Sai Prem
This podcast is dedicated to our spiritual Master sharing His universal teachings of Truth, Love, Right Conduct, Peace and Non violence through human value and moral stories . Stories connect with any age group people. Profound messages can be conveyed through simple stories. This is our humble attempt to spread these values through stories and experiences sharing. These are collection of stories from various resources which are collated in our blog Saibalsanskaar. (http://saibalsanskaar.wordpress.com) Most of the stories will be in English and from time to time we will be sharing in other Indian languages as well. Looking forward to all your support.
Sai Prem
The Sweetness of Sour Oranges
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One should also learn the art of giving and sharing.
There is no pleasure more than seeing others happy by a simple kind act of ours. Life’s joys are in these sweet little gestures of love and respect for our fellow beings, in giving, not usurping, not in money.
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Value: Love
Sub-Value: Concern
A man often bought oranges from an old lady. After purchasing the oranges, he would peel them and taste a segment; and as soon as he would taste these, he would complain that these were sour and insist that the old woman taste them.
The old lady would put the segment in her mouth and retort, “why do you complain, it is so sweet,” but by then the man would have gone off.
His wife wondered on this daily act of her husband and asked him about his charade.
He smiled, “the old lady only sells sweet oranges but never eats them herself. This way I get her to eat one, without her having to spend and I feel good seeing her eat those.”
The vegetable vendor next to the old lady observed this daily happening and
one day chided her, “every time this man fusses over your oranges but you always weigh a few extra for him. Why?” The old lady smiled, “I know he does this to feed me an orange, only, he thinks I don’t understand. I never weigh extra. His love tilts the scale slightly every time.”
Learning
One should also learn the art of giving and sharing.
There is no pleasure more than seeing others happy by a simple kind act of ours. Life’s joys are in these sweet little gestures of love and respect for our fellow beings, in giving, not usurping, not in money.