Saints advices us what they practice and only those words have its effect on the people. This is evident from the below story.
Guru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used to spend sometime daily in meeting his devotees and blessing them. Once a lady along with her son came to meet him. The lady told to Guru that his son used to eat sweets everyday which is not good for his health, and hence pleaded him to advice his son on that. Guru after having a smile at the boy, told the lady to come after two weeks.After two weeks the lady visited Guru along with her son. This time, the Guru recognised them and asked the boy to come near him. He then told the boy that it is not to good to eat sweets daily as it would affect his growing teeth and body. Also, he added, that if he eats sweets daily, their parents have to spend more on sweets and thus could not get him good books or clothes. Finally he patted the boy and asked "So when do you eat sweets from now?" and the boy replied "I am a good boy and eat sweets occasionally". Saying this the boy ran outside.
The lady is happy for she knows that her son likes the Guru a lot and would want to adher his words to him. But she wondered why her Guru did not say these words when they came first time and asked the same to the Guru.
Guru replied "When you came first time, I used to daily eat sweets brought by the devotees. How can I advice your son not to do something, when I myself doing it daily?
From that day I stopped eating sweets and that gave me the strength and power to advice him on not eating sweets. And I am sure, that made him understand quickly why eating sweets is bad. Only when we preach what we practice, are our words full of sincerity and appeal to the listener"
It may appear to us just as telling words, but whatever we utter will have real effect only when we internalize those words within us. Hence we all should learn to practice and then preach.
We will listen to another humourous story on this topic next week!
A lighter song this week.. As soon as I think about children and sweets, I am reminded of the ever enjoyable "Jelabi" advertisement of our childhood.
Here it iswww.youtube.com/watch?v=mk8Z0WbSWV0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8VEaPjeLhQ
Enjoy!
Story Courtesy: www.balsanskar.com
Guru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used to spend sometime daily in meeting his devotees and blessing them. Once a lady along with her son came to meet him. The lady told to Guru that his son used to eat sweets everyday which is not good for his health, and hence pleaded him to advice his son on that. Guru after having a smile at the boy, told the lady to come after two weeks.After two weeks the lady visited Guru along with her son. This time, the Guru recognised them and asked the boy to come near him. He then told the boy that it is not to good to eat sweets daily as it would affect his growing teeth and body. Also, he added, that if he eats sweets daily, their parents have to spend more on sweets and thus could not get him good books or clothes. Finally he patted the boy and asked "So when do you eat sweets from now?" and the boy replied "I am a good boy and eat sweets occasionally". Saying this the boy ran outside.
The lady is happy for she knows that her son likes the Guru a lot and would want to adher his words to him. But she wondered why her Guru did not say these words when they came first time and asked the same to the Guru.
Guru replied "When you came first time, I used to daily eat sweets brought by the devotees. How can I advice your son not to do something, when I myself doing it daily?
From that day I stopped eating sweets and that gave me the strength and power to advice him on not eating sweets. And I am sure, that made him understand quickly why eating sweets is bad. Only when we preach what we practice, are our words full of sincerity and appeal to the listener"
It may appear to us just as telling words, but whatever we utter will have real effect only when we internalize those words within us. Hence we all should learn to practice and then preach.
We will listen to another humourous story on this topic next week!
A lighter song this week.. As soon as I think about children and sweets, I am reminded of the ever enjoyable "Jelabi" advertisement of our childhood.
Here it iswww.youtube.com/watch?v=mk8Z0WbSWV0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8VEaPjeLhQ
Enjoy!
Story Courtesy: www.balsanskar.com
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