Guest guest Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hi, However Dharmaraja and Duryodhana may interpret but need to accept the fact from their findings that no human being is 100% indescent and at the same time no one is 100% perfect. JaiShriRam santhosh sharma advaitin , " Srinivas Nagulapalli " <srini_nagul wrote: > > > I recall a Mahabharata episode that Swami Satchidanandaji used > to narrate regarding knowing ourselves and others. > > Dharmaraja and Duryodhana were once given a private task by their > teacher. Dharamaraja was asked to report the most indecent person > living in the city. And Duryodhana was given the task of finding > the most noble person alive in the city. And they were given a week > duration to report back their findings. > > At the end of period, Dharmaraja submitted with regret to the > teacher that he could not figure who would be the most indecent > person in the city, because any one he looked at seem to have some > good quality or the other. And concluded that probably he himself > is the most indecent one because he was looking for some negative > traits in others, while every one else was busy minding their own > business! > > And Duryodhana came back to the teacher and was fuming at the > teacher for giving him such a ridiculous task. He said, that whom > ever he looked at, had some fault or the other, including even the > teacher himself, who he said is thoughtless to give him such a task! > And he concluded that he himself appeared far better than any one > else he came across! > > Same world, but different ways to look at it. And Swamiji used to > add, as the mind so the man. > > Hari Om! > -Srinivas > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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