Thursday 29 May 2014

WHO IS GREAT?

April 5

Memoirs of HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) Founder of the World Prayer Day for Peace.

A person who desires greatness is proving that he is not great. The person who is truly great is one who does not desire greatness.

One day I was standing on the roof of a house and some people passed by below on the street. They looked up and saw me, whilst I looked down and saw them.
We met again the next day and they said to me,

“It is a proof of your greatness that you stood on a level higher than ours. We, as lesser beings, were on a lower plane.”

I smiled and said to them:

“What you call my greatness is nothing but a reflection of your own. Though it is true that I stood on a level higher than yours, yet mine eyes were cast downwards whilst yours were turned upwards.”
Photo: WHO IS GREAT?

Memoirs of HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) Founder of the World Prayer Day for Peace.

A person who desires greatness is proving that he is not great. The person who is truly great is one who does not desire greatness.

One day  I was standing on the roof of a house and some people passed by below on the street. They looked up and saw me, whilst I looked down and saw them.
We met again the next day and they said to me,

 “It is a proof of your greatness that you stood on a level higher than ours. We, as lesser beings, were on a lower plane.”

I smiled and said to them:

“What you call my greatness is nothing but a reflection of your own. Though it is true that I stood on a level higher than yours, yet mine eyes were cast downwards whilst yours were turned upwards.”

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