The Coal Basket

There once lived an old man with his grandson in a farm.Grandfather used to regularly chant the Baghavad Gita,which left the boy wondering,because he found that there was no visible change in their life whatsoever.So one day the little boy gathered courage and asked his grandfather why he chanted the Gita.His grand father just smiled at the little boy and showed him a coal basket lying near the fireplace and asked him to run down to the lake below and fetch some water in the basket.The boy gave his grandfather a puzzled look but nevertheless ran down to fetch water in the basket.He filled the basket with water and started on his way home, but as he expected all the water drained out of the basket,and by the time he reached home there was no water in the basket.He told his grandfather that the basket could not hold the water.His grandfather again smilingly told him to be a bit faster this time.This went on a few times and each time the result was the same.Finally the boy was exhausted and tired and asked his grandfather why he asked him to fill a basket with water knowing that it cannot hold water.Gradfather now looked at the little boy with love and affection and told the boy to look at the basket closely.The boy looked at the basket and saw that the basket was now clean and shining and no sign of any coal there.He told his grandfather that the basket looked clean now.
The grandfather now took the little boy on his lap and told him that like the basket got clean and shining after a few dips in the water, if we regularly chant the Gita we will be cleansed of all the impure thoughts within and will help us remember the Lord always.
Though the result of our sadhana may not be immediately visible to us, it is certain that every time we chant the lords name with love and devotion,it sure reaches HIM.
There are many many stories which assure us that even if a person takes the Lord's name once,with or without his knowledge it is certain that he will be taken care of by HIM.
Jai Gurudev.
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