Chinna Katha - 67 (Feeling behind the act) (Short Story, As told by Bhagavan Sri Satya Sai Baba)

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"Feeling behind the act"

 

(Short Story, as told by Bhagavan SRI SATHYA SAI BABA)

Abdullah was sleeping in a corner of a mosque in Mecca, when he was awakened by

the conversation of two angels above his head.

 

They were preparing a list of the Blessed and one angel was telling the other

that a certain Mahbub of Sikandar City deserved to be ranked first, even though

he has not come on pilgrimage to the Holy City.

 

Hearing this, Abdullah went to Sikandar City and found out that Mahbub was a

cobbler, repairing the shoes of people. He was famished and poor; for, his

earnings barely sufficed to keep flesh and bone together.

 

Mahbub had by severe sacrifice piled up a few coppers during the course of

years; one day, he spent the entire treasure to prepare a special dish, which

he proposed to place before his enceinte wife as a surprise gift.

 

When Mahbub was proceeding home with the gift he heard the cry of a starving

beggar who seemed to be in the throes of extreme hunger.

 

Mahbub could not proceed further; he gave the pot containing the costly delicacy

to the man and sat by his side, enjoying the blossoming of satisfaction on his

haggard face.

 

The act gave him a place of honor in the register of the Blessed, a place which

pilgrims to Mecca who had spent millions of Dinars in charity could not secure.

 

 

The lord cares for the feeling behind the act, not the fanfare and the fuss.

(Story #3, from the Book: "CHINNA KATHA - Vol 2")

 

 

 

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