There's a story about Narada Muni. Once a Brahmana asked him,“Oh, you are going to meet the Lord? Will you pl ask Him when I'm going to get my salvation?”
Narada agreed and said,“I shall ask Him.”
As proceeded, he met a cobbler who was sitting under a tree.
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Narada agreed and said,“I shall ask Him.”
As proceeded, he met a cobbler who was sitting under a tree.
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The cobbler too asked Narada, “Oh, you are going to see the Lord? Will you please inquire of Him when my salvation will come?”
When Narada Muni went to the Vaikuntha, he fulfilled their request. He asked Narayana about the salvation of the brahmana and the cobbler.
When Narada Muni went to the Vaikuntha, he fulfilled their request. He asked Narayana about the salvation of the brahmana and the cobbler.
Narayana replied,“After leaving the body, the cobbler shall come here to me but the brahmana will have to remain there for a number of births.I don't know when he's coming.”
Narada Muni was astonished for a moment and he finally said,“I can’t understand the mystery behind this."
Narada Muni was astonished for a moment and he finally said,“I can’t understand the mystery behind this."
"That you'll see”,Narayana said. “When they ask you what I'm doing in My abode, tell them that I'm threading an elephant through the eye of a needle."
When Narada returned to the earth and approached the brahmana, he said, “Oh, you have seen the Lord? What was He doing?”
When Narada returned to the earth and approached the brahmana, he said, “Oh, you have seen the Lord? What was He doing?”
“He was pushing an elephant through the eye of a needle”, Narada answered.
“I don’t believe such nonsense,” the brahmana replied.
Narada Muni could immediately understand that the man had no faith and that he was simply a reader of books.
“I don’t believe such nonsense,” the brahmana replied.
Narada Muni could immediately understand that the man had no faith and that he was simply a reader of books.
He then went to meet the cobbler, who asked him, “Oh, you have seen the Lord? Tell me what was He doing?”
“He was pushing an elephant through the eye of a needle,” Narada Muni replied.
The cobbler began to weep and said, “Oh, my Lord is so wonderful, He can do anything.”
“He was pushing an elephant through the eye of a needle,” Narada Muni replied.
The cobbler began to weep and said, “Oh, my Lord is so wonderful, He can do anything.”
“Do you really believe that the Lord can push an elephant through the hole of a needle?” Narada Muni asked him.
“Why not? Of course I believe it”, the cobbler said.
“How is that”, Narada Muni asked.
“You can see that I am sitting under this banyan tree,” the cobbler answered".
“Why not? Of course I believe it”, the cobbler said.
“How is that”, Narada Muni asked.
“You can see that I am sitting under this banyan tree,” the cobbler answered".
"You can see that so many fruits are falling daily and in each seed there's a banyan tree like this one. If, within a small seed there can be a big tree like this, is it difficult to accept that the Lord is pushing an elephant through the eye of a needle?”
Moral of the story:
It is not about believing blindly. There's a reason behind the belief. It's Faith. Surrender yourself to the one power who has been taking care of everything. Let Him decide for you and have faith that whatever He would decide is in your best interest.
It is not about believing blindly. There's a reason behind the belief. It's Faith. Surrender yourself to the one power who has been taking care of everything. Let Him decide for you and have faith that whatever He would decide is in your best interest.
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