Re: [MTC Global] A Story with a good Moral

The story is quite apt. Gita says:

 

uddhared atmanatmanam
natmanam avasadayet
atmaiva hy atmano bandhur
atmaiva ripur atmanah (Gita 6.5)

 

It means, "a man must elevate himself by his own mind, not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well".

 

Dr Nagaraja Rao.

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Jagan Mohan Reddy <drjaganmohanreddy@gmail.com> wrote:

 

A story from Zen Buddhism

There was a robber who amassed a lot of ill-gotten wealth. One day, he went to a teacher who had great reputation of great character and asked, ``How can I obtain happiness? I have lots of wealth and five hundred thieves ready to obey me but somehow I still feel incomplete and empty.''

The teacher led him to the base of a hill, and pointing to three large stones, asked the robber to carry them and follow him up the hill. The robber could hardly move and said, ``I cannot follow you with this heavy burden.' So the teacher asked the robber to drop one stone. After going a little distance, the robber found it impossible to go up the hill with two heavy stones. The teacher asked him to drop one more and the same thing happened with the third one and the robber was able to easily follow the teacher to the top of the hill. The teacher said, ``Deviating from the path of righteousness does cause a heavy conscience. Just as you could not climb the hill with the burden of heavy stones, you cannot achieve happiness if you go through life carrying a heavy conscience.''

 

How true. Whenever we go against our values, our conscience gets burdened. Stress level goes up. Insecurity comes in. ignoring conscience long enough kills it eventually making it like dead weight like the rocks in the story. Life becomes a burden.

Qoute for the day :

 

" None can destroy iron, but it own rust can !
 
Likewise, none can destroy a person , but its own mind set can "

--
Dr A Jagan Mohan Reddy
Hands that serve are holier than the lips that pray

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