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Ramakoti Srinivasan wrote:>SAIRAM An interesting story regarding why we should read Srimad Bagavatgita .

BAGAVATGITA

An old Farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson.

Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table

reading his Bhagavat Geeta. His grandson wanted to be just like him

and tried to imitate him in every way he could. One day the

grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagavat Geeta just like

you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as

soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Bhagavat Geeta

do?"

 

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Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied,

"Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of

water."

The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he

got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have

to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to the river

with the basket to try again.

This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before

he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was

impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket

instead. The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I want a

basket of water. You're just not trying hard enough," and he went out

the door to watch the boy try again.

At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to

show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water

would leak out before he got back to the house. The boy again

dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he reached his

grandfather the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he said, "See

Grandpa, it's useless!" >

"So you think it is useless?" The old man said, "Look at the basket."The

boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the

basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal

basket and was now clean, inside and out.

"Son, that's what happens when you read the Bhagavat Geeta. You

might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it,

you will be changed, inside and out. That is the work of Krishna in

our lives."-- ஓம௠ஸà¯à®°à¯€ சாயà¯à®°à®¾à®®à¯S.ராமகோடி(S.RAMAKOTI)