AMMA SAYS - STORIES & JOKES

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AMMA SAYS - STORY

 

Two Disciples

 

There was once a Guru who wanted to move to a village. He sent two

of his disciples to that village to enquire about the nature of the

people living there.

 

One of the disciples visited the place and returned. He told his

Master that the people in that village were the most wicked people

imaginable. They were robbers, killers and prostitutes. Nowhere else

could you find such evil souls, he said.

 

When the second disciple returned, he said to the Guru, "The people

in that village are very good. Never before have I met such good

people." The Guru wondered how the two disciples could have such

contrasting opinions about the same village. When he asked them to

explain, the first disciple said.

 

"In the first house I entered, I was greeted by a murderer; in the

second house lived a robber, and in the third house I saw a

prostitute. I felt so discouraged that I didn't bother to go any

further; I turned around and came back. How can I say anything good

about a village where such bad people are residing?"

 

The Guru then asked the second disciple to describe what he had

seen.

 

The disciple said, "I went to the same houses as he did. At the

first house, I saw a murderer. When I arrived at the place, he was

outside taking care of a poor man who was lying on the road. It

struck me that even though he was a murderer, he still had some

compassion in him; his heart was not entirely bereft of compassion.

When I saw this, I felt so much love for him. A robber was living in

the second house I came to. When I reached that place, he was busy

feeding the poor. He was in the habit of feeding all the starving

people in the village. He would find out who didn't have enough food

and he would feed them. When I saw this, I was filled with joy. I

then went on the third house, which belonged to a prostitude. There

were three children in the house. When I asked about them, I was

told that they were all orphans and that the prostitute had taken

them under her wing and was raising them. When I discovered that

there were such good qualities even in those who are considered to

be the worst people in the village, I couldn't even imagine how much

more noble the other villagers would be! By visiting those three

houses I got a very good impression about the people of the village."

 

"Children, even within those who are evil, divinity lies dormant. By

trying to awaken the divinity in them, we, in fact, awaken the

divinity within ourselves.

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AMMA SHARANAM