In English
Do no forget the sacred Indian culture
Once there was a Vedic scholar who was hesitant to send his son abroad, fearing that he might forsake Indian culture and take to Western culture. On the insistence of his son, he reluctantly agreed to send him abroad only on the condition that he would not give up the study of the . He extracted a promise from his son that he would continue the study of the and would contemplate on God always. But the son failed to keep up his word. Once he reached abroad, he forgot all the he studied and got absorbed in western culture. He would always lie to his father whenever called, saying that he was thinking of God and studying the . Four years passed, but he was in no mood to return home. On several occasions, the father asked him to come back, but the son did not pay heed. The father, as a last resort, sent a telegram that his mother was seriously ill. Immediately, the son rushed home and was received at the airport by his father, who took him to the temple of the Goddess en route home, to offer their obeisance. The father told the son to offer salutations to the Goddess, but the son did not know what it meant as he had forgotten Indian culture altogether. As they entered the temple, the son greeted the Goddess, “Hello madam, how are you?” The father became furious with his son and asked him to get out.