Faith In All Its Ramifications

FAITH IN ALL ITS RAMIFICATIONS ​

Once a Brahmin stopped Narada and asked, 'Are you going to meet God? Will you ask him when will I attain salvation?' Narada agreed and said, 'Okay, I will ask him.

As Narad Ji moved forward, he found a cobbler sitting under a tree. He asked Narad Muni in the same manner.

When Sage Narad reached Vaikuntha Loka, he asked Lord Narayana (God) about their salvation to fulfil their wishes. Lord Narayana replied, 'After giving up this body the cobbler will come to me here.' Then Sage Narad asked, 'And that Brahmin?'

'He will have to stay there for many births. I don't know when he will be able to come.'

Sri Narad Muni was astonished and finally said, 'I cannot understand this mystery.'

Sriman Narayan said, 'You will see this. When they ask you what I was doing in the Dham, tell them that I was putting an elephant through the eye of a needle.'

When Shri Narad Muni returned to earth and went to the Brahmin, the Brahmin said, 'Did you meet God? What was he doing?' Shri Narad Ji replied, 'He was putting an elephant through the eye of a needle.' The Brahmin said, 'I do not believe in such unbelievable things.'

It did not take long for Shri Narad Muni to understand that this man did not have any faith in God. He had only mere bookish knowledge. Then Narad Muni went to the cobbler. He asked, 'Have you returned from God's place? Please tell me what he was doing?' Shri Narad Ji replied, 'He was putting an elephant in the eye of a needle.'

The poor cobbler started crying, 'Oh! my God is so wonderful; he can do everything.'

Shri Narad Ji asked, 'Do you believe that God can take out an elephant from the eye of a needle?' The cobbler said, 'Why not? I have full faith.'
'How? Could you please elaborate?’

The cobbler responded, 'You see that I am sitting under this banyan tree and many fruits fall from it every day. And in each seed of those fruits, there is a banyan tree just like this great tree. If such a big tree can be contained within a small seed, then how can it be a difficult task for God to take out an elephant from the eye of a needle?'

This is called faith. This is not blind faith. There is a reason behind faith. If Shri Krishna can fill such tiny seeds with such huge trees, then is it a great wonder for him to keep all the worlds floating in space through his power?

Courtesy: Manish Chowan in Quora