GURUDAKSHINA


“You have accepted me as your Guru ?”

“Certainly guruji”

“Will you kneel down before me and pay obeisance with all humility?
Then give me your thumb as my gurudaksina.”

“Sorry my dear guruji. My name is not Eklavya and you are not Dronacharya. No thanks.”


HONESTY

“Up till now have you committed anything wrong in your life?”

“So many guruji, so many, knowingly and unknowingly”- I confessed to him.

“Have not you repented for the sins committed?”-guru inquired with curiosity in his eyes.

“Repented a lot Guruji, repented a lot”

“Will you commit sins in future?”

“I can’t tell it now Guruji. After all I am only a human being. To err is human, Is n’t so? My entire life is a long history of rights and wrongs. Promising to abstain from sins is, in fact, self-deception. After all my beloved Guruji, who is perfect in this imperfect World?”

“Honesty is the best policy, my kid. You are my model disciple. I am proud of you.”



ABSOLUTE TRUTH

“Forgive me, guruji.I am a bit late.”

“Never mind my disciple. You are forgiven.”

“Oh my God from where you got this skeleton? A shiver ran down my spine. I am so afraid.”
“What for my guruji? After peeling our skin and removing our flesh from our bodies we are all skeletons. Mere skeletons. Similar to this skeleton I hold in my hand? Is n’t this the truth the Absolute Truth?”

(Guruji gets up from his seat)

“From today onwards you are my guruji and I am your disciple.”



ENEMY
“Have you any enemies?”

“Yes”

“How many?”

“Only one.”

“Who is that fellow?”

“YOURSELF”
(Dialogue goes on before the mirror)