Shampoo My Waist with Your Feet! -- Swami Sivananda

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Dear Disciples of Great Gurus in TBP,

 

Love and Love alone....

 

Please read the following:

 

Once a saint, in order to test his disciple, ordered him to shampoo

his waist by his feet. The saint said, " My waist is paining. Will

you, my dear disciple, shampoo it with your feet? "

 

The disciple said, " Maharaja How am I to put my feet on your holy

person? That is a great sin " .

 

The saint replied, " But are you not, in thus disobeying me, putting

your feet on my tongue? "

 

One should learn a lesson from this example. The disciple should not

exercise his intellect in carrying out the orders of his Guru. He

should discard impertinence and should develop true and lasting

devotion to the Guru. One should serve a saint in every way, serve

him physically, meditate on him, carry out his orders without delay,

try to serve his mission, and so forth. One should have unflinching

faith. Mysterious are the ways of a saint. The services that he

takes from you are for your own benefit. He himself wants nothing.

By giving various orders and testing you in various ways, he makes

you a fit vessel for the reception of enlightenment.

 

One should not serve a saint for the sake of seeing miracles. You

must have spiritual benefit from a saint. One should serve a saint

with body, mind and soul together for the sake of attainment of God.

Serving a saint for the same of wife, children, wealth and honour,

or for any other selfish motive is a great folly. Though the saint's

contact can give you success in all worldly endeavours, yet it is

like giving away diamonds in exchange for stones.

 

Love and Love alone....

 

P. Gopi Krishna

Gopi Krishna <gopi