Story of Two sculptors

Once a king was looking for the best sculptor in his kingdom.
Two excellent sculptors presented themselves to him.
He needed to give them a test to decide who was the best.

He asked them to carve an image on two opposite walls of his palace.
A curtain was hung between the walls so that they could not see
each others work. After many months, both the sculptors reported
that they had finished the work and the king could view it.

Both the works were covered with curtains. First, one curtain
was raised to reveal a beautiful image and everyone clapped
in appreciation.

Then the opposite curtain was raised, here there was no
image on the wall - instead the wall had been polished so finely that
it gave a perfect reflection of the image opposite. In fact it looked
sharper than the original, as so much effort had been made in
polishing the wall.

The second sculptor won the contest.....

The story illustrates an interesting Vedantic tenet.
Really we do not have to conjure up an image of 'God' in our minds.
All we have to do is to polish the mind - just remove the blemishes.
Purify it. That is our task. God already exists - It is just that he is
reflected more clearly in a pure mind.


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