In the last century, a Tourist from abroad visited a famous Indian Yogi who lived a peaceful life. He was astonished to see that the Yogi’s home was only a simple room filled with books. The only furniture was a Mat and a kerosene lantern.
“Yogi ji where is your furniture?” asked the Tourist.
“Where is yours?” replied the Yogi.
“Mine? But, I’m only a visitor here.”
“So am I,” said the Yogi!
Would love to hear your views?
To end on a lighter vein! 🙂 🙂
Breath of Joy 
Beautiful ones! I haven’t read anywhere else about leaving ‘moha’ behind… Superb!
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Oops! I meant, I haven’t read a simpler way of explaining how to leave ‘moha’ behind…
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You got it – yes its funny and yet conveys the point 🙂
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The endless quest to collect and gather. Man’s Achilles heel. Anthropologists say humans were hunters-gatherers. Hunters may need more proof, but gatherers of useless stuff is for all to see.
And a great observation of the master to end with 🙂
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Well I am sure the Anthropologists are right as humans had to hunt and store for their survival – no departmental or kirana stores existed then 🙂
However in current times when we acquire stuff not really needed by us but just for the sake of buying and flaunting it’s then that the Master’s wisdom becomes relevant.
Cheers!
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Safe to say that I could never be a monk. 🙂
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Ha ha I that’s a good one Rommel 😀So sorry my friend for missing to comment much earlier. 😒
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Very very true………..
and the pinch of humor was awesome 🙂
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How nice of you to stop by after long. And am glad you enjoyed the wisdom and the humour too. 🙂 🙂
Wish you a merry Christmas and a happy 2015.
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Good job!
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Welcome Vlad so nice to see you here. Keep in touch and best wishes always. Enjoy 🙂
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yes, we all are visitors here! Love the cartoon.
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Glad you liked it 🙂
Thanks.
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Welcome Jennifer and good to know of your deep knowledge of Indian scriptures. Many of us in India I must admit know little on this vast ocean of Knowledge. I do listen to some American Kirtan singers Krishna Das Bhagwan Das and others who are very much into Bhakti Path and who even lived like Sadhus (Religious ascetic) while learning from Gurus.
I am not on Twitter but here is a link you may listen to. Thank you so much for stopping by and best wishes.
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No attachments, as they say. Yet, he treasured his books 😉
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Ah yes so he did 🙂
Books I would say could be a nice attachment.
Thanks for stopping by and cheers 🙂
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Someone who knows what is important and what is not. We get so bogged down in stuff that we don’t develop our souls.
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Spot on! True Soul awareness is sometimes not even the last on our list. Thanks so much for calling on. Regards.
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I enjoyed reading that, thank you. It’s simple, but profound. I know as I lighten my load by giving to others, I find more peace. (And less to move! Haha!) Thank you Dilip! 🙂
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Ha Ha Melissa that’s a witty response. Yes lighten the mind any which way and be happy 🙂 Maybe the others too will pass it on if they are smart enough 😉
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hahah! that was good I loved the cartoon 😀
the thought is really very deep..thanks for sharing!
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I am delighted you enjoyed the humor and the underlying meaning too 🙂
Cheers and best regards.
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LOL I like the Master already! 😀
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Ha Ha good one! Welcome to my blog and thanks for the humor 🙂
Regards.
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Excellent my friend… Yes very wise words.. We are all only visiting here, May our Trip here be one we take home with us our most cherished memories and lessons.. The Lighter we can travel the more treasures remain within our hearts..
Wonderful post Dilip.. wishing you a beautiful New Week..
Blessings
Sue
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Thanks dear Sue I always find your words so refreshing and charged with positivity. “The Lighter we can travel the more treasures remain within our hearts” are so appropriate to the thoughts in the post.
Warm regards and cheers 🙂
Dilip
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Always my pleasure Dilip 🙂
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Namaste Sue _/I\_ 🙂
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Even a visitor/ tourist strives for a pleasant stay. I prefer Krishn’s outlook- enjoy your stay in this world, but take it with a dollop of salt.
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So we can say: Book is the best friend of a traveler not GPRS 🙂
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Ha Ha you are right! 🙂 Please do have a read of my small connection with your beautiful country! Cheers 🙂
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🙂 it’s a pleasure
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🙂 thanks.
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A simple truth! I am aghast by the rampant increase in consumerism in the younger generation. Hubby says it is a matter of perspective and that our elders must have thought the same about us 🙂
Thanks for the smiles at the end Dilip 🙂
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Being in touch with MBA students I learned too that the Generation X and Y should not be judged with the same yardstick as the baby boomers 🙂 But if we were to draw wisdom from the following quotes moderation is the key and so your observation too seems right.
“प्रयोग करें, लेकिन दुरुपयोग न करें”! and
“Use, do not abuse… neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy”. ~ Voltaire
Thanks Madhu and a happy Sunday! 🙂
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SPLENDIDO WE 🙂
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Che bello Simona! Siate gioiosi e godere 🙂
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Such a nice post :)! Bye. Kamila
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Thank you Kamila. Many good wishes to you 🙂
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😀 So true! And love the comic – no attachment the better it is 😉 Thank you for the smile of the day!!
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Oh I am so glad you enjoyed the humour as also the wisdom. Thanks and cheers 😊
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sweet message….I have started practicing detachment:)
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Ha Ha Best wishes always 🙂
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Thank you for visiting ! 🙂
Regards,
Aliosa.
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A beautiful song I loved it. 👍
Cheers ☺
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Funny* Cartoon sorry about the typo
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Funny* cartoon.. Sorry about the typo
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Minor point my friend! But thanks for stopping by. Regards.
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Dummy cartoon ans as always beautiful post
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I know its a typo but I find it cute 🙂 🙂
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Let’s flow as a river. Life is short and it is worth living.
Best wishes, Dilip!, Aquileana 😛
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Yes that’s true Aquileana! Life will be so fulfilling if we flow like a river 🙂
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We are all visitors here, and we all leave with nothing. What we do is our legacy, not what we have.
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My dear friend this one another beautiful and inspiring comment. Perfect – what we do is important and not what we have. Many many thanks!
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We are only here for a short time, and we must try to be the best ‘us’ that we can be… 🙂 Thank you for short, sweet, enlightening post. The cartoon made me laugh!
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Hi Christy I am glad you liked message as also the humour in the cartoon 🙂
Kind regards.
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A short & sweet message from the monk. We are all visitors but have enough time at our disposal. Take a clue from the masters because:-
“Lives of great men all remind us,
We can make our lives sublime;
And departing leave behind us.
Footprints on the sands of time”
Suhas
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You are right Suhas so as your lovely little poem says “.. leave behind us. Footprints on the sands of time”!
For that we need to lead a life of purpose and doing good for those who are less fortunate.
Thank you my dear friend always look forward to you comments.
Cheers and best regards 🙂
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You have selected a very crisp note this time and sent out a message.
Does it indicate that we are getting OLD??
Suhas
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Ha ha ha ☺😆😁😄😃
Suhas that could be true 🙋
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“But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also”
😊
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OMG Jenn your word’s are so beautiful and meaningful. I would love to make this message a purpose of my life.👍And to achieve that we will need to practice awareness and selflessness. In the process our life in this world will be transformed to one of bliss.
Thank you so much and best always. 😋🙋
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I am in tune with the thinking : we are just passing through but we can leave a trace 🙂
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Oh that’s a nice one Christiane “…we can leave a trace”! Yes surely we can by doing good and being kind to others. 🙂
Such a joy to read a new thought! Many thanks and regards 🙂
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We are all just actors in this stage of life… we all know that still we get attached with mundane pleasures and relations.”Nirvana” is an unachievable goal for us all…. 🙂
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Maniparna you are right Nirvana does seem a distant dream 🙂 Yet to make our life more meaningful and peaceful we need to practice awareness reminding our-selves in your words “We are all just actors in this stage of life.”!
Thanks aplenty for your free and frank comments 🙂 🙂
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Loved the last part.. email with no attachments! 🙂
Be Bettr, Stay Bettr! 🙂
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Good to know you enjoyed the cartoon 🙂 As its a fun way to touch upon some profound wisdom 🙂
Cheers
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I remember the days when what I owned would fit into my bicycle panniers . Sad to say, those days are long past. 🙂 –Curt
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Aha ‘what I owned would fit into my bicycle panniers’ 🙂 that indeed is the crux of the message. Well said!.
Thanks Curt and regards!
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Ah, so we are …visitors, but we spend a whole lifetime accumulating paraphernalia and sometimes never realize how foolish it is. Thank you, my dear Dilip and loved the joke! 🙂
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Spot on dear Marina! And Marina if I may add the clutter in the mind is even worse as it foolishly makes us believe in I and Me “I must possess this, this is mine and so on”. 🙂
Ha ha glad you liked the joke 🙂 It’s Ok for us to have the good things in life but we must remember to hold on to them lightly in a detached way … we are visitors 🙂
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🙂 INDEED!!!! 🙂
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Cheers 🙂
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Hehee I love this humor, so sweet and true! Thank you dear friend, for the smile and thoughts. Non-aatachment has been on my mind as well, we are kindred spirits!
Wishing you peace and light, always,
Allison
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So nice to know you too are practicing “Non-attachment”. Buddha says it quite eloquently ~ “The root of suffering is attachment”! 🙂
Wishing you too Peace and Joy 🙂
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I was taught from an early age that things are just things and you can’t take them with you on your next journey. So things are not as important to me…… as people.
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Gracious of you to visit and add your thoughts! You were so fortunate to be explained the importance such values as a child. What we learn when we’re young is with us forever. And yes our happiness does depend (to some extent) on people and relationships!
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Such a nice post, Yeah we all are visitors for certain period of time. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Hi welcome Archana so let’s be like curious tourists savouring the wonders of this beautiful world with just a back-pack I guess 🙂
Thanks for the comment and best wishes!
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We are all but visitors to God’s Kingdom before our time is upon are we not?
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True Andy so might as well travel light 🙂
Thanks and regards 🙂
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Cheers! 🙂 🙂
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And more cheers 🙂 🙂
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Yes, indeed, we are all tourists upon this planet! And no attachments please!
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Well said dear Surinder sir! Thank you.
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