Those who serve the servants of God are His greatest servants

[Guest guest]

*Those who serve the servants of God are His greatest servants*

**

A rich man had a garden and two gardeners. One of these gardeners was very

lazy and did not work; but when the owner came to the garden, the lazy man

would get up and fold his arms and say : "How beautiful is the face of my

master", and dance before him. The other gardener would not talk much, but

would work hard, and produce all sorts of fruits and vegetables which he

would carry on his head to his master who lived a long way off. Of these two

gardeners, which would be more beloved of his master? Shiva is that master,

and this world is His garden, and there are two sorts of gardeners here; the

one who is lazy, hypocritical, and does nothing, only talking about Shiva's

beautiful eyes and nose and other features; and the other, who is taking

care of Shiva's children, all those that are poor and weak, all animals, and

all His creation. Which of these would be the more beloved of Shiva?

Certainly he that serves His children. He who wants to serve the father must

serve the children first. He who wants to serve Shiva must serve His

children – must serve all creatures in this world first. It is said in the

Shastras (scriptures) that those who serve the servants of God are His

greatest servants. So you will bear this in mind.

 

Let me tell you again that you must be pure and help any one who comes to

you, as much as lies in your power. And this is good Karma. By the power of

this, the heart becomes pure (Chitta-shuddhi), and then Shiva who is

residing in everyone will become manifest. He is always in the heart of

everyone. If there is dirt and dust on a mirror, we cannot see our image. So

ignorance and wicked ness are the dirt and dust that are on the mirror of

our hearts. Selfishness is the chief sin, thinking of ourselves first. He

who thinks, "I will eat first, I will have more money than others, and I

will possess everything", he who thinks, "I will get to heaven before

others, I will get Mukti (liberation) before others" is the selfish man. The

unselfish man says, "I will be last, I do not care to go to heaven, I will

even go to hell if by doing so I can help my brothers."

 

Regard

 

Prasanna Kumar

[Guest guest]

excellent writting , i appreciate it and respect it . Will alway keeep this

in mind

 

regards

 

Prashu

 

On 10/18/06, Prasanna Kumar Kasturi <groupowner.prasanna > wrote:

>

> *Those who serve the servants of God are His greatest servants*

> **

> A rich man had a garden and two gardeners. One of these gardeners was very

> lazy and did not work; but when the owner came to the garden, the lazy man

> would get up and fold his arms and say : "How beautiful is the face of my

> master", and dance before him. The other gardener would not talk much, but

> would work hard, and produce all sorts of fruits and vegetables which he

> would carry on his head to his master who lived a long way off. Of these two

> gardeners, which would be more beloved of his master? Shiva is that master,

> and this world is His garden, and there are two sorts of gardeners here; the

> one who is lazy, hypocritical, and does nothing, only talking about Shiva's

> beautiful eyes and nose and other features; and the other, who is taking

> care of Shiva's children, all those that are poor and weak, all animals, and

> all His creation. Which of these would be the more beloved of Shiva?

> Certainly he that serves His children. He who wants to serve the father must

> serve the children first. He who wants to serve Shiva must serve His

> children – must serve all creatures in this world first. It is said in the

> Shastras (scriptures) that those who serve the servants of God are His

> greatest servants. So you will bear this in mind.

>

> Let me tell you again that you must be pure and help any one who comes to

> you, as much as lies in your power. And this is good Karma. By the power of

> this, the heart becomes pure (Chitta-shuddhi), and then Shiva who is

> residing in everyone will become manifest. He is always in the heart of

> everyone. If there is dirt and dust on a mirror, we cannot see our image. So

> ignorance and wicked ness are the dirt and dust that are on the mirror of

> our hearts. Selfishness is the chief sin, thinking of ourselves first. He

> who thinks, "I will eat first, I will have more money than others, and I

> will possess everything", he who thinks, "I will get to heaven before

> others, I will get Mukti (liberation) before others" is the selfish man. The

> unselfish man says, "I will be last, I do not care to go to heaven, I will

> even go to hell if by doing so I can help my brothers."

>

> Regard

>

> Prasanna Kumar

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

excellent thoughts, thx.

 

Prashant Doshi wrote:

>

> excellent writting , i appreciate it and respect it . Will alway keeep

> this in mind

>

> regards

>

> Prashu

>

> On 10/18/06, *Prasanna Kumar Kasturi* < groupowner.prasanna

> <groupowner.prasanna >> wrote:

>

> *_Those who serve the servants of God are His greatest servants_*

> **

> A rich man had a garden and two gardeners. One of these gardeners

> was very lazy and did not work; but when the owner came to the

> garden, the lazy man would get up and fold his arms and say : "How

> beautiful is the face of my master", and dance before him. The

> other gardener would not talk much, but would work hard, and

> produce all sorts of fruits and vegetables which he would carry on

> his head to his master who lived a long way off. Of these two

> gardeners, which would be more beloved of his master? Shiva is

> that master, and this world is His garden, and there are two sorts

> of gardeners here; the one who is lazy, hypocritical, and does

> nothing, only talking about Shiva's beautiful eyes and nose and

> other features; and the other, who is taking care of Shiva's

> children, all those that are poor and weak, all animals, and all

> His creation. Which of these would be the more beloved of Shiva?

> Certainly he that serves His children. He who wants to serve the

> father must serve the children first. He who wants to serve Shiva

> must serve His children – must serve all creatures in this world

> first. It is said in the Shastras (scriptures) that those who

> serve the servants of God are His greatest servants. So you will

> bear this in mind.

>

> Let me tell you again that you must be pure and help any one who

> comes to you, as much as lies in your power. And this is good

> Karma. By the power of this, the heart becomes pure

> (Chitta-shuddhi), and then Shiva who is residing in everyone will

> become manifest. He is always in the heart of everyone. If there

> is dirt and dust on a mirror, we cannot see our image. So

> ignorance and wicked ness are the dirt and dust that are on the

> mirror of our hearts. Selfishness is the chief sin, thinking of

> ourselves first. He who thinks, "I will eat first, I will have

> more money than others, and I will possess everything", he who

> thinks, "I will get to heaven before others, I will get Mukti

> (liberation) before others" is the selfish man. The unselfish man

> says, "I will be last, I do not care to go to heaven, I will even

> go to hell if by doing so I can help my brothers."

>

> Regard

>

> Prasanna Kumar

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

This is the tragedy with most of us Indians. An this is the most sad

point. Inspite of knowing the truth of life, we still become victim

of basic foes of life, i.e. Lust, Passion, Greed, Anger, Ego, Egotism

etc..and forget the basic purpose of our lives on this earth. We

keep fighting with each other for the reasons that someone has shown

dis-respect to our God and Goddess. But before pointing to others, we

forget that we, ourselves, are dis-respecting our Gods and Goddess

and their presence in our hearts by following the victims of ego,

anger, lust and greediness in our day-to-day lives as this story

reveals. It is dis-heartening to see everywhere in India that 95% of

the people, big or small, have become the corrupt from the core of

their hearts. We feel we are smart or dynamic if we cheat someone who

is innocent. After having cheated others, we go to Balaji Tample or

Sai Baba Tample or Vashno Devi Tample or so and offer thousands or

lakhs of rupees over there and feel that we are the biggest devotee.

 

In western world, we can think of such behaviours as they lack the

teachings or the philosphy of life. But when we see these things

happening in India, it is really a sorry state. We are simply aping

western countries who only belive in accumulation of wealth.

 

This is good and inspiring story. Everyone should see and evalute

himself or herself in the light of this story.

 

Vijay

 

 

 

, "Prasanna Kumar

Kasturi" <groupowner.prasanna wrote:

>

> *Those who serve the servants of God are His greatest servants*

> **

> A rich man had a garden and two gardeners. One of these gardeners

was very

> lazy and did not work; but when the owner came to the garden, the

lazy man

> would get up and fold his arms and say : "How beautiful is the face

of my

> master", and dance before him. The other gardener would not talk

much, but

> would work hard, and produce all sorts of fruits and vegetables

which he

> would carry on his head to his master who lived a long way off. Of

these two

> gardeners, which would be more beloved of his master? Shiva is that

master,

> and this world is His garden, and there are two sorts of gardeners

here; the

> one who is lazy, hypocritical, and does nothing, only talking about

Shiva's

> beautiful eyes and nose and other features; and the other, who is

taking

> care of Shiva's children, all those that are poor and weak, all

animals, and

> all His creation. Which of these would be the more beloved of Shiva?

> Certainly he that serves His children. He who wants to serve the

father must

> serve the children first. He who wants to serve Shiva must serve His

> children – must serve all creatures in this world first. It is said

in the

> Shastras (scriptures) that those who serve the servants of God are

His

> greatest servants. So you will bear this in mind.

>

> Let me tell you again that you must be pure and help any one who

comes to

> you, as much as lies in your power. And this is good Karma. By the

power of

> this, the heart becomes pure (Chitta-shuddhi), and then Shiva who is

> residing in everyone will become manifest. He is always in the

heart of

> everyone. If there is dirt and dust on a mirror, we cannot see our

image. So

> ignorance and wicked ness are the dirt and dust that are on the

mirror of

> our hearts. Selfishness is the chief sin, thinking of ourselves

first. He

> who thinks, "I will eat first, I will have more money than others,

and I

> will possess everything", he who thinks, "I will get to heaven

before

> others, I will get Mukti (liberation) before others" is the selfish

man. The

> unselfish man says, "I will be last, I do not care to go to heaven,

I will

> even go to hell if by doing so I can help my brothers."

>

> Regard

>

> Prasanna Kumar

>

[Guest guest]

Karma makes one good and bad. So do good always from heart and that's what this story says, nice example!

dhruv

 

Prashant Doshi <prashuastro > wrote:

excellent writting , i appreciate it and respect it . Will alway keeep this in mind

 

regards

 

Prashu

 

On 10/18/06, Prasanna Kumar Kasturi < groupowner.prasanna > wrote:

Those who serve the servants of God are His greatest servants

A rich man had a garden and two gardeners. One of these gardeners was very lazy and did not work; but when the owner came to the garden, the lazy man would get up and fold his arms and say : "How beautiful is the face of my master", and dance before him. The other gardener would not talk much, but would work hard, and produce all sorts of fruits and vegetables which he would carry on his head to his master who lived a long way off. Of these two gardeners, which would be more beloved of his master? Shiva is that master, and this world is His garden, and there are two sorts of gardeners here; the one who is lazy, hypocritical, and does nothing, only talking about Shiva's beautiful eyes and nose and other features; and the other, who is taking care of Shiva's children, all those that are poor and weak, all animals, and all His creation. Which of these would be the more beloved of Shiva? Certainly he that serves His children. He who wants to serve the father must serve the

children first. He who wants to serve Shiva must serve His children – must serve all creatures in this world first. It is said in the Shastras (scriptures) that those who serve the servants of God are His greatest servants. So you will bear this in mind.

Let me tell you again that you must be pure and help any one who comes to you, as much as lies in your power. And this is good Karma. By the power of this, the heart becomes pure (Chitta-shuddhi), and then Shiva who is residing in everyone will become manifest. He is always in the heart of everyone. If there is dirt and dust on a mirror, we cannot see our image. So ignorance and wicked ness are the dirt and dust that are on the mirror of our hearts. Selfishness is the chief sin, thinking of ourselves first. He who thinks, "I will eat first, I will have more money than others, and I will possess everything", he who thinks, "I will get to heaven before others, I will get Mukti (liberation) before others" is the selfish man. The unselfish man says, "I will be last, I do not care to go to heaven, I will even go to hell if by doing so I can help my brothers."

Regard

Prasanna Kumar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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