AMMA SAYS - STORIES & JOKES

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OM AMRITESWARYAI NAMAH

 

AMMA SAYS - JOKE

 

No faith in the Elephant

 

During the Indian Tour 2000, on our way to Mysore, we stopped for a

tea break near a forest area in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. Near where we were

all seated, around Amma, was a sign that read: 'Be aware of wild

elephants passing by!' Crowding around Amma, everyone was enjoying

the special feeling of 'half fear, half fun'. Mother was in a joyful

mood telling everyone not to go far off, asking if they were afraid,

and cracking jokes. She told the following jokes.

 

Once, a Guru was sitting in a forest talking with his disciples. He

was explaining how they should see everything in the external world

as Maya (illusion), and not be affected by it, whatever it might be.

Suddenly, a wild elephant attacked the group. The Guru was the first

one to stand up and run for his life. The disciples followed him.

One of them asked: 'Master, you were just telling us that everything

is an illusion, then why are you running away? Isn't this wild

elephant an illusion too?' The Master replied: 'You fool! Is this

the time to ask questions? The elephant will get us.' After running

for some time, the Master said, 'Yes, it is an illusion ..... and us

running away is an illusion too!"

 

The Mother narrated an incident that happened to one of the

brahmacharis who was visiting a forest area to give satsangs. He

asked the devotees if it was possible to see the elephants in the

wild. They told him that it was possible but could be dangerous. He

said: 'We will go! Don't you have faith in Amma?' They drove for

some time in a jeep, then started walking inside the forest. After a

30-minute walk, they saw some fresh elephant dung and the devotees

told the brahmachari that the elephant was probably very near.

 

The brahmachari got really scared, and he took to his heels. The

devotees asked him: 'What happened Swami? Don't you want to see the

elephant?' He answered: 'No! No! Let's go back now! The elephant is

nearby, he might attack at anytime!' They said: 'But Swami, don't

have faith in Amma?'

 

He replied: 'Yes! Yes! I have faith in Amma ..... but I don't have

faith in the elephant!'

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AMMA SHARANAM