Pearl Necklace

Once a snake entered the house of an old woman, who was staying alone. She was frightened and cried for help. A few of her neighbours came and killed the snake. Instead of throwing away the dead snake, the old woman kept it on the roof of her house. A kite flying overhead spotted the dead snake. In its beak it had a pearl necklace which it had picked up from somewhere. It came to the snake, dropped the necklace there and flew away with the dead snake. The next day when the old woman saw a shining object on her roof, she managed to get it with a pole. She was astonished to find the pearl necklace

Who Can Advise?

Once a mother brought her kid to Sri Ramakrishna Deva and told him, ‘My son is taking too much sweets, you please advise him it is not good to take so much’. Then Sri Ramakrishna told her to bring the child after one week. As he suggested she brought him the next week.

Then Sri Ramakrishna told the boy, ‘Don’t take so much sweets, it is not good for health.’ The lady said, “You could have told him this the previous week. Why didn’t you tell him then?’ Then Gurudeva replied, ‘I myself had the habit of taking too much sweet. First I wanted to stop it, before advising him’.