devotee was under the wrong impression, in fact somewhat thankless to his God. It may be the God himself who showed him the way in the form of an explorer. Does he expect the God to speak through Akash vANi or what? Another point is, anybody who helps another person in a desert is a God himself at that point in life, as otherwise the devotee would be dead if he went the wrong way. By the way was it a real human explorer, Ford explorer or internet explorer? In the second example the master appears manipulative, more than some one who really knows God's ways. Third one has some practical advice. Does the book any fruther analysis? Regards Bhadraih Mallampalli advaitin , Gummuluru Murthy <gmurthy@m...> wrote: > > > namaste. Continuing with the series of excerpts from "The prayer of > the frog" by Anthony de Mello. The book can be obtained from the > publishers: The Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, Post Box 70, Anand, > Gujarat 388001, India. > > Regards > Gummuluru Murthy > ---- -- > > > > GRACE > > > 1. > > A man was lost in a desert. Later, when describing his ordeal to his > friends, he told how, in sheer despair, he had knelt down and cried > out to God to help him. > > "And did God answer your prayer?" he was asked. > > "Oh, no! Before He could, an explorer appeared and showed me the way." > > > ------ > > > 2. > > In his narrative of the saints, Attar tells of the great sufi Habib Ajami > who went to bathe in the river one day leaving his coat lying unattended > on the bank. Now Hasan of Basra happened to pass by, saw the coat and, > thinking that it had been left there through someone's carelessness, > decided to stand guard over it till the owner showed up. > > When Habib came looking for his coat, Hasan said, "In whose care did > you leave this coat of yours when you went to bathe in the river? It > colud have been stolen!" > > Habib replied, "I left it in the care of Him who gave you the task > of standing guard over it!" > > > > -------- > > 3. > > A disciple came riding on his camel to the tent of his Sufi Master. > He dismounted and walked right into the tent, bowed low and said, > "So great is my trust in God that I have left my camel outside > untied, convinced that God protects the interests of those who > love him." > > "Go tie your camel, you fool!" said the Master. God cannot be > bothered doing for you what you are perfectly capable of doing for > yourself." > > > ---- > > > GM's comment: Is there a different message in stories 2 and 3 above? > Or, is the vanity of the disciple in 3 the difference from that in > story 2? I would be grateful for further clarifications from the > learned members. > > > ---- - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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