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Two Swamis
- Getting Stuck |
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ON GETTING STUCK IT IS ALL
IN THE MIND |
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There were 2 young
swamis staying in an Ashram. One evening while on a
stroll, they spotted a young and beautiful half clad
village girl, sitting on a big stone near a river
and sobbing.
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When one of the swamis
approached her and asked, she explained that she has
to cross the river to reach her home in the village
and the last boat has already left. She is scared to
cross the river walking. She pleaded for help.
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The swami felt sorry
for the girl, lifted her on his shoulders and
carried her across the river and soon returned back.
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Meanwhile the 2nd swami
became angry, left for the Ashram without waiting for
his colleague to return. Back in the Ashram, he would
not talk to first swami and continued to be cut off.
On persistent queries the 2nd Swami expressed his anger
on the 1st Swami’s act of touching and physically
carrying the young girl ob his shoulders. He said it was
against their Ashram’s ethics to establish any contact
with the opposite sex.
The first swami said “Oh - that girl, Are you still
carrying her in your mind? I lifted and physically
carried her, left her on the other bank and totally
forgot about her. You are indeed stuck - What a pity!” |
An Indian Parable –
Madan Saluja April’ 2005
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