CHINNA KATHA

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CHINNA KATHA

- A Little Story from Bhagavan

 

There was a millionaire once who was bothered by two aches, one in

his stomach and the other in his head! He was diagnosed and treated.

He was examined and treated by a galaxy of medical experts. He

consumed heavy loads of drugs, and underwent centuries of injections.

But the aches persisted with greater vigour than ever before!

At last, a monk arrived at the scene of his agony. He spoke very

kindly to him, and pronounced the fault to be in his eye! Set right

the eye, and the head on top and the stomach below would both behave

very sweetly! To improve the eye, concentrate on only one colour.

Concentrate on green, he suggested. Do not let your eyes fall on red

or yellow, or any other colour.

 

The rich man got together a group of painters and purchased barrels

of green colour and directed that every object on which his eye was

likely to fall be painted thick green.

 

Just as the ashtagraha calamity (the ominous astrological phenomenon

of eight heavenly bodies reaching a straight line in space, which was

sought to be avoided by superstitious persons through ceremonials of

exorcism) resulted in a rich harvest for priests, the millionaire's

malady resulted in a rich harvest for paint craftsmen.

 

When the monk came back to him after about ten days, the craftsmen

ran toward him with a bucket of green paint for he wore a red gown!

He wondered why, and got the answer that their master dare not cast

his eye on any colour other than green, lest the aches may return!

 

The holy man then reprimanded the patient, and said that he had

wasted lakhs of rupees as a result of his monumental stupidity.

" If only you had purchased a pair of green spectacles, worth perhaps

four rupees, you could have saved these walls and trees and pots and

pans, and chairs and sofas and also a pretty large share of your

fortune! You cannot paint the world green. "

 

- Baba

 

Ram Chugani

Kobe, Japan