Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 -------------------- CARING FOR THE BODY: One winter a Nepali aristocrat coming down from the Ashram Bhajan hall after the night Satsang, found the kitchen fires burning brightly even at that late hour. He turned to the Master. " What, Swamiji, you seem to be mindful of everything! There is Akhand (continuous) Kirtan upstairs and the'Akhand' kitchen going on down here! " " You have remarked rightly, " was the Master's serious reply. " Indeed, I do believe in both 'Akhand' kitchen as well as Akhand Kirtan. For, the latter cannot go on without the former, as long as you have a physical body to deal with. It is the 'Akhand' tea, 'Akhand' milk and fruit and the 'Akhand' puns with which I nourish all the industrious workers that has resulted in the wonderful work the Divine Life Society is doing everywhere. " -------------------- " A human being, every human being knows that he is finite, but he creates circumstances in society to remove the consciousness of finitude by somehow or other creating an atmosphere of bigness, importance. 'I am a socially recognized person; the whole world knows me.' If this idea enters the head, you feel somehow that the finitude has expanded into the world area. It has not really expanded; it has only conceptually expanded. So, a socially great man is not a really great man. He is a small man only, but people say 'Very good! Very good!' But one day they say 'Down!', and put him down. " - Swami Krishnananda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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