Duty as Devotion

Fulfilling the responsibility given by God is the highest sadhana

A young man named Krishnamurthy became a teacher in Sri Sathya Sai School. He decided that he will spend his entire life in spirituality. He was given the post of the Headmaster in a Sathya Sai School Krishnamurthy was not only capable of performing his duties but also followed the rules of spirituality. In the year 1979, he felt that he was not able to move forward on the path of spirituality. Therefore, he wanted to go to the Himalayas and live there doing penance. He felt that the teaching profession had become an obstacle in spiritual path. But he was unable to decide whether to serve as a teacher or go to the Himalayas and do penance. Once he went to Vrindavan with his friends. He had darshan of Swamiji and placed his head at his feet. Then Swamiji said "do you want to go to Himalayas for spiritual Sadhna?" Then he said, "Yes, Swami." Swamiji showed him a thread hanging from his robe and asked, "What is this?" He said, "Swami, it is a thread." Swamiji pointed to the devotees sitting outside and said, "Tell me, how many people are there?" Then Krishnamurti said, "Swami, there could be thousands of them." Then Swamiji looked at Krishnamurti and said, "If any one of them gets this thread, he will dance with joy, won't he?" He said, "Yes." Further Swamiji said, "You have been given a wonderful task to make your worship successful. Is it necessary to leave that and go to the Himalayas? What is the purpose of your penance?" He said, "To attain Swamiji?"