Me, My Guru – Indra and I

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Me, My Guru – Indra and I

“Let’s discuss after the completion of this story” so saying our Guru stopped us.

Our tea served and few of us being confused, we glided into her story “Now our Manda has good produce from his fields too. He started selling them too and making money. He had granary constructed for the produce. He was finding it difficult to manage all alone. He took help. Now he had even servants.

The village head seeking his riches and goodness offered his daughter’s ‘hand’. Manda accepted. Village celebrated the wedding.

Soon, Manda with his wife managed to build a huge mansion, expand his fields. His cattle grew in numbers. So, did his family. He had 8 children in no time.

Years passed. All was well. One day, his Guru returned to the ‘spot’. He was surprised to see a huge mansion, so many servants and children playing in the courtyard. He became worried for his shishya’s well-being. “Where was he? What happened to him and his hut? God! I shouldn’t have left him alone” with these thoughts he enquired the whereabouts of his student.

The servants passed the message to their master and Manda came out running. He fell at his Guru’s feet. He knew he would be applauded. But…his Guru seemed confused and asked “how did hut become a mansion? How did a sanyasi that I left behind become a house-holder?” Manda explained everything in detail.

Guru understood. He saw ‘where’ it all went wrong” our Guru stopped and looked at us and asked “Now you tell me what his Guru understood!”

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# My, my Guru, Indra and I, purpose of life, right and wrong, on following orders, on breaking rules, 

also read : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=on+being+materialistic+and+spiritual 

Food for thought :

• I have found many times that 'the good things' are the real curse in life and the 'so called bad things or denial' in life are the real blessings in life. 
• What is good for the body that we are to shed is many times bad for the soul or spirit.
• What is good for the spirit may not be tasteful for the body.
• One who knows both (of the above) is intelligent.
• One who knows which one to select correctly every single time has clarity of thought.
• One who prefers 'right thing' over 'pleasant one' is the wise one.
• All others are just 'victims of their own assumptions about themselves, their priorities and their choices'.