GO TO THE COMPANY OF SAINTS AGAIN AND AGAIN Once a man said to another, “I have been attending the congregation for several days, but I am yet to acquire any virtues." The other saint gave him a basket made of bamboo and asked him to fill it with water. He took the basket to the river. He put it into the river but it would just not hold the water. The next day he again went and asked how to fill the water into the basket because there were several holes in it. He was, however, advised to continue the practice. After some days, he came again and complained that even though he was trying regularly, the basket was not holding the water. At this the saint said, " You have putting the basket into the water and taking it out again and again. Have you noticed any change in the basket?" The reply was: "One change I have seen definitely. Earlier, the basket had some dust settled on it. Now it is quite clean. Secondly the size of the holes of the basket has been reduced." The saint explained," If you continue the practice of putting the basket into the water again and again, the bamboos will expand and one day the holes may disappear from the basket at all and it may be able to hold the water. Similarly, a person who goes to the company of saints again and again, his mind becomes clean and the holes in the form of shortcomings will gradually disappear and it will start holding the virtues." [From kids.nirankari.org] visit this site to read more discourse of His Holiness
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:00:45 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015