Parables of Rama
by Swami Rama Tirtha | 102,836 words
Stories in English used by Swami Rama to illustrate the highest teaching of Vedanta. The most difficult and intricate problems of philosophy and abstract truths, which may very well tax the brains of the most intellectual, are thus made not only simple and easy to understand but also brought home to us in a concrete form in such an interesting and ...
One day the sweetheart of Majnun said that she did not feel well and nothing seemed to do her any good. So the Doctor was sent for. As was the old custom, he immediately proceeded to Laila to draw out a little blood, that is, he cut a little gash in the arm thinking thereby to draw out blood, but no blood came from Laila. From Majnun however it streamed forth.
Such was the oneness of these lovers. MORAL;—Intense love results in the oneness of lover and beloved to such a degree that any impact on the one is reproduced in the other.