Guest guest Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda was a great storyteller. His talks and writings are interspersed with numerous anecdotes, examples, similes, and illustrations mirroring his vast knowledge of human nature—its potential and its relative limitations. Some of these stories are well known, many others are little known. Here is one such story from his Complete Works. Truth will be out, sooner or later There was a certain king who had a huge number of courtiers, and each one of these courtiers declared he was ready to sacrifice his life for his master, and that he was the most sincere being ever born. In course of time, a Sannyasin came to the king. The king said to him that there never was a king who had so many sincere courtiers as he had. The Sannyasin smiled and said he did not believe that. The king said the Sannyasin could test it if he liked. So the Sannyasin declared that he would make a great sacrifice by which the king's reign would be extended very long, with the condition that there should be made a small tank into which each one of his courtiers should pour a pitcher of milk, in the dark of night. The king smiled and said, 'Is this the test?' And he asked his courtiers to come to him, and told them what was to be done. They all expressed their joyful assent to the proposal and returned. In the dead of night, they came and emptied their pitchers into the tank. But in the morning, it was found full of water only. The courtiers were assembled and questioned about the matter. Each one of them had thought there would be so many pitchers of milk that his water would not be detected. Unfortunately most of us have the same idea and we do our share of work as did the courtiers in the story. (CW, 1:427-8) Moral: Unfortunately most of us have the same idea and we do our share of work as did the courtiers in the story http://www.sriramakrishnamath.org/magazine/vk/2005/5-8-2.asp Sharing with you a group of Mahasaraswati Mahalakshmi Mahakali / Hinduism divyabhakti Click to join divyabhakti Sharing with you all a group of Sri Mookambika Devi - Kolur Click to join BYE!! Thank YouDo You ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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