Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Stories - Lazy men

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Srila Prabhupada NectarStories - vrindavana

 

Prabhupada was annoyed when devotees in Vrndavana

repeatedly walked in and out of his room and left the

door open behind them, letting in flies.

"Why are you leaving the door open?" he yelled. "It

is a contagious disease." And then he told a story.

An employer advertised for an opening in his firm and

received many applications. Based on these, he

selected two men and asked them to come for an

interview. The employer then observed each man

carefully during the interview. When the first man

entered the room, he left the door open behind him.

The employer spoke with him for about fifteen minutes

and then asked him to wait outside. When the second

applicant entered, he shut the door behind him. After

speaking with him, the employer asked him to also

wait outside and then he called in his secretary.

"That first man I spoke to," he said, "has all the

qualifications, but I have decided to give the job to

the second man."

"Why is that?"

"Because the first man left the door open. It appears

he is a lazy fellow. The other man shut the door, so

while he may not be so qualified, he will learn

'quickly.'"

In Hrsikesha, in 1977, Srila Prabhupada was staying

with about eight of his disciples in a house on the

bank of the Ganges. One day Prabhupada entered the

kitchen and was astonished to see that the devotees

had cut up a huge amount of vegetables in preparation

for lunch. Prabhupada said they had cut enough

vegetables to feed fifty people. Commenting that his

disciples had no common sense, Prabhupada then sat in

a chair and began directing them in all the details of

the cooking. He watched the rice boiling and tested

it for softness. Then he personally cooked the

capatis. At this time, Prabhupada commented that only

a lazy man cannot cook, and he told the story of the

lazy man.

There was a king who announced that all lazy men in

his kingdom could come to the charity house and be

fed. Hundreds of people came and they all said, "I am

a lazy man." The king then told his minister to set

fire to the charity house. Everyone inside, except

two men, immediately ran out of the burning building.

Of the two remaining, one man said to the other, "My

back is become very hot from the fire." The other man

advised, "just turn over to the other side." Seeing

these two, the king said, "They are actually lazy men.

Feed them."

- From the Nectar by HH Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

 

 

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