THE FISHERMAN AND HIS BASKET
In previous times the grhasthas were habituated to asking if anyone was
hungry before taking their meals. And so one grhastha - who is a flower seller -
went outside and called out to see if anyone was hungry. He saw a fisherman and he said,
"Have you taken your meal?" And the fisherman said "No," so he took him inside.
Then he said, "Please leave the basket outside. It is too smelly."
After he fed him he asked the fisherman, "Do you have a place to sleep tonight?"
He said, "No." He allowed him to sleep there. About one or two o'clock in
the morning the grhastha had to get up to answer nature's call and when he
looked to see how the guest was doing, he found him tossing and turning.
He asked, "How are you sleeping?" The fisherman replied, "My sleep is
very disturbed. I cannot get to sleep!"
"Why is this? What is the difficulty?" the grhastha asked.
And the fisherman said, "You have so much flowers in the house and the flower smell
is disturbing me. The difficulty is that I cannot sleep without my fish basket. I am used to the smell.
Without smelling that fish basket, I cannot go to sleep." So then he said,
"All right, bring your basket, and you can go to sleep." Then the fisherman slept soundly.
MORAL:
- Even though the flower smell's good - the person who is used to fish smell cannot stand it - it is a typical
example of conditioning in the material world.
- People got so much used to the bad habits and they cannot live without them.
PS: I humbly request all the devotees to please forward moral / instructive stories they hear so that everyone can be benefited.
In previous times the grhasthas were habituated to asking if anyone was
hungry before taking their meals. And so one grhastha - who is a flower seller -
went outside and called out to see if anyone was hungry. He saw a fisherman and he said,
"Have you taken your meal?" And the fisherman said "No," so he took him inside.
Then he said, "Please leave the basket outside. It is too smelly."
After he fed him he asked the fisherman, "Do you have a place to sleep tonight?"
He said, "No." He allowed him to sleep there. About one or two o'clock in
the morning the grhastha had to get up to answer nature's call and when he
looked to see how the guest was doing, he found him tossing and turning.
He asked, "How are you sleeping?" The fisherman replied, "My sleep is
very disturbed. I cannot get to sleep!"
"Why is this? What is the difficulty?" the grhastha asked.
And the fisherman said, "You have so much flowers in the house and the flower smell
is disturbing me. The difficulty is that I cannot sleep without my fish basket. I am used to the smell.
Without smelling that fish basket, I cannot go to sleep." So then he said,
"All right, bring your basket, and you can go to sleep." Then the fisherman slept soundly.
MORAL:
- Even though the flower smell's good - the person who is used to fish smell cannot stand it - it is a typical
example of conditioning in the material world.
- People got so much used to the bad habits and they cannot live without them.
PS: I humbly request all the devotees to please forward moral / instructive stories they hear so that everyone can be benefited.
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