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 218 - The story of a simple boy
A simple boy was shy of going to school. One day he decided not to attend the classes at any cost. He put a bandage on his knees and under the pretext of serious injury, applied to the Headmaster for leave.- He wrote, 'Dear Sir, kindly excuse my absence for today, as I am unable to walk up to the school.'
The application was written but there was none to take it to the school. Accordingly, he went to the school and handed it over personally to the teacher and said, 'It is not possible to reach the school today.' Hearing this, the teacher and other students burst into laughter. O Simpleton! your bringing the application up to the school is a proof against your submission. When you are already in the school, the plea of your 'inability to go there,' is incredible.
O dear, your real nature is the embodiment of Supreme Consciousness, As per your daily assertions, you are knowledge incarnate. Or, if you do not agree by saying whatever 'Rama' has written is not correct and that you are right from your point of view, this, too, amounts to your being Consciousness personified.