BENEFITS OF HOLY READING
Baba said, “Read this completely and you will be benefited" – Sri Sai
Satcharita, Ch. 27.
An old Farmer and son lived on a farm. One day the grandson said, “I try to
read the Bhagavad Gita just like you but I don’t understand it much. And
whatever little I understand, I forget it very soon. What is the use of
reading this book?”
The old farmer quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and said,
“Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of
water.”
The young boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he
got back home. The farmer asked him to try again and again. But every
single time, the water leaked out of the basket before he got back to the
house. Finally, he said exhausted, “See Grandpa, it’s useless!”
“So you think it’s useless?” old farmer said, “Look at the basket.” The boy
looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket had
been transformed from a dirty old coal basket to a new clean one, inside
and out.
“Son, that’s what happens when you read a book like the Bhagavad Gita. You
might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it again and
again, you will realize the benefit one day.”
Baba said, “Read this completely and you will be benefited" – Sri Sai
Satcharita, Ch. 27.
An old Farmer and son lived on a farm. One day the grandson said, “I try to
read the Bhagavad Gita just like you but I don’t understand it much. And
whatever little I understand, I forget it very soon. What is the use of
reading this book?”
The old farmer quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and said,
“Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of
water.”
The young boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he
got back home. The farmer asked him to try again and again. But every
single time, the water leaked out of the basket before he got back to the
house. Finally, he said exhausted, “See Grandpa, it’s useless!”
“So you think it’s useless?” old farmer said, “Look at the basket.” The boy
looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket had
been transformed from a dirty old coal basket to a new clean one, inside
and out.
“Son, that’s what happens when you read a book like the Bhagavad Gita. You
might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it again and
again, you will realize the benefit one day.”
courtesy:
N Sivananda
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