FROM PUTTAPARTHI...IT IS NOT ENOUGH !!!

IT IS NOT ENOUGH!!!

During a pilgrimage Adi Shankaracharya wanted to offer the holy water of the river Ganges to a famous Shivalingam many 100s of miles away. After walking many miles and for many days with the pot of water, his group of pilgrims was nearing the temple when they saw a donkey lying on the road dying of thirst.

The pilgrims were only too eager to pour their holy offerings, which they had so carefully and lovingly carried, for their beloved Deity. No one wanted to waste their precious offering on a useless animal like a donkey. The noble Shankaracharya who saw this, poured the entire pot of water into the donkey's mouth. He considered the act greater than offering the water on the Lingam.

It is said that Lord Shiva was so pleased with him that He granted him DARSHAN.

Let us look at another story;

One cold evening a little 6 year old boy was standing in front of a store window. The little boy had no shoes and his clothes were mere rags. A young woman passing by saw the little boy and took the child by the hand and led him into the store.

There she bought him a pair of new shoes and a complete suit of warm clothes. They came back outside on to the street and the woman said to the child: "Now you can go home and have a very happy holiday."

The little boy asked, "Are you God, Madam?"

She smiled at him and replied, "No son, I am just one of His children"

The little boy then said, "I knew you had to be some relation!!!"

Once VIBHEESHAN approached HANUMAN & said, "How fortunate you're! Every day you do SRI RAMA smaran & you have fully earned HIS grace. I've also been doing SRI RAMA smaran for a long time but I've not been blessed with the opportunity of having his DARSHAN constantly like you have got."

Hanuman explained, "No doubt that you're doing smaran of LORD RAMA. But did you ever participate in SERVICE? How can you earn SRI RAMA's grace without doing that? It is now a full 10 months since DEVI SITA has been in LANKA but did you ever console her & try to alleviate her sufferings? Did you meet her even once? Did you ever think of some way to relieve her agony? If you had done any of this, it would have amounted to SERVICE to the LORD."

PS: It's not enough if we remember god; it's not enough to go to places of worship; it's not enough to keep fast; it's not enough if we chant hymns & bhajans; it's not enough if we do pooja & other rituals;

When we serve others, we're not doing it for them; we're doing it for the god in us who's equally present in others.

Only the blind will be indifferent to the dismal condition of others; only the deaf will be unaffected by the sobs of others.  Our heart must melt in compassion when the eye sees another person suffering.  That is the sign of Spirituality!!! 

Hands that serve are holier than the lips that pray!!! The more you give, the more you would get!!!

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