Testing One's Honesty

Jai Srimannarayana, a teacher asked a student a question. If you find a purse on the road, what will you do? I will hand it over in the police station, said a student. I will just ignore it, said the second one. I will pick the purse, take money if there is any, then throw it back, said the third student. There may not be truthfulness in the words of the first two students. But we can say the third one spoke the truth. In the third student, there may not be integrity, but there is honesty in his speech. Once there was a successful businessman. He reached the age of 60. He decided to appoint an honest person as CEO. Before appointing a person, he wanted to test all who applied for the post. He gave some seeds to each one and asked them to meet after few days. Except a man named Krishna, all came with some saplings. Feeling guilty, Krishna stood far away. Others were anxiously waiting for the announcement. Krishna said, I am very sorry sir, I proved myself inefficient in turning the seeds into saplings. So, I am not eligible to this post. He was about to leave. Wait Krishna, you were selected as CEO. Everyone was shocked when his name was announced. They looked at each other's faces. You all got a doubt why I selected Krishna right? The old man continued. He was selected because of his honesty. The seeds which I gave you were boiled ones. How could they germinate? So you people planted some other seeds and brought those saplings. Krishna being honest, planted the same seeds I gave and proved his honesty. Whatever you give will come to you. Now you can tell who is eligible candidate for this post. Stalked for a while to know their answers. They felt ashamed of their guilt, congratulated Krishna and left the place. The old man being experienced, know the attitudes of different kinds of business people. So he gave them the test But there is some invisible one Who is the invisible one and who tests us all the time Let's know about it Once a guru gave a banana to each of his disciples And asked them to eat at a lonely place and come back All of them except a boy named Venu ate bananas and came back Guru saw banana in the hands of Venu and asked What, Venu? Didn't you eat banana I gave you? No, Gurudev. You asked us to eat banana in a place where there was no one. But I didn't find such place. Wherever I had gone, I felt the presence of God. So I didn't eat, said Venu. Thus, their guru proved Venu's faith in the presence of God everywhere. He further added, So my dear children, we have to understand that our activities are always noticed by God. If we do good deeds, we will be blessed by God. If we involve ourselves in evil activities, then we will be victims of his anger. In olden days, gurus or teachers used to teach everything practically to the students and try to wipe out their ignorance. That's why they are called gurus. Thank you.