Guest guest Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 What Will you Give To Your Uncle? This happened in Singapore. Anjali was strolling on the seashore when he found a Chinese woman and her child picking up shells inside which were livingcreatures. Anjali approached the Chinese woman and, in his sweet way, said to her, "What will you do with these creatures?" "I will fry them or add them to my soup," was the answer. This made Anjali sad. And he said to the woman, "Don't you think these creatures love life as much as you and I do?" The woman looked at him for a fewbrief moments, then said, "Yes, that is true!" "Why, then, must you kill them?" Anjali asked. "Why not let them live? Better than killing a creature is to let it live!" "God made the creatures for man," said the Chinese woman. "Moreover, I am taking them for my Aunty with whom I am staying." The woman was a visitor toSingapore, having come from the States. "And what will you give to your uncle?" pleaded Anjali. There was deep compassion and pathos in his voice: it touched the woman's heart. Not without somereluctance, she said, "Alright, I shall give you half of them. The remaining half I shall give to my Aunty." Anjali held out to her an empty bowl containing a little water and said, "Give me as many as you will!" The woman put several creatures in the bowl. Unmindful of his clothes getting wet, Anjali entered the sea and gently dropped the creatures into the waters,breathing out the aspiration, "My little brothers and sisters, may God bless you! And may you be happy and full of bliss!" We are so callous in treating creatures. "All life is sacred," taught Sadhu Vaswani. He also said, "Creation is one family." In this one family of creation,birds and animals, fish and fowl, all creatures who breathe the breath of life, are man's younger brothers and sisters. It is man's duty to take care ofthem, to protect them, to give them the service of love. These hands are given to us to help and heal, not to harm; to bless and not to butcher; to saveand not to slaughter. These hearts are given to us to love and not to hate. In the measure in which man becomes a protector of life, in that measure heevolves and all creation evolves with him. Best Regards,K.s.Vishwanathan.Tel No: 022-28738192 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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