Three Robbers

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about to strike their victim with his sword, when the second robber interrupted

and said: 'There's no use in killing him. Let us bind him fast and leave him

here. The he won't be able to tell the police.' Accordingly the robbers tied

him with a rope, left him, and went away. "After a while the third robber

returned to the rich man and said: 'Ah! You're badly hurt, aren't you? Come,

I'm going to release you.' The third robber set the man free and led him out of

the forest. When they came near the highway, the robber said, 'Follow this road

and you will reach home easily.' 'But you

must come with me too', said the man. 'You have done so much for me. We shall

all be happy to see you at our home.' 'No,' said the robber, 'it is not

possible for me to go there. The police will arrest me.' So saying he left the

rich man after pointing out his way. "Now, the first robber, who said:

'What's the good of keeping the man alive? Kill him', is tamas. It destroys.

The second robber is rajas, which binds a man to the world and entangles him in

a variety of activities. Rajas makes him forget God. Sattva alone shows the way

to God. It produces virtues like compassion, righteousness, and devotion.

Again, sattva is like the last step of the stairs. Next to it is the roof. The

Supreme Brahman is man's own abode. One cannot attain the Knowledge of Brahman

unless one transcends the three gunas."

------Sri Ramakrishna

Roman"> Sivaya Namah

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