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Posted by Gadadhar das on June 6, 2012 at 8:00am

 

Maharaj tells a Funny Story

 

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(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj shows a perfect balance of gravity and humour in his lectures. In one of the lectures Maharaj mentions that yasoda-nandana vraja-jana-ranjana. In Vraja-bhumi everybody walks. Vraja means to walk and jana means everybody in general. Then he says that this walking will keep one in good shape and will remove the fat from the body. Once Maharaja and one of his servants were in a supermarket in a city in US to buy yogurt and few other items. Every single item read on the label: non-fatty or fat-free. Maharaj commented, “In the supermarket everything is labeled non-fatty, but everybody who is walking around here is fat! Whereas in India all the food is fatty, but everybody is thin.” So the ideal way of keeping in shape is simply to walk. It is compulsory, in other words, to bring Vedic traditions in your life, to be in contact with the natural elements.


Maharaj tells a very funny story about a pickpocket. Through this funny story, he stressed on the point that “If one doesn’t bring Vedic traditions in one’s life then naturally there will be some other traditions that will creep in.” The pickpocket always went to temples because many devotees are gathering there, and as soon as these devotees were bowing down: Dwarkadish, Dwarkadish, Dwarkadish, and were involved in their worship, he robbed their necklaces and wallets. So within a short period of time he became rich and was wondering what to do next. He decided to get married and settle down. He started looking for a pickpocket woman. Finally he found one and they decided to do business together. In few months they were loaded with riches and they were wondering what to do now. They thought, “Why not have a baby”, and they prayed to Krsna that this child should become the biggest pick-pocket ever, and maintain their tradition. After a year the baby was born, but to their surprise the child was born with one hand closed. The parents were very much disturbed: how he can pickpocket now!? Next they went to the best doctor in India, but even he couldn’t open his hand; the baby held it so very tight. Then the doctor said them to go to a psychiatrist, because he sure will know some trick how to open the hand. While arriving at the psychiatrist he told them that: You are a pickpocket, your wife is also a pickpocket, so I am sure that the child must have the same tradition. I will tell you what to do: you prepare a very nice necklace which has rubies, diamonds and other valuable stones, and as soon as the child will see it, he will open his hand to grab it. This instruction was followed by the parents, and soon they prepared a most beautiful ornament. They brought it before the eyes of the child and immediately his hand went open to snatch the necklace. When he did that, they were surprised to see a ring falling from the hands of the child. It was the ring of the nurse who delivered the child!

- Ramaniyangam Krsna das, Belgium.



 

 

Chant,

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna

Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama

Hare Hare

and be happy.

 

 

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