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 ...
Story 185 - Lord Jesus' advice to Romans
Once, the Romans asked Lord Jesus, if they should pay tax to the King. This question was put to him with an ulterior motive. If Christ was to reply in negative, they would immediately inform the King that Jesus was preaching sedition. And, if he replied in affirmative, it would mean that he was not the "KING OF KINGS", as he called himself to be. They would, then, get an excuse to call him a liar. In reply to their question, Lord Jesus put a coin in his plam and put a counter question to them to let him know the name of the king whose seal was on it. They all said that it bore the seal of Caesar. Then Jesus said, "Render unto Caesar that belongs to Caesar, and render unto God that belongs to God". Similary, put all your efforts to achieve God- realisation which has the seal of God, and leave your body enjoyments to Destiny which controls them. When a man works for a higher position, all the lower jobs are automatically achieved. Similary, as a man makes efforts to advance towards his goal of God-realisation all his worldly necessities connected with his body are automatically fulfilled. This is the Law of Nature.