Conceit creeps in if watchfulness wanes away in the path of spirituality

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 Conceit creeps in if watchfulness wanes away in the path of spirituality.

 

Once

sage Narada thought that he was the greatest devotee of Lord Vishnu.

The Lord reading the heart of Narada directed him to one of His great

devotee's and get acquainted with him. Narada on following the Lord's

directions found an agriculturist who woke up early in the morning,

pronounced the name of Hari once and who set off to work in his farm.

 

At dusk after his daily chores were completed and when retiring

to bed, again pronounced the Lord's name and drifted into a soud sleep.

It was only quite natural for Sage Narada who was habitual of

pronouncing the Lord's name every now and then, to get puzzled with

rustic's devotion when he only uttered the Lord's name twice a day.

Moreover to him the rustic squabbled in the day to day activities of

worldly life. However he approached the Lord and reported what he felt

of the rustic.

The Lord instructed Narada to take a cup of oil and go round the city, taking care that he did not spill even a single

drop of oil. Narada did as he was told and returned back to the Lord.

The Lord then enquired Narada as to how many times he recited His name

in the course

of his mission. Narada replied that he had not even uttered once and

was quick to justify that he was concentrating on the oil from

spilling. The Lord replied that a cup of oil was enough to divert his

attention and to make him forget Him all together. The rustic on the

other hand though laden with the heavy burden of a family, remembered

the Lord twice a day!

 

 

Is work apart from the self? asked Ramana Maharshi. The Lord is all and realizing Him in everything one does it self is perfect bakthi.

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