Dear Friends
Many thanks for Sri Raghunathan,AVS Jai,Greekrajan etc for your kind words.
I twould like to share a small but wonderful story for your inputs please
Once Krishna and Arjuna were walking towards a village. Arjuna was pestering Krishna, asking him why Karna should be considered a role model for all Donors (donations) and not himself.
Krishna, wanting to teach him a lesson snapped his fingers. The mountains beside the path they were walking on turned into gold.
Krishna said "Arjuna, distribute these two mountains of gold among the villagers, but you must donate every last bit of gold".
Arjuna went into the village, and proclaimed he was going to donate gold to every villager, and asked them to gather near the mountain. The villagers sang his praises and Arjuna walked towards the mountain with a huffed up chest.
For two days and two continuous nights Arjuna shovelled gold from the mountain and donated to each villager. The mountains did not diminish in their slightest.
Most villagers came back and stood in queue within minutes. After a while, Arjuna, started feeling exhausted, but not ready to let go of his ego just yet, told Krishna he couldn't go on any longer without rest.
Krishna called Karna. "You must donate every last bit of this mountain, Karna" he told him.
Karna called two villagers. "You see those two mountains?" Karna asked, "those two mountains of gold are yours to do with as you please" he said, and walked away.
Arjuna sat dumbfounded. Why hadn't this thought occurred to him?
Krishna smiled mischievously and told him "Arjuna, subconsciously, you yourself were attracted to the gold, you regretfully gave it away to each villager, giving them what you thought was a generous amount. Thus the size of your donation to each villager depended only on your imagination.
Karna holds no such reservations. Look at him walking away after giving away a fortune, he doesn't expect people to sing his praises, he doesn't even care if people talk good or bad about him behind his back. That is the sign of a man already on the path of enlightenment".
Giving with an Expectation of a Return in the form of a Compliment or Thanks is not a Gift, then it becomes a Trade.
" Give Without Expecting Anything in Return !!
sathyavratha, sridhar deepu, K. S.Manjunath. K.S. Manjunath., Subramani Mahadevan, Srinivasa MurthyNS4 more
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Balaji SR <srbbalaji@gmail.com> wrote:
Once Krishna and Arjuna were walking towards a village. Arjuna was pestering Krishna, asking him why Karna should be considered a role model for all Donors (donations) and not himself.
Krishna, wanting to teach him a lesson snapped his fingers. The mountains beside the path they were walking on turned into gold.
Krishna said "Arjuna, distribute these two mountains of gold among the villagers, but you must donate every last bit of gold".
Arjuna went into the village, and proclaimed he was going to donate gold to every villager, and asked them to gather near the mountain. The villagers sang his praises and Arjuna walked towards the mountain with a huffed up chest.
For two days and two continuous nights Arjuna shovelled gold from the mountain and donated to each villager. The mountains did not diminish in their slightest.
Most villagers came back and stood in queue within minutes. After a while, Arjuna, started feeling exhausted, but not ready to let go of his ego just yet, told Krishna he couldn't go on any longer without rest.
Krishna called Karna. "You must donate every last bit of this mountain, Karna" he told him.
Karna called two villagers. "You see those two mountains?" Karna asked, "those two mountains of gold are yours to do with as you please" he said, and walked away.
Arjuna sat dumbfounded. Why hadn't this thought occurred to him?
Krishna smiled mischievously and told him "Arjuna, subconsciously, you yourself were attracted to the gold, you regretfully gave it away to each villager, giving them what you thought was a generous amount. Thus the size of your donation to each villager depended only on your imagination.
Karna holds no such reservations. Look at him walking away after giving away a fortune, he doesn't expect people to sing his praises, he doesn't even care if people talk good or bad about him behind his back. That is the sign of a man already on the path of enlightenment".
Giving with an Expectation of a Return in the form of a Compliment or Thanks is not a Gift, then it becomes a Trade.
" Give Without Expecting Anything in Return !!
--
From India, Bangalore
782Many thanks for Sri Raghunathan,AVS Jai,Greekrajan etc for your kind words.
I twould like to share a small but wonderful story for your inputs please
Once Krishna and Arjuna were walking towards a village. Arjuna was pestering Krishna, asking him why Karna should be considered a role model for all Donors (donations) and not himself.
Krishna, wanting to teach him a lesson snapped his fingers. The mountains beside the path they were walking on turned into gold.
Krishna said "Arjuna, distribute these two mountains of gold among the villagers, but you must donate every last bit of gold".
Arjuna went into the village, and proclaimed he was going to donate gold to every villager, and asked them to gather near the mountain. The villagers sang his praises and Arjuna walked towards the mountain with a huffed up chest.
For two days and two continuous nights Arjuna shovelled gold from the mountain and donated to each villager. The mountains did not diminish in their slightest.
Most villagers came back and stood in queue within minutes. After a while, Arjuna, started feeling exhausted, but not ready to let go of his ego just yet, told Krishna he couldn't go on any longer without rest.
Krishna called Karna. "You must donate every last bit of this mountain, Karna" he told him.
Karna called two villagers. "You see those two mountains?" Karna asked, "those two mountains of gold are yours to do with as you please" he said, and walked away.
Arjuna sat dumbfounded. Why hadn't this thought occurred to him?
Krishna smiled mischievously and told him "Arjuna, subconsciously, you yourself were attracted to the gold, you regretfully gave it away to each villager, giving them what you thought was a generous amount. Thus the size of your donation to each villager depended only on your imagination.
Karna holds no such reservations. Look at him walking away after giving away a fortune, he doesn't expect people to sing his praises, he doesn't even care if people talk good or bad about him behind his back. That is the sign of a man already on the path of enlightenment".
Giving with an Expectation of a Return in the form of a Compliment or Thanks is not a Gift, then it becomes a Trade.
" Give Without Expecting Anything in Return !!
sathyavratha, sridhar deepu, K. S.Manjunath. K.S. Manjunath., Subramani Mahadevan, Srinivasa MurthyNS4 more
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Balaji SR <srbbalaji@gmail.com> wrote:
Once Krishna and Arjuna were walking towards a village. Arjuna was pestering Krishna, asking him why Karna should be considered a role model for all Donors (donations) and not himself.
Krishna, wanting to teach him a lesson snapped his fingers. The mountains beside the path they were walking on turned into gold.
Krishna said "Arjuna, distribute these two mountains of gold among the villagers, but you must donate every last bit of gold".
Arjuna went into the village, and proclaimed he was going to donate gold to every villager, and asked them to gather near the mountain. The villagers sang his praises and Arjuna walked towards the mountain with a huffed up chest.
For two days and two continuous nights Arjuna shovelled gold from the mountain and donated to each villager. The mountains did not diminish in their slightest.
Most villagers came back and stood in queue within minutes. After a while, Arjuna, started feeling exhausted, but not ready to let go of his ego just yet, told Krishna he couldn't go on any longer without rest.
Krishna called Karna. "You must donate every last bit of this mountain, Karna" he told him.
Karna called two villagers. "You see those two mountains?" Karna asked, "those two mountains of gold are yours to do with as you please" he said, and walked away.
Arjuna sat dumbfounded. Why hadn't this thought occurred to him?
Krishna smiled mischievously and told him "Arjuna, subconsciously, you yourself were attracted to the gold, you regretfully gave it away to each villager, giving them what you thought was a generous amount. Thus the size of your donation to each villager depended only on your imagination.
Karna holds no such reservations. Look at him walking away after giving away a fortune, he doesn't expect people to sing his praises, he doesn't even care if people talk good or bad about him behind his back. That is the sign of a man already on the path of enlightenment".
Giving with an Expectation of a Return in the form of a Compliment or Thanks is not a Gift, then it becomes a Trade.
" Give Without Expecting Anything in Return !!
--
From India, Bangalore
Hello Sri S. R Balaji,
I am delighted to see your posting again after your decision
to leave the forum due to your personal reasons.
You have come back with a bang.What an anecdote !!
It could be an addendum to the Bhagwat Geeta or a reaffirming moral.
Incidentally on a similar topic we have had some interaction two years back
in Cite HR and I am happy to share the same with you and all our readers.
Karna is a perfect example of fourth category mentioned in the slide.
Hope your contributions will continue.
V.Raghunathan
From India
I am delighted to see your posting again after your decision
to leave the forum due to your personal reasons.
You have come back with a bang.What an anecdote !!
It could be an addendum to the Bhagwat Geeta or a reaffirming moral.
Incidentally on a similar topic we have had some interaction two years back
in Cite HR and I am happy to share the same with you and all our readers.
Karna is a perfect example of fourth category mentioned in the slide.
Hope your contributions will continue.
V.Raghunathan
From India
I am, indeed delighted by SR Balaji's contributions and his decision to stay with us.
For everyone of us here, his untiring efforts in enlightening and educating our members, ever since this forum came into existence; is itself an epitome of what is conveyed in this thread - " Give Without Expecting Anything in Return !!"
I look forward to more of his valuable contributions, in the coming times.
Warm regards.
From India, Delhi
For everyone of us here, his untiring efforts in enlightening and educating our members, ever since this forum came into existence; is itself an epitome of what is conveyed in this thread - " Give Without Expecting Anything in Return !!"
I look forward to more of his valuable contributions, in the coming times.
Warm regards.
From India, Delhi
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