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 196 - The intensity of Koonj bird's love For her offspring
In the plains there is a bird, called Koonj. It is said about it that, when the bird dies, its off-springs and young ones also die. And, if the Koonj lives, its young ones also continue to live. Why? What is the cause of this strange phenomenon? The reason being, that the life of the young ones of Koonj depends upon the thought-force of their mother. Even though they do not directly nurse or look after their young ones, being away from them, they always keep their welfare in their mind, with the result that their young ones remain hale and hearty and oontinue to live. And, if the mother bird dies, after giving birth to its off-springs, they (off-springs) also die, because there is none left to exercise its thought-force for their welfare. If it is true that the koonj birds can keep their young ones alive and healthy through their thought-force, even if they are far away in jungles or at the hills, is it not, then, strange, if a man, the highest evolved being, fails to keep his mind attached to his Rama or God who is his father, mother, well-wisher and everything?