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| Sri Ramakrishna |
Once,
a man was going through a forest, when three robbers fell upon him and robbed
him of all his possessions. One of the robbers said, "What's the use of
keeping this man alive?" So saying, he was about to kill him with his
sword, when the second robber interrupted him, saying: 'Oh, no! What is the use
of killing him? Tie his hand and foot and leave him here." The robbers bound
his hands and feet and went away. After a while the third robber returned and
said to the man: "Ah, I am sorry. Are you hurt? I will release you from
your bonds." After setting the man free, the thief said: "Come with
me. I will take you to the public high way." After a long time they reached the road.
At this the man said: "Sir, you have been very good to me. Come with me to
my house." "Oh, no!"
the robber replied.
"I can't go
there. The police will know
it."
This world itself is the forest. The three
robbers prowling here are Satva, rajas, and lamas. It is they that rob a man of
the Knowledge of Truth. Tamas wants to
destroy him. „Rajas‟ binds him to the world.But Satva rescues him from the
clutches of rajas and tamas. Under the protection of Satva, man is rescued from
anger, passion and other evil effects of tamas. Further, Satva loosens the
bonds of the world. But Satva also is a robber. It cannot give man the ultimate
Knowledge of Truth, though it shows him the road leading to the Supreme Abode
of God. Setting him on the path, Satva tells him: "Look yonder. There is
your home." Even Satva is far away from the knowledge of Brahman.
SOURCE: THE PARABLES OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA
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