Chinna Katha

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Most of the sants go on pilgrimage from place to place in search of

knowledge about culture, religion etc. This is a story about one

such sant who was on his way to Kasi. The sant was carrying some

precious things with him. A thief found that sant had precious

things and came in the disguise of a Sadhu. He joined the sant and

they both continued their journey. Every day, the pseudo Sadhu

attempted to steel but many people surrounded the sant. One fine

day, luck favored the thief in guise of Sadhu; they were given a

single room in an inn. That night the thief was waiting for the

Sadhu to sleep. After a while, the Sadhu was fast asleep and the

robber started searching for the precious things. He searched in the

sant's bag, under his pillow. The thief searched almost all paces in

the room, but drew a blank everywhere. He was fed up and he also

slept. The next day he revealed the truth to his fellow traveler

that he was actually a thief and he came to steel the precious

things from him. After that he inquired the Sadhu that where did he

keep the money. The Sadhu chuckled at it and said that he kept the

precious thing under the thief's pillow. The thief got enlightened

and never stole any thing after that experience. So, as the thief we

search for Him everywhere, we do not realize that God is residing in

us.

 

Ayam Atama. Brahma