Hari Om Ramakrishna
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sugarnspice:
Wed, Feb 27 01:20 AM
Mrs. Grover, a senior librarian in our office, was retiring and wanted to do social service in her free time.
Who better, with her experience, we thought and went to meet Swami Deshikatmananda of the Ramakrishna Mission at Panchkuin Road, Delhi. The swami warned us that all those who retire are enthusiastic in the beginning but when their interest wanes; no one comes for the actual work.
When we assured him we were sincere, he said he was planning to start a mobile school and needed educated people to come forward and teach slum children. We were very excited and ideas tumbled out one after the other.
How about calling other friends to join us, we would take them for picnics and teach children nursery rhymes, yoga, badminton; bhajans and celebrations could be held on festivals, we would call the media to highlight their talents in newspapers and television, we would get local leaders to give donations and the rich to sponsor them. They could be sent for competitions, the intelligent ones would be sent to good schools one day and #8230; We would need lots of stationery items like registers for the project, said Mrs.
Grover and I solved that easily. I could bring the stationery issued to me by my office.
Mrs. Grover agreed but the Swami looked puzzled.
I patiently explained that we got papers, pencils, pens, rubbers, envelopes, sellotape, registers and many other things from office and we could bring all that for our school. Once the word spread, other friends would contribute plenty of stationery to the project.
Instead the swami said, 'Isn't that stuff meant for official use? How can you teach morals to children while you yourself steal and lie?' We explained that many big people steal bigger things. With a grave expression, the swami said, 'If all are doing wrong should you also do it? So steeped are you in the 'practical' world that you can't even see that you're stealing and lying.
' I couldn't forget the swami's dismayed face and stopped using office stationery as my own.
How many people think it is ok to appropriate office stationery??
Wed, Feb 27 01:20 AM
Mrs. Grover, a senior librarian in our office, was retiring and wanted to do social service in her free time.
Who better, with her experience, we thought and went to meet Swami Deshikatmananda of the Ramakrishna Mission at Panchkuin Road, Delhi. The swami warned us that all those who retire are enthusiastic in the beginning but when their interest wanes; no one comes for the actual work.
When we assured him we were sincere, he said he was planning to start a mobile school and needed educated people to come forward and teach slum children. We were very excited and ideas tumbled out one after the other.
How about calling other friends to join us, we would take them for picnics and teach children nursery rhymes, yoga, badminton; bhajans and celebrations could be held on festivals, we would call the media to highlight their talents in newspapers and television, we would get local leaders to give donations and the rich to sponsor them. They could be sent for competitions, the intelligent ones would be sent to good schools one day and #8230; We would need lots of stationery items like registers for the project, said Mrs.
Grover and I solved that easily. I could bring the stationery issued to me by my office.
Mrs. Grover agreed but the Swami looked puzzled.
I patiently explained that we got papers, pencils, pens, rubbers, envelopes, sellotape, registers and many other things from office and we could bring all that for our school. Once the word spread, other friends would contribute plenty of stationery to the project.
Instead the swami said, 'Isn't that stuff meant for official use? How can you teach morals to children while you yourself steal and lie?' We explained that many big people steal bigger things. With a grave expression, the swami said, 'If all are doing wrong should you also do it? So steeped are you in the 'practical' world that you can't even see that you're stealing and lying.
' I couldn't forget the swami's dismayed face and stopped using office stationery as my own.
How many people think it is ok to appropriate office stationery??
