Whatever is, is Vishnu...

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''There was a holy man who used to live in a state of ecstasy and would not

speak with anyone. He was regarded as a lunatic. One day having begged some

food in the village, he took his seat by the side of a dog and fell to

eating. A strange sight now presented itself and attracted a crowd of

spectators, for the holy man would put one morsel into his own mouth and the

next into that of the dog, and so the man and the beast went on eating

together like a pair of friends. Some of the spectators began to laugh at

the holy man as being a mad fellow. Thereupon he said, 'Why do you laugh?

 

Vishnu is seated with Vishnu,

Vishnu is feeding Vishnu;

Why do you laugh, O Vishnu?

Whatever is, is Vishnu.'''

 

(Words of the Master, Swami Brahmananda; Calcutta, 1985: 3.)