The Three Questions
The Three Questions A king was well learned in all the Vedas and governed his people very well. There was no dearth or want of anything but three questions always bothered him, he visited many places and met many scholars in vain to find the answers. One day he decided to assign this task to a great scholar who was very learned in literature and philosophy, he summoned the scholar and gave him the questions bothering him. Where is god? Which way is he seeing? What is his work? The scholar was given six months to find answers to these questions and in return was provided enough money to last , If he was successful in providing answers he would be treated well in gold and silver otherwise be banished from the kingdom. The scholar went home worried and tensed, he was a learned man but not very practical and with this task at hand he was worried and fell sick. This man’s farm was taken care by a little boy who would graze the cows, he was very clever and blessed with knowledge. One