Guest guest Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 MURUGA SARANAM 29th Oct 2006 Spiritual Stories: Post #14 "Quiet Piety" Dear Members.. The Sunday after the Skandha Shashti brings you, probably the shortest of the stories, the 14 th in the series of spiritual stories by Bhagawan Ramana Maharishi. It says a very simple and uncomplicated message. Never let others know of your piety or devotion. I have heard that one should not express his divine experiences as it will dissipate the good energy. It must hold good for piety as well. MURUGA SARANAM With Best Regards Meyyappan S **** The Story begins here QUIET PIETY THERE WAS A king with a devoted queen. She was a devotee of Sri Rama and yearned that her husband should similarly be a devotee. One night she found that the king mumbled something in his sleep. She kept her ears close to his lips and heard the word 'Rama' repeated continually as in japa (chanting). She was delighted and the next day ordered the minister to hold a feast. The king having partaken of the feast asked his wife for an explanation. She related the whole occurrence and said that the feast was in gratitude to God for the fulfillment of a long cherished wish. The king was however annoyed that his devotion should have been found out. Some say that having thus betrayed God he considered himself unworthy of God and so committed suicide. It means that one should not openly display one's piety. We may take it that the king told the queen not to make a fuss over his piety and they then lived happily together. Courtesy: Concise Oxford English Dictionary (*) Piety (noun) – the quality of being pious or reverent. A belief accepted with unthinking conventional reverence. Ends ******** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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