Guest guest Posted March 22, 1999 Report Share Posted March 22, 1999 So what does this mean Harsha? Do you 'finally' understand me or do I finally understand you? Are we not 'all' the 'perfect' thing for which we were created? Are we not 'all' the 'perfect teacher/student' model? Is it any wonder then that we 'do get' what we receive when we practice what we preach. Call it Tums for the 'karmaic acid' Tummy. Regards. Tim Harris Harsha: I don't know anything about understanding but I believe you are right Tim, in that, we get or receive in a real sense what we give. For some, the dilemma of life is how to give the very best of oneself. For some, the thought does not occur. Everything they give is only the best. Which reminds me of a story Gurudev told. My teacher's father was a business man. He had a clothing shop. In India, it is common for customers to haggle over prices. One day when my teacher was (as a teen ager) sitting with his father in the shop, a customer came. He wanted to bargain over some item. My teacher's father refused and said that the price was fixed. The customer was surprised. "I am willing to pay the price, but I only buy the best," said the customer. My teacher's father calmly replied, "Sir, everything in my shop is the best. I carry only the best." My teacher became a Jain monk at the age of 20. He was the only son. My teacher's father was a widower. After my teacher became a monk, his father reflected carefully on his life. Within a few months he gave away everything in the shop and joined his son in the monkhood. Both father and son practiced together for the next 17 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 1999 Report Share Posted March 22, 1999 > > Harsha: I don't know anything about understanding but I believe you are > right Tim, in that, we get or receive in a real sense what we give. For > some, the dilemma of life is how to give the very best of oneself. For some, > the thought does not occur. Everything they give is only the best. Which > reminds me of a story Gurudev told. My teacher's father was a business man. > He had a clothing shop. In India, it is common for customers to haggle over > prices. One day when my teacher was (as a teen ager) sitting with his father > in the shop, a customer came. He wanted to bargain over some item. My > teacher's father refused and said that the price was fixed. The customer was > surprised. "I am willing to pay the price, but I only buy the best," said > the customer. My teacher's father calmly replied, "Sir, everything in my > shop is the best. I carry only the best." My teacher became a Jain monk at > the age of 20. He was the only son. My teacher's father was a widower. After > my teacher became a monk, his father reflected carefully on his life. Within > a few months he gave away everything in the shop and joined his son in the > monkhood. Both father and son practiced together for the next 17 years. > AGREED! However, I must tell you up front that, although I have a valid class 5 'driving' lisence, it is still probationary and I am a little 'gun' shy. Would you mind driving first? It is so much easier to learn this way don't you think? Regards. Tim Harris > ------ > Come check out our brand new web site! > > Onelist: Making the Internet intimate -- For more information on the CASUAL ENLIGHTENMENT METHOD please visit: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/4908/index.html ICQ # 34365156 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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