Guest guest Posted December 25, 2001 Report Share Posted December 25, 2001 Jaya Guru Datta, Here is today's saying: “In a small town there was a Sadhu who was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. Everyday he walked through the streets chanting 'Om Namah Shivaya! Om Namah Shivaya!' The children in the town considered him mad. They taunted and teased him, and even threw rocks at him. But his strong devotion in Shiva protected him from these miseries. Before the stones hit the renunciant, they turned into flowers. However, one day, the Sadhu became angry when the children began to throw rocks at him. 'I have had enough of these insults,' he thought. 'I'll teach them a lesson.' So saying, he picked up a stone and threw it at the children. As he did so he forgot to chant the Lord's name. Lord Shiva was observing all this from above and thought to himself: "If this devotee is going to try and take care of himself and not rely on me, then I will leave him to his own ways. If he doesn't need me and thinks that he must take events into his own hands, then let it be so.' With that, Shiva didn't go to his aid. So all the stones that the children threw did not turn into flowers. Instead, they bruised the renunciant all over his body." Sri Swamiji Forty-two Stories, pp. 20 - 21 Sri Guru Datta, Swamiji Says Suggest a quote for this week's Swamiji Says! Send a quote to: swamiji-says ____________________________ Send a friend your Buddy Card and stay in contact always with Excite Messenger http://messenger.excite.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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