Once upon a time there lived a holy saint with his disciples. Saint was a true celibate and Sanyasi. He travels with his disciples to all the places, teaches and propagates his philosophy through discourses.
On his philosophical tour to a village saint had to cross around 100 to 200 feet stream of water. Being a rain season the water force was high and it was little difficult to cross. As soon as he approached the stream with his disciples he saw a very beautiful woman finding it difficult to cross the stream. Saint asked the women, if he can help her cross the stream and the woman agreed. Saint lifted the woman in his both hands, with one of his hand around the legs and other around her back and crossed the stream. After reaching the other end of the stream saint slowly dropped and helped her to stand. Woman thanked the saint and left.
Astonished by what the saint has done, disciples were thinking about the woman and what the saint has done. “Guruji lives a celibate life and follow a true brahmacharya, then why did he lifted the beautiful woman and carried her?”, was the thought going on in the disciples mind and they discussed among themselves, but no one has dared to ask the saint why he has done that. The woman and the action of the Saint had not gone out of their minds for month, even though they left the village and they were travelling along with the Saint. Disciples several times discussed among them about the woman and the incident.
After a month or two when disciples are doing seva to guruji one of the disciple asked, “Guruji, around a month back when we visited a village, you have lifted the woman and helped her cross the stream, we follow brahmacharya, is doing this a right thing?”
Saint replied, “I have lifted the woman and dropped her at the other end of the water stream, and you are still carrying her till now (in the mind)”.
How many of us keep “certain” things either about us or about others and does not let it go?
