Letters from Sri Ramanasramam, by Suri Nagamma

This morning at 10 o’clock Dr. Anantanarayana Rao
and his wife Ramabai brought some good mangoes from
their garden and while giving them to Bhagavan, said, “The
monkeys are taking away all the mangoes. So we hurriedly
plucked these and have brought them here.” Bhagavan said
smilingly, “Oh, is that so. So the monkeys are going there
also?” Then looking at all the others there, he said, “Yes,
monkeys take the fruits one by one while people take them
all in one lot. If asked why, they say it is their right. If what
the monkeys do is petty theft, what people do is regular
looting. Without realising that, they drive away the monkeys,”
said Bhagavan.