God is
Once a king wanted to know answers to three questions about which he
had been contemplating for a long time. One day the king raised these
questions in his Court Hall. The questions were: Where is God? In what
direction does He cast His look? What does He do? None could answer
these questions. The King then summoned with due honour a sage to his
court. He asked the sage to answer these questions.
The Sage replied: "Like butter in the milk God is everywhere". To
answer the second question the sage asked for a lamp. He lit the lamp
and asked the King: "In which direction does this lamp shed its
light?" The lamp sheds its light in all the directions" replied the
king. The sage said "Likewise God is Effulgence itself and His vision
is not directed to a particular place or person. He is all seeing".
The king asked: "What does He do?" The sage said: "Since I am in a way
instructing you in spiritual matters, I am in the position of a
preceptor, you a disciple. So we have to exchange our places. Are you
prepared for this?" The king agreed and came down from his elevated
position and sat on the seat in which the sage sat. The sage said with
a twinkle in his eyes: "This is what God does. He brings down the
mighty and elevates the humble. He can make the poor rich and the rich
poor. He can do anything. He is all pervading. He is all seeing and
Omnipotent." The king was very much pleased with these answers. He
expressed his gratitude to the sage and honoured him in a fitting
manner.
Like the king in the story, every one of us should try to understand
the true characteristics of God: God is Omnipresent, Omniscient, and
Omnipotent.
Category: Chinna Katha
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