To continue in this blog, I have decided to tell some stories that have some moral element to it and these may be related to scriptures or otherwise. so let me start the first one with Lord KRISHNA.
When Krishna was born . his parents were jailed and the King Kaunsa was aware of the fact that the child born to his sister will kill him. But when Krishna was born, there was heavy rains and river Yamuna was flooded. His father Vasudev decided to take the child out of jail . He was not too sure as to how he could do it . He put a child in a basket and then the guards went in deep sleep and the jail doors open on own and then when he went to the river Yamuna , Krishna touched the water with little toe and the river parted . He was taken to GOKOOL and the new set of parents did the upbringing . They did not have any child of own and they wanted to do big ceremony for KRISHNA . But they knew that the King Kaunsa will know so they did smaller ceremony. The priest performed the religious function and he then did shower in the river and had cooked his own food and then sat and offered the food to the LORD / GOD . When he opened his eyes he saw baby Krishna eating the food . He was upset . He called the mother Yashoda and told her to control the child and did whole process again . Sower, cooking and then offering the food to Lord . He had closed his eyes and the when he opened them he saw same thing , Krishna was eating food . He was locked in room and he still got out and messed the food . The priest did this third time and the same time happened.
This time he REALIZED that he was offering the food to GOD/ LORD and was not expecting that the LORD / GOD would eat it . But KRISHNA was the GOD and when offered, he was EATING the food .
We often offer the Lord food -PRASAD . We always offer what WE like . We never for a second think that HE WOULD EAT IT . We decide the quantity based on how many guests we have invited ,not on how much God would like. We don't expect that GOD IS ACTUALLY GOING TO EAT IT..
We do not have FAITH in our own prayers and devotions. So when the food is gone we are surprised and this is the problem .We do religious ceremony for our own satisfaction and we do have unconditional love faith .
WE NEED TO HAVE THAT!!!
When Krishna was born . his parents were jailed and the King Kaunsa was aware of the fact that the child born to his sister will kill him. But when Krishna was born, there was heavy rains and river Yamuna was flooded. His father Vasudev decided to take the child out of jail . He was not too sure as to how he could do it . He put a child in a basket and then the guards went in deep sleep and the jail doors open on own and then when he went to the river Yamuna , Krishna touched the water with little toe and the river parted . He was taken to GOKOOL and the new set of parents did the upbringing . They did not have any child of own and they wanted to do big ceremony for KRISHNA . But they knew that the King Kaunsa will know so they did smaller ceremony. The priest performed the religious function and he then did shower in the river and had cooked his own food and then sat and offered the food to the LORD / GOD . When he opened his eyes he saw baby Krishna eating the food . He was upset . He called the mother Yashoda and told her to control the child and did whole process again . Sower, cooking and then offering the food to Lord . He had closed his eyes and the when he opened them he saw same thing , Krishna was eating food . He was locked in room and he still got out and messed the food . The priest did this third time and the same time happened.
This time he REALIZED that he was offering the food to GOD/ LORD and was not expecting that the LORD / GOD would eat it . But KRISHNA was the GOD and when offered, he was EATING the food .
We often offer the Lord food -PRASAD . We always offer what WE like . We never for a second think that HE WOULD EAT IT . We decide the quantity based on how many guests we have invited ,not on how much God would like. We don't expect that GOD IS ACTUALLY GOING TO EAT IT..
We do not have FAITH in our own prayers and devotions. So when the food is gone we are surprised and this is the problem .We do religious ceremony for our own satisfaction and we do have unconditional love faith .
WE NEED TO HAVE THAT!!!
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