Grass-eating Tiger

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I've red this story in a book with lectures of Swamidji and I find it very

" usefull " for the one who's already chosen the path of spiritual growing.But the

others(I mean,those who are aiming to denie this aspects) would take it as a

confirmation of non-vegetarian way of eating.Please,let them know the very

meaning ,the escence of Swamiji's words.

mihaela

 

Selvaratnam Selvakumar <selvauk wrote:

Om Namah Sivaya

 

A story told by Sri Ramakrishna:

Once a tigress attacked a herd of goats. A hunter saw

her from distance and killed her. The tigress was

pregnant and gave birth to a cub as she expired. The

cub began to grow in the company of the goats. At

first it was nursed by the she-goats, and later on, as

it grew bigger, it began to eat grass and bleat like

the goats. Gradually the cub became a big tiger; but

still it ate grass and bleated. When attacked by other

animal, it would run away, like the goats. One day a

fierce-looking tiger attacked the herd. It was amazed

to see a tiger in the herd eating grass and running

away with the goats at its approach. It left the goats

and caught hold of the grass-eating tiger, which began

to bleat and tired to run away. But the fierce tiger

dragged it to the water and said: ‘Now look at your

face in the water. You see, you have the pot-face of a

tiger; it is exactly like mine.’ Next it pressed a

piece of meat into its mouth. At first the

grass-eating tiger refused to eat the meat. Then it

got the taste of the meat and relished it. At last the

fierce tiger said to the grass-eater: ‘What a

disgrace! You lived with the goats and ate grass like

them!’ And the other was really ashamed of itself.

 

Sri Ramakrishna’s saying: " Eating grass is like

enjoying 'woman and gold’. To bleat and run away like

goat is to behave like an ordinary man. Going away

with the new tiger is like taking shelter with guru,

who awakens one’s spiritual consciousness, and

recognizing him alone as one’s relative. To see one’s

face rightly is to know one’s real Self. "

 

Sri Ramakrishnaya Namah

Vivekananda Centre London

http://www.vivekananda.co.uk

 

 

 

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Om Namah Sivaya

 

 

 

Once a tigress attacked a herd of goats. A hunter saw her from distance and killed her. The tigress was pregnant and gave birth to a cub as she expired. The cub began to grow in the company of the goats. At first it was nursed by the she-goats, and later on, as it grew bigger, it began to eat grass and bleat like the goats. Gradually the cub became a big tiger; but still it ate grass and bleated. When attacked by other animal, it would run away, like the goats. One day a fierce-looking tiger attacked the herd. It was amazed to see a tiger in the herd eating grass and running away with the goats at its approach. It left the goats and caught hold of the grass-eating tiger, which began to bleat and tired to run away. But the fierce tiger dragged it to the water and said: ‘Now look at your face in the water. You see, you have the pot-face of a tiger; it is exactly like mine.’ Next it pressed a piece of

meat into its mouth. At first the grass-eating tiger refused to eat the meat. Then it got the taste of the meat and relished it. At last the fierce tiger said to the grass-eater: ‘What a disgrace! You lived with the goats and ate grass like them!’ And the other was really ashamed of itself.

 

‘‘Eating grass is like enjoying ‘woman and gold’. To bleat and run away like goat is to behave like an ordinary man. Going away with the new tiger is like taking shelter with guru, who awakens one’s spiritual consciousness, and recognizing him alone as one’s relative. To see one’s face rightly is to know one’s real Self.’’

-------Sri Ramakrishna

 

 

 

Sivaya Namah

 

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