There are many so-called spiritual seekers who spend all their life reading many spiritual books and listening to discourses. Spiritual practice lies in living up to at least a few of those precepts that you read and listen. Those who merely say, 'I know this, I know that' after reading a number of books are like the husband in this story. Read the next story: Leave What Must Be Left Source:
Chinna Katha* By Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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*Chinna Katha" - When
Bhagavan intercepts the speeding current of His Discourse with these three
Telugu words, meanings, "One little story" all ears are alert, all hearts are
quivive. For, the story that follows is a flash that illumines, a shower that
cools, a joke that tickles, a "tablet" that alleviates, a peep into epic
grandeur or pompous absurdity, a poetic parenthesis, an exhilarating prick, a
lilt that enlightens, a sugar-coated pill of profundity, a disarming repartee, a
volley of raillery on religious rigmarole! It may be a tonic tale of the past or
the report of a contemporary comedy; it may be a thrust on theological
disputation or a dear little dig at some egoistic dignitary. The Chinna Katha,
if only we ponder over its relevance, is an effective instrument in Bhagavan's
educational process. When He is discoursing, these parables and stories, ever on
the wing, hover in flocks in the firmament of His Love; He lets a few fly into
our hearts and nestle there, until we fondle and foster them and make them part
of our thought and behaviour patterns. Here is a charming, fragrant bouquet of
these multicoloured kathas, for our delectation, meditation and inspiration.
- N. Kasturi