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 243 - ample of commissariate clerk
A commissariate Agent of the army is in charge of rations worth hundreds of rupees. He issues the ration daily and deals with hundreds of soldiers. In spite of it, he is neither ever misled to believe that the entire ration in the godown is his personal property, nor he ever develops any personal attachment with any soldier or soldiers. Even if the supply of ration fails, he has nothing to worry. It is not his headache, even if the godown runs at a loss. And, if it earns good profit, he has nothing to be overjoyed at it. His only responsibility is to discharge his duties faithfully and honestly. Similary, only that man is the true devotee of God who considers his personal property as belonging to God and also who regards his near and dear ones as the responsibility of God. He is there only to look after them on behalf of God, as the commissariate agent looks at the soldiers of the army with no personal love for or attachment with them. Certainly such a man is happy both in this world and in the next one. You have only the right to work with all sincerity and not to bother about the fruits thereof. It is of no avail to worry about your success or failure. It is God's business.