SAFE DEPOSIT LOCKER
An Apocryphal Teaching Story
By
VIKRAM KARVE
I know a lady who has a safe deposit locker in her bank.
She keeps all her jewellery inside her safe deposit locker.
Once a year, in the month of January, she goes to the bank, down to the vault, and opens her safe deposit locker.
She checks the contents of the locker and matches the jewellery inside with the list that she carries with her.
After she has checked and matched every item of her jewellery, and once she is satisfied that everything is okay, she puts all the jewellery back into her safe deposit locker.
Then she locks up the safe deposit locker and goes home - she will now return after one year to carry out the same exercise.
I think she needs to hear this classic Mulla Nasrudin Teaching Story:
POT FULL OF GOLD COINS
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An Apocryphal Teaching Story
By
VIKRAM KARVE
I know a lady who has a safe deposit locker in her bank.
She keeps all her jewellery inside her safe deposit locker.
Once a year, in the month of January, she goes to the bank, down to the vault, and opens her safe deposit locker.
She checks the contents of the locker and matches the jewellery inside with the list that she carries with her.
After she has checked and matched every item of her jewellery, and once she is satisfied that everything is okay, she puts all the jewellery back into her safe deposit locker.
Then she locks up the safe deposit locker and goes home - she will now return after one year to carry out the same exercise.
I think she needs to hear this classic Mulla Nasrudin Teaching Story:
POT FULL OF GOLD COINS
Mulla Nasrudin relocated to a new town.
In this town there was a tradition.
People saved their money.
Then with their saved money they purchased gold coins.
When they had enough gold coins to fill up an earthenware pot, they bought an earthenware pot and filled it with gold coins.
Then they sealed the pot properly.
After that, they buried the pot full of gold in their gardens in a secret spot.
In this way, from time to time, they buried many pots full of gold coins at various secret spots in their gardens.
Once a year, on an auspicious day, they dug up the vessels from their secret hidden spots.
They opened the seals and checked their gold coins.
Then they resealed the pots and buried them again at another secret spot in their gardens.
When the Nasrudin learned about this practice, went to the market and bought an earthenware pot.
Then, right there, in full public view, he picked up stones from the roadside, and he filled the pot with stones.
Curious passersby gathered around, wondering what Nasrudin was doing.
Once the pot was full of stones, Nasrudin dug a hole in the centre of the road and started burying his pot full of stones.
“Nasrudin, that is not the proper way,” said the townsfolk, “You are supposed to fill the pot with gold, not stones.”
“Dear friends,” Nasrudin laughed, “as long as you are not going to spend it, what difference does it make whether it is gold or stones...?”
VIKRAM KARVE
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Foodie Book: Appetite for a Stroll
If your are a Foodie I am sure that you will like my book of Food Adventures APPETITE FOR A STROLL. Do order a copy from FLIPKART:
http://www.flipkart.com/appetite-stroll-vikram-karve/8190690094-gw23f9
About Vikram Karve
A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer and blogger. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and an anthology of short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional and academic research papers in journals and edited in-house journals and magazines for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing and blogging. Vikram Karve lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
Vikram Karve Academic and Creative Writing Journal: http://karvediat.blogspot.com
Professional Profile Vikram Karve: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
Vikram Karve Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/vikramkarve
Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/posts.htm
Email: vikramkarve@hotmail.com
Twitter: @vikramkarve
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