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Stories told by Śrīla Prabhupāda
<< 1 Close the door >>
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| The first story is entitled “Close the door”. An employer advertised for an opening in his firm and received many applications. Based upon these, he selected two men and asked them to come for an interview. The employer then observed each man carefully during the interview. When the first man entered the room, he left the door open behind him. The employer spoke with him for about 15 minutes and then asked him to wait outside. When the second applicant entered, he shut the door behind him. After speaking with him the employer asked him to also wait outside and then called his secretary. “That first man I spoke to,” he said, “has all the qualifications, but I’ve decided to give the job to the second man.” “Why is that?” “Because the first man left the door open. It appears he is a lazy fellow. The other man shut the door. So while he may not be so qualified he will learn quickly.”
| | Moral: even though one may be so-called qualified, if he is not trained in simple etiquettes like closing the door, what is the use of his learning?
| | This is very instructive. Especially for ISKCON devotees, because it seems that they often lack these basic etiquettes in life. They don’t close the door and they also like to have all their meetings in doorways. Have you noticed that? Sometimes I think we should actually label some doorways somebody’s office, because that’s where he has all his meetings.
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