"Whatever you give me,
Maharaj," replied the beggar.
"Here, take this ten rupee note. You can have nice food for at least three
days." The beggar walked away with the ten rupee note.
The third beggar came. "Oh Lord, I have heard about your noble qualities.
Therefore, I have come to see you. Men of such charitable disposition are
verily the manifestations of God on earth," he said.
"Please sit down," said the millionaire. "You appear to be
tired. Please take this food," he said, and offered food to the beggar.
"Now please tell me what I can do for you."
"Oh Lord," replied the beggar; "I merely came to meet such
a noble personage that you are. You have given me this rich food already.
What more need I get from you? You have already shown extraordinary kindness
towards me. May God bless you!"
But the millionaire, struck by the beggar's spirit, begged of the beggar to
remain with him, built a decent house for him in his own compound, and looked
after him for the rest of his life.
God is like this good millionaire. Three classes of people approach Him, with
three different desires and prayers. There is the greedy man full of vanity,
full of arrogance, full of desires. He demands the objects of worldly enjoyment
from God. Since this man, whatever be his vile desires, has had the good sense
to approach God, He grants him some part of the desired objects (even these
very soon pass away, just as the two rupees the first beggar got are spent
before nightfall).
The other type of devotee prays to the Lord for relief from the sufferings of
the world, but is better than the first one, in as much as he is ready to abide
by His Will. To him the Lord grants full relief from suffering, and bestows on
him much wealth and property.
The third type he merely prays to the Lord: "O Lord, Thou art
Existence-Absolute, Knowledge-Absolute, Bliss-Absolute, etc., etc." What
does he want? Nothing. But the Lord is highly pleased with his spirit of
renunciation, of desirelessness and of self-surrender. Therefore, He makes him
eat His own food, i.e., He grants this man Supreme Devotion to Himself. Over
and above this, He makes the devotee to live in His own House For ever
afterwards this devotee dwells in the Lord's Abode as a Liberated Sage
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