Chinna Katha - The three dolls.

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Once upon a time there was a shopkeeper who used to sell

dolls. One day, a passer-by saw three dolls in the shop, which were

very much identical in shape, size, colour etc. After a while, he

noticed that the three dolls had different prices. He was astonished

and he asked the shopkeeper why he had priced like that way. The

shopkeeper laughed and elucidated with a demo.

 

He placed the dolls one beside the other. He took a kettle

of milk and poured a little bit of it in the first doll's ear. The

milk came out of the other ear and he stated that that was $15. He

poured some milk into the second doll's ear. The milk got settled in

the stomach of the doll and the man priced it $25. He once again

took a little bit of milk and emptied it in the third doll's ear.

The milk went to the stomach and a bit of it came out of its mouth

and the merchant articulated that it was $50. He conveyed that the

three dolls resembled men. The first doll resembled people who hear

things and leave them from the other ear. The second doll was

similar to people who hear things and just digest for their own

benefit. The third doll bears a resemblance to people, who hear

things, digest them and tell them to other people for the people's

benefit.

 

So, friends the moral of this short story is be like the

third doll. Spread the knowledge to people who are in need of it.

 

yathaidhamsi samiddho 'gnir

bhasma-sat kurute 'rjuna

jnanagnih sarva-karmani

bhasma-sat kurute tatha - Bhagavadgita

 

As a blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the

fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions to material

activities.