Guest guest Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 " Let Noble thoughts come to us from every side " .- RigVeda (1-89-i) ---------- …"There is a Bengali proverb which tells us: "The Hero is a saint when there are no fish in sight." And there is an amusing little story told to us concerning a young woman who trained her cat to hold a candle stick in his paws while she ate dinner. This the cat did, night after night, and when the young woman felt satisfied with the cat's performance, she invited her friends to dinner, so that they could see what she had trained her cat to do. The cat jumped on the table, got hold of the candlestick and sat there quietly. One of the friends spread the food on the floor, thinking that the cat would be driven to it, but was surprised to find that the cat sat motionless, holding the candlestick in his paws. Another friend held a piece of meat close to the nose but even that did not affect the cat. However, when someone who had brought a mouse in a box, opened the box and let the mouse go, the cat immediately dropped the candlestick and ran after the mouse. We are like that. We seem to be safe in virtue, but as soon as we see some pleasure, we run after it, forgetting everything else, forgetting even our reputation, our family, honour, and prestige."… (An excerpt from "How to Overcome Temptations" by J.P. Vaswaniji) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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