Guest guest Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Dear Krishna Prasadji, Thanks for such a wonderful message. It is one to be meditated upon by everyone, so that we can use this human body for spiritual perfection. It should also remind us how privileged a birth we all have got and now we have to use it as best as possible in glorifying Sri Guruvayurappan ! I feel reminded of Poonthanam's statement in the Jnanappana: " kashTam kashTam niroopaNam kooDAthe chuTTu thinnunnu janmam pazhuthe naam " A very apt story to illustrate these lines of the saint. -sriram ============ --- Krishna Prasad <rkrishp99 wrote: > A king once got separated from his kinsmen while > chasing a deer. He wandered > alone in the forest. As dusk fell, he knocked at the > door of a tiny cottage > in the jungle. It was opened by a poor woodcutter > who gave the 'stranger' a > warm welcome. He offered him his own bed to sleep > along with some simple but > tasty food. > > In the morning, while taking leave of the wood > cutter, the king disclosed > his real identity and asked him, what he could give > in return for his > hospitality. The wood cutter being a simpleton > asked, " Can you give me a > place where I can cut trees and sell them? " The king > took him far away to > the edge of another jungle and said, " This is yours > from today. Do what you > like with it. " > > The wood cutter would cut trees and burn them to > make coal, because they > were too heavy for him to carry to the market place. > Several months passed. > The woodcutter was very happy. When the monsoon > season started, there was > heavy rainfall and the wood became wet. The ground > was full of slush, so it > was impossible to burn the wood to make coal. He had > no choice but to carry > the wet logs of wood to the market to sell it. When > he showed the wood to > the buyer, the buyer offered a sum that was a > hundred times more than he was > paying earlier. The wood cutter was confused! > Earlier he was supplying coal > whereas now it was wood and that too, wet wood! > Where was the catch? The > buyer told him that the wood that he had brought was > no ordinary wood, it > was real Sandalwood! The wood cutter realized what a > fool he had been. He > had cut and burnt hundreds of Sandalwood trees to > make coal, little > realizing the value of this precious wood. Had he > known, by now he could > have been a very, very > rich man. > > We also need to understand the value of this > precious human body awarded to > us by Supreme Lord. Without realizing its importance > and proper utility we > are burning it at both ends in the fire of our > worldly desires. Most of our > energies are burnt in doing futile things that > eventually have neither value > nor meaning. But, by the time we realize that we are > wasting our lives, it > is perhaps too late. The whole life burnt in > hoarding wealth, making friends > and getting material pleasures, brings us to a > miserable state at the end of > life. At that time when nobody cares, we turn our > face towards God, but > where is the energy to do any devotion (Angam > Galitam Palitam Mundam, Dashan > Vihinam Jatam Tundam, Vrido Yati Grahitva Dandam)? > > The sooner we realize the better chance we shall > have. Let's not waste our > precious human birth like that foolish woodcutter. > The one who attains a > permanent place in spiritual world using this > temporary and perishable body > is really intelligent (Yat satyam narteneha mritiu > vapnota mamritam). Let's > make best use of this rare opportunity by performing > devotional service unto > supreme Lord and get rich in spiritual wealth! > > > -- > dotcompals: www.dotcompals.in > .Org domain Names for just 2.5 USD > > > Krishna Prasad > > Dare to give up the comfort of the 'known' and > venture into the 'unknown' > The more we know, the more we will come to realize > what we do not know. > If we want to achieve our true potential and live > life to the fullest. > > As Poojya Gurudev said it, > > " Open your eyes. Burst your shell. > Spread your wings and fly! " > > Swami Chinmayananda > Hate not the sinner - hate the sin; and always hate > the sin even with an > excess of hatred. " > ______________________________\ ____ Cheap talk? Check out Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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