“Then what is your purpose?” interrupted the angry bird perched on the tree.
“Well my purpose is to remind you of your purpose, which both of you have forgotten,” said the tortoise. Then he added, “Look at me. I can neither fly nor can I go deep under the ground, as the snake can, yet I consider myself as God’s emissary
on the planet.”
Upon hearing this, the bird took to the sky and the snake glided away.
Moral of the story: We often draw our own conclusions about others’ usefulness without realising the actual usefulness of that person, and also the uselessness of ourselves.
Books Just Received
| Title: |
Nani Palkhivala: A Miscellany (Essays containing selections from the Uncollected Palkhivala and Other Essays) |
| Author: |
Suresh Balakrishnan, With a Special Chapter by T. S. Gopal |
| Publisher: |
Old Madras Press, Chennai - www.oldmadraspress.com |
| Pages: |
220 |
| Price: |
Rs. 480/- |
| Title: |
The Fatal Arrow: An Analysis of the Vali Episode in the Ramayana of Valmiki. |
| Author: |
Suresh Balakrishnan |
| Publisher: |
Old Madras Press, Chennai - www.oldmadraspress.com |
| Pages: |
164 |
| Price: |
Rs. 220/- |
| Title: |
Stories of Vedanta Monks: Volume I |
| Author: |
Swami Chetanananda |
| Publisher: |
Swami Shuddhidananda, Adhyaksha, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Champawat, Uttarakhand, India |
| Email: |
mail@advaitaashrama.org |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Price: |
Rs. 300/- |
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