CHINNA KATHA

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CHINNA KATHA

- A Little Story from Bhagavan

 

Once upon a time, a monk wearing the ochre robe chanced to enter a

village full of atheists. He fell in with a gang of defiant youth who

challenged him to show them that the God, whom he was adoring,

actually existed. He said he could, but before doing so, he asked for

a cup of milk.

 

When the milk was placed before him, he did not drink it. He sat

looking at it, long and silently with increasing curiosity. The

youths became impatient. Their clamor became insistent.

The monk told them, " Wait a minute. I am told that there is butter in

milk. I must say this cup does not have it, for I do not see any of

it, however hard I look into it! "

 

The fellows laughed at his innocence and said, " Silly man! Don't rush

to such absurd conclusions. Milk has butter in every drop. That is

what makes it so nourishing.

 

If you must see it as a separate, concrete entity, you have to boil

the milk, cool it, add sour curd, wait for some hours for it to

curdle, then churn it and roll the butter that floats into a ball. "

 

" Ah, " said the monk, " that makes my task of showing you God much

easier! God is in everything, every being and atom of the Universe.

It is because of this that they exist and we can cognize them and

enjoy them.

 

To see Him as a concrete entity, you have to follow a prescribed

procedure, earnestly, strictly, and sincerely. Then at the end of it

all, you can experience His Grace and His Glory. "

 

- Baba

 

Ram Chugani

Kobe, Japan