welcome On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 at 17:05, Jambunathan Iyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks > > Will share with friends > N Jambunathan Rengarajapuram-Kodambakkam-Chennai-Mob:9176159004 > > *" What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you > become by achieving your goals. If you want to live a happy life, tie it to > a goal, not to people or things "* > > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 10:37 AM Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> *Swami Vivekananda*, like his Master Ramakrishna, used to tell many >> stories in his lectures and discourses to explain religious and >> philosophical concepts and doctrines. *The frog in the well* or *The >> story of two frogs* is such a story. Most probably Swami Vivekananda was >> not the original author of the story, but he told this story several times >> in his lectures and discourses. >> >> Swami Vivekananda told this story at the Parliament of the World’s >> Religions on 15 September 1893. It was his second lecture at the >> Parliament. He told— >> >> I will tell you a little story. You have heard the eloquent speaker who >> has just finished say, “Let us cease from abusing each other,” and he was >> very sorry that there should be always so much variance. >> >> But I think I should tell you a story which would illustrate the cause of >> this variance. A frog lived in a well. It had lived there for a long time. >> It was born there and brought up there, and yet was a little, small frog. >> Of course the evolutionists were not there then to tell us whether the frog >> lost its eyes or not, but, for our story’s sake, we must take it for >> granted that it had its eyes, and that it every day cleansed the water of >> all the worms and bacilli that lived in it with an energy that would do >> credit to our modern bacteriologists. In this way it went on and became a >> little sleek and fat. Well, one day another frog that lived in the sea came >> and fell into the well. >> >> “Where are you from?” >> >> “I am from the sea.” >> >> “The sea! How big is that? Is it as big as my well?” and he took a leap >> from one side of the well to the other. >> >> “My friend,” said the frog of the sea, “how do you compare the sea with >> your little well?” >> >> Then the frog took another leap and asked, “Is your sea so big?” >> >> “What nonsense you speak, to compare the sea with your well!” >> >> “Well, then,” said the frog of the well, “nothing can be bigger than my >> well; there can be nothing bigger than this; this fellow is a liar, so turn >> him out.” >> >> That has been the difficulty all the while. >> >> I am a Hindu. I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the >> whole world is my little well. The Christian sits in his little well and >> thinks the whole world is his well. The Mohammedan sits in his little well >> and thinks that is the whole world. I have to thank you of America for the >> great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little >> world of ours, and hope that, in the future, the Lord will help you to >> accomplish your purpose. to accomplish that purpose.” >> >> Moral of the story ois being disputed ? KR IRS 281022 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sanathana dharma and science" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sanathana-dharma-and-science/CAL5XZorPemD3F985JZuwLxzqqugqTnn6_9LWut_JLgQ9E%3DXxPg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sanathana-dharma-and-science/CAL5XZorPemD3F985JZuwLxzqqugqTnn6_9LWut_JLgQ9E%3DXxPg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sanathana dharma and science" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sanathana-dharma-and-science/CADdz_9SN%2BAwnpCnXzWfDGhNqrwPnh%3DUkfqc06Z8sk8xtkM7DJw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sanathana-dharma-and-science/CADdz_9SN%2BAwnpCnXzWfDGhNqrwPnh%3DUkfqc06Z8sk8xtkM7DJw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZorgamZic3uLM7wWB%3D8Otec-h8H%3DeTeZ2iqDsQ3fLRc14g%40mail.gmail.com.
