God and the Scientist God was sitting in heaven when a scientist said to him, "Lord, we don't need you anymore. Science has finally figured out a way to create life out of nothing. In other words, we can now do what you did in the beginning."
"Oh, is that so? Tell me," replied God.
"Well," says the scientist, "we can take dirt and form it into your likeness and breathe life into it, thus creating man."
"Well, that's interesting. Show me."
So the scientist bends down to the earth and starts to mold the soil.
"Oh no, no, no," interrupts God. "Get your own dirt."
Submitted by Palaka das
New Initiates There is a story about a new ISKCON guru who was called on the rug before the GBC. Sitting high on his throne, the old master glared at him over his horn-rimmed glasses. His knuckles turned white and his fingers trembled as he grasped his cane.
Then, as the Presiding General of the Governing Body Commission began to speak, not a person, not even a blade of grass dared to move.
"We've gone over some of the names of your disciples, and they're not bona fide."
The new Guru responded politely, "But I did nothing different than Your Holiness. You have disciples named Vrindavana das, Puri das, Hrishikesh das, Mayapur das. One disciple of yours is even named Badarikashram das."
"Yes," the GBC master scowled, "Those are all holy places. But your disciples are New Delhi das, Bombay das, Goa das, and Loi Bazaar das. There's even a Telangana das named in honor of the new state. Those are all material names. So what are you going to do about it?"
The guru responded sheepishly. "Maybe I should give each one a map."
Submitted by: Chand Kumar Sharma
| The Sun | News | Editorials | Features | Sun Blogs | Classifieds | Events | Recipes | PodCasts | | About | Submit an Article | Contact Us | Advertise | HareKrsna.com |