KRISHNA-KATHA

The Real Treasure

The cheerful girl with bouncy black curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box. She asked her mother Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Kirti loved her pearls. They made her feel dressed up and grown up. She wore them everywhere - school, playground, even to bed.

Kirti had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready for bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a story. One night when he finished the story, he asked Kirti, "Do you love me?" "Oh yes, Daddy. You know that I love you." "Then give me your pearls." "Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have Princess - the white horse from my collection. The one with the pink tail. Remember, Daddy? The one you gave me. She's my favorite." "That's okay, Honey. Daddy loves you. Good night." And
he brushed her cheek with a kiss.

About a week later, after the story time, Kirti's daddy asked again, "Do you love me?" "Daddy, you know I love you." "Then give me your pearls." "Oh Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have my baby doll. The brand new one I got for my birthday. She is so beautiful and you can have the yellow blanket that matches her sleeper." "That's okay. Sleep well. God bless you, little one. Daddy loves you" And as always, he brushed her cheek with a gentle kiss.

A few nights later when her daddy came in, Kirti was sitting on her bed. As he came close, he noticed her chin was trembling and one silent tear rolled down her cheek. "What is it, Kirti? What's the matter?" Kirti didn't say anything but lifted her little hand up to her daddy. And when she opened it, there was her little pearl necklace. With a little quiver, she finally said, "Here, Daddy. It's for you."

With tears gathering in his own eyes, Kirti's kind daddy reached out with one hand to take the dime-store necklace, and with the other hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case with a strand of genuine pearls and gave them to Kirti. He had them all the time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so he could give her genuine
treasure.

So it is with our Heavenly Father. He is waiting for us to give up the cheap things in our lives so that he can give us beautiful treasure.

Are you holding onto things that God wants you to let go of? Are you holding onto harmful or unnecessary partners, relationships, habits and activities, which you have come so attached to that it seems impossible to let go? Sometimes it is so hard to see what is in the other hand but do believe this one thing.

God will never take away something without giving you something better in return.

Purport

The living entity is suffering due to his ignorance of the hidden treasure of his Supreme Father, Krishna. That treasure is love of Godhead, and in every Vedic scripture the conditioned soul is advised to find it. As stated in Bhagavad-gita, although the conditioned soul is the son of the wealthiest personality—the Personality of Godhead—he does not realize it. Therefore Vedic literatures are given to him to help him search out his father and his paternal property.
As stated in Bhagavad-gita, rasa-varjaa raso 'py asya param drstva nivartate: only by the higher taste of Krishna consciousness can one give up the deadly lower taste that keeps one imprisoned in material bondage. Devotional service to Krishna is the real treasure house for the living entity. When one comes to the platform of devotional service, he always remains opulent in the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


             Thanks a lot Prabakaran for sharing this story. .

That's very beautiful

Excellent...This rasa of the lord.... We experience more and more as we hear the stories of Bhagavatam..as we read them  mind goes into the feelings and tears of joy trickles down the cheeks..Bhagavatam says about nava vidha bhakthi..indeed this is the easiest method of mukthi.
Harer nama Harer nama Harer namaiva kevalam
kalau nasthyeva nasthyeva nasthyeva gathiranyatha....
the feet of Hari the sole refuge in the kali era..his name alone shall bring salvation...( here Bhagavatam and all scripturers in India..use a divine name with the meaning that the very lord can be worshipped in any form or by any other name). Indian thought is profoundest to see all forms of God in one form and one form in all forms and too the formless and form as one..thus Krishna ,Rama Shiva Christ all form one principle when we call Hari or Krishna.

santhosh you are setting the foundation for "inter_religious dialog"

Cool post prasanna! It was a beautiful story.

love,

sunmystic

I dont think ,in true sense..'inter religious' concept exists..as that very word implies boundaries and limitations which are both illusory and nonexistant...the very concept of religion is to go beyond all boundaries..till the eternal truth unalloyed by limitations can be attained...infact a religion is to break boundaries not to add one new boundary..that is the foundation of  Vedic thinking.The very motto of Indian thought is 'ekam sat vipra bahutha vadanthi"..and only when all the boundaries break..the one light that sheds from all and merges into the vast expanse gives one the glimpse of light which has ever been..and this is theme of core Indian philosophy.