Rama and Krishna Spiritual Story As Told By Ramana Maharshi

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A devotee who had suddenly lost his only son came to Bhagavan in a state of

acute grief, seeking relief. He asked a few questions in which his grief was

evident.

 

Bhagavan, as usual, asked him to enquire into the Self and find out who is

grieving. The devotee was not satisfied. Bhagavan then said,“All right. I

will tell you a story from Vichara Sagaram. Listen”.

 

TWO YOUNGSTERS BY name Rama and Krishna, told their respective parents that

they would go to foreign countries to prosecute further studies and then

earn a lot of money. After some time, one of them died suddenly. The other

studied well,earned a lot and was living happily.

 

Some time later the one that was alive requested a merchant who was going to

his native place to tell his father that he was wealthy and happy and that

the other boy who had come with him had passed away. Instead of passing on

the information correctly, the merchant told the father of the person who

was alive, that his son was dead, and the father of the person that was

dead, that his son had earned a lot of money and was living happily.

 

The parents of the person that was actually dead, were happy in the thought

that their son would come back after some time, while the parents of the

person whose son was alive, but was reported to be dead, were in great

grief.

 

In fact,neither of them saw their son but they were experiencing happiness

or grief according to the reports they received. That is all. We too are

similarly situated.

 

We believe all sorts of things that the mind tells us and get deluded into

thinking that what exists does not exist and that what does not exist

exists. If we do not believe the mind but enter the heart and see the son

that is inside, there is no need to see the children outside.

 

Source: SPIRITUAL STORIES AS TOLD BY RAMANA MAHARSHI

 

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Om namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

Prasanth Jalasutram