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This is an incident which happened some 20 years ago when internet was new and there were no cell phones or pagers and we had to relay on landline phones for communication. We had an agent in Chennai who was supplying us raw materials from his contacts in Europe and Mid-East. We tried to contact him over phone but the gentleman was not answering our call. After calling him for about a fortnight I and my partner decided to meet him personally.
We left Bangalore by train early morning and reached Chennai at around noon. The agent stayed at T. Nagar and operated from his house. We had his house address so we hired an auto to go to T. Nagar.
We reached the place and searched for the house, it was a corner house with a compound and a small garden. There was a car parked in the portico. As soon as we got down from the auto my partner said, “Manoj, I don’t think Rajesh is in the house.” After settling the auto fare I looked at my partner and said, “Why do you jump to conclusions we have come all the way from Bangalore let us be optimistic.”
Then we opened the gate and walked towards the door and rang the door bell. Few minutes passed, but there was no answer. Then we tried again still no answer. We knocked the door a little harder, the next door neighbor peeped out of his window and shouted, “Veetle yaarum ille” (no one in the house). We asked him where Rajesh had been. The neighbor said, “Sir, the whole family left about 3 weeks back to Rajasthan to attend the wedding of their niece.” We thanked the neighbor and gave him our visiting card and asked him to hand it over to Rajesh as soon as he is back.
I asked my partner, “How could you say Rajesh was not in the house sitting in the auto, Danu?” My partner said, Manoj, the garden was unkempt, there was dust on the car, there were cobwebs on the gate, the portico was not washed, letters were still in the postbox, so I thought he was not at home.
Well, this incident kept me contemplating if the house is not clean we can immediately know that the owner is away, so if the house is clean the owner is staying in the house. Exactly for the owner of this body (Absolute) to stay we have to keep our body and mind clean. The five sense organs have to be the servants and clean the body of visible impurities by giving it a bath. The garden of the mind should be free from the six invisible weeds – Kama (desire), Loba (greed). Kroda (anger), Mada (pride), Moha (attachment), and Matsarya (jealousy), so that the plants of humility produce the flowers of compassion which will fill the garden with the fragrance of Love and Affection.
With this kind of atmosphere the Lord will reside in the house permanently.…… Right???????
This is an incident which happened some 20 years ago when internet was new and there were no cell phones or pagers and we had to relay on landline phones for communication. We had an agent in Chennai who was supplying us raw materials from his contacts in Europe and Mid-East. We tried to contact him over phone but the gentleman was not answering our call. After calling him for about a fortnight I and my partner decided to meet him personally.
We left Bangalore by train early morning and reached Chennai at around noon. The agent stayed at T. Nagar and operated from his house. We had his house address so we hired an auto to go to T. Nagar.
We reached the place and searched for the house, it was a corner house with a compound and a small garden. There was a car parked in the portico. As soon as we got down from the auto my partner said, “Manoj, I don’t think Rajesh is in the house.” After settling the auto fare I looked at my partner and said, “Why do you jump to conclusions we have come all the way from Bangalore let us be optimistic.”
Then we opened the gate and walked towards the door and rang the door bell. Few minutes passed, but there was no answer. Then we tried again still no answer. We knocked the door a little harder, the next door neighbor peeped out of his window and shouted, “Veetle yaarum ille” (no one in the house). We asked him where Rajesh had been. The neighbor said, “Sir, the whole family left about 3 weeks back to Rajasthan to attend the wedding of their niece.” We thanked the neighbor and gave him our visiting card and asked him to hand it over to Rajesh as soon as he is back.
I asked my partner, “How could you say Rajesh was not in the house sitting in the auto, Danu?” My partner said, Manoj, the garden was unkempt, there was dust on the car, there were cobwebs on the gate, the portico was not washed, letters were still in the postbox, so I thought he was not at home.
Well, this incident kept me contemplating if the house is not clean we can immediately know that the owner is away, so if the house is clean the owner is staying in the house. Exactly for the owner of this body (Absolute) to stay we have to keep our body and mind clean. The five sense organs have to be the servants and clean the body of visible impurities by giving it a bath. The garden of the mind should be free from the six invisible weeds – Kama (desire), Loba (greed). Kroda (anger), Mada (pride), Moha (attachment), and Matsarya (jealousy), so that the plants of humility produce the flowers of compassion which will fill the garden with the fragrance of Love and Affection.
With this kind of atmosphere the Lord will reside in the house permanently.…… Right???????
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