Bhagavan Ramakrishna's short stories.
Once Sri Krishna Chaitanya was in samadhi and fell in the waters of the sea. The fishermen around saved him from the ocean with their nets. As the nets came in contact with the Sri Krishna Chaitanya and the fishermen too were in physical contact with the net, they also started experiencing the god's presence. They started singing and dancing in praise of the Gods and after throwing the nets in the sea, started behaving like possessed and mad men. Relatives and friends of the fishermen tried to bring them back to their normal state in different ways, but could not succeed. Hence they approached Sri Krishna Chaitanya and told about the behaviour of the fishermen after they rescued him. After patiently hearing the miseries of the fishermen through their relatives and friends, Sri Chaitanya told them to offer these fishermen food from a Brahmin's house and they would come back to normalcy. To the surprise of the relatives and friends of the fishermen the change came immediately.
There are some basic truths from this story. Even men who are from a lower frame of mind and do not think of God, when they want to reach a higher state of bliss, people around won't alllow this, and bring them to the orignial ways by any means. Food from a brahmin should never be accepted, as they are people who serve for the humanity and food should only be offered to them.
Once Sri Krishna Chaitanya was in samadhi and fell in the waters of the sea. The fishermen around saved him from the ocean with their nets. As the nets came in contact with the Sri Krishna Chaitanya and the fishermen too were in physical contact with the net, they also started experiencing the god's presence. They started singing and dancing in praise of the Gods and after throwing the nets in the sea, started behaving like possessed and mad men. Relatives and friends of the fishermen tried to bring them back to their normal state in different ways, but could not succeed. Hence they approached Sri Krishna Chaitanya and told about the behaviour of the fishermen after they rescued him. After patiently hearing the miseries of the fishermen through their relatives and friends, Sri Chaitanya told them to offer these fishermen food from a Brahmin's house and they would come back to normalcy. To the surprise of the relatives and friends of the fishermen the change came immediately.
There are some basic truths from this story. Even men who are from a lower frame of mind and do not think of God, when they want to reach a higher state of bliss, people around won't alllow this, and bring them to the orignial ways by any means. Food from a brahmin should never be accepted, as they are people who serve for the humanity and food should only be offered to them.
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