Not a drop of Water

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Not a drop of Water

 

Many years ago, I visited a great sage of our own country,

a very holy man. We talked of our revealed book, the Vedas, of your

Bible, of the Koran, and of revealed books in general. At the close of

our talk, this good man asked me to go to the table and take up a

book; it was a book which, among other things, contained a forecast of

the rainfall during the year.

 

The sage said, 'Read that.' And I read out the quantity of

rain that was to fall. He said, 'Now take the book and squeeze it.'

I did so and he said, 'Why, my boy, not a drop of water comes out.

Until the water comes out, it is all book, book. So until your

religion makes you realise God, it is useless. He who only studies

books for religion reminds one of the fable of the ass which carried

a heavy load of sugar on its back, but did not know the sweetness of

it.'

(Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda 1:326)

gokulmuthu narayanaswamy <gokulmuthu