Guest guest Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 Jaya Guru Datta, Here is today's saying: “Do not consult the mind, which is fickle like a monkey. It always runs after the tempting objects of the world and finally makes man land in calamities. If you yield to the dictates of the mind, you will receive only blows. There is a story of a monkey which had entered into a shop where dry fruits were sold. The shopkeeper was not in the shop. The monkey thought that it could finish everything within no time. It saw a jar full of cashewnuts. It put both of its hands inside the jar and clenched the nuts in its palms. But, as the neck of the jar was very narrow, it could not take out its hands with cashewnuts full in its folded fists. If it gave up those nuts, it could easily take its hands out. But it did not want to let go the cashewnuts. Temptations are strong. It was struggling to pull its hands out. As the struggle was going on, the shopkeeper came, and saw the monkey. He took a big stick and started beating it. The monkey did not give up the nuts, and so it died at the hands of the shopkeeper. In the same way, people yield to desires and invite miseries in their trail." Sri Swamiji Gems of the Purest Rays Serene, pp.4-5 Sri Guru Datta, Swamiji Says Suggest a quote for this week's Swamiji Says! Send your favorite Swamiji sayings to: swamiji-says Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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