MAN'S BEST FRIEND

 MAN'S BEST FRIEND

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THE BEST FRIEND OF A PERSON IS HIS OR HER DOG.

HE WILL NEVER BETRAY YOU. HE WILL NEVER BE BRIBED BY ANYONE TO GO AGAINST YOU.

IF YOU ARE ANGRY WITH HIM OR EVEN THROW HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE, YOU WILL FIND HIM AT YOUR DOOR IN THE MORNING WAGGING HIS TAIL WITH HAPPINESS AT THE SIGHT OF THE PERSON WHO TREATED HIM SO BADLY.

WHEN YOU COME BACK FROM SCHOOL OR OFFICE HE WILL LEAP ALL OVER WITH YOU JOY AS IF HE HAD NOT SEEN YOU FOR YEARS!

FOR ALL YOUR RUDENESS AND ILL-TREATMENT OF HIM HE HAS NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR YOU AND ONLY LOVE.

A DOG IS A TRUE PICTURE OF LOVE UPON THIS PLANET EARTH. AND WE MUST REMEMBER THAT LOVE IS A QUALITY OF GOD WHICH FEW HUMANS POSSESS IN ITS TRUE FORM.

INDEED OUT OF ALL OF GOD'S CREATIONS THE DOG IS THE MOST LOYAL, THE MOST EGO-LESS. THE MOST OBEDIENT AND THE BEST FRIEND THAT A MAN CAN EVER HAVE.

WHEN THE FIVE PANDAVAS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, FOUR OF THEM DIED ALONG THE WAY, BUT THE ELDEST AMONGST THEM YUDHISTRA WAS LEFT ALONE WITH ONLY A DOG AS HIS COMPANION..

WHEN YUDHISTRA REACHED THE DOOR OF HEAVEN, THE DOORMAN REFUSED TO ADMIT HIM UNLESS HE LEFT THE DOG BEHIND..

YUDHISTRA REFUSED TO ENTER THE DOOR OF HEAVEN IF HIS COMPANION, THE DOG WAS NOT ALLOWED INSIDE.

GOD WAS SO PLEASED WITH YUDHISTRA THAT HE MADE THE DOG ASSUME THE SHAPE OF DHARMRAJ A THE GOD OF TRUTH - WHO WAS SIMPLY TESTING YUDHISTRA AS WELL AS THE GATEMAN OF HEAVEN.

I AM REMINDED OF AN AMERICAN SONG:

"A FOUR LEGGED FRIEND, A FOUR LEGGED FRIEND,

HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN,

HE IS HONEST AND FAITHFUL RIGHT UP TO THE END,

THAT WONDERFUL ONE, TWO THREE FOUR LEGGED FRIEND."

YES, YOU MAY BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU FIND HIS SOUL ACCOMPANYING YOURS TO HEAVEN-- FOR THE SAKE OF HIS GOOD KARMAS, MAYBE NOT YOURS.

IN THE PICTURE BELOW HERE IS MAHAMATEHWARI, MY MOTHER PLAYING WITH HER FAVORITE DOG, TIGER,.

WHEN MAHAMATESHARI LEFT THE CITY, LEAVING THE DOG BEHIND, THE DOG COULD NOT BEAR THE SEPARATION AND SIMPLY DIED.

I SALUTE ALL THE DOGS OF THE WORLD TODAY, WHEN MY OWN DOG IS VERY CRITICALLY ILL.

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