Think good wherever you are

In a city called Madhura, there are two friends by name Rama and Soma.Both of them have
similar interests and used to roam together. A saint named Vedasaagara used to visit Madhura
once in a while and used to give discourse on epics. Rama and Soma one day attended the
discourse and liked it very much. Thereafter they conceive saint Vedasaagara as their Guru
and used to attend his discourses without fail.

They also share other similar interests like listening to cinema music and watching
dance functions. One day, Soma came to know that there is going to be a dance function
that weekend, which they wanted to see for a long time. At the same time, Rama came to know
that their Guru is going to give discourse that weekend. When they met, they shared this
information. Both of them are interested towards attending the dance function and the
discourse and hence are in a dilemma. Soma told that he would attend the dance function
as, he will not get another chance. But Rama told that he would attend Guru's discourse.

On the function day, Soma went to theatre to enjoy the dance function and Rama went to the
discourse hall.Though Soma wanted to enjoy the dance function, his heart is filled with
his Guru's previous talks. He wondered what his Guru would talk today and realized that
he should have attended the discourse instead of the dance function. Soma on the other hand,
could not concentate on his Guru's talks, as his mind is engrossed in the dance function.
He thought he has missed that eventful day which will not come again.

At the end of the day, Soma and Rama met and discussed about their day. Soma told that he
should have attended their Guru's discourse, which is incomparable and he missed to receive
his blessings. On hearing this, Rama confessed his guilty of not being able to concentrate
on Guru's talks.
They both later realized that it does not matter in which place they are, what is important
is "what they think and what they do".

Moral: Though we are far away from our Bharat Desha, we can still follow our cultural values
in the place where we live.



Source: Excerpt from "Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Amutha Mozhigal" (Golden words of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa)