Once Buddha was walking from one town to
another town with a few of his followers. This
was in the initial days. While they were
travelling, they happened to pass a lake. They
stopped there and Buddha told one of his
disciples,
"I am thirsty. Do get me some
water from that lake there."
The
disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached
it, he noticed that right at that moment,
a
bullock cart started crossing through the lake.
As a result, the water became very muddy, very
turbid. The disciple thought, "How can I give
this muddy water to Buddha to drink!"
So he came back and told Buddha,
"The
water in there is very muddy. I don't think it
is fit to drink."
After about half an hour,
again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back
to the lake and get him some water to drink. The
disciple obediently went back to the lake.
This
time too he found that the lake was muddy. He
returned and informed Buddha about the same.
After sometime, again Buddha asked the same
disciple to go back.
The disciple
reached the lake
to find the lake absolutely
clean and clear with pure water in it. The mud
had settled down
and the water above it
looked fit to be had. So he collected some water
in a pot and brought it to Buddha.
Buddha
looked at the water, and then he looked up at
the disciple and said," See what you did to make
the water clean. You let it be.... and the mud
settled down on its own - and you got clear
water.
Your
mind is also like that! When it is disturbed,
just let it be. Give it a little time. It will
settle down on its own. You don't have to put in
any effort to calm it down. It will happen. "It
is effortless."
Having
'Peace of Mind' is not a strenuous job; it is an
effortless process!
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TREAT EVERYONE WITH
POLITENESS EVEN THOSE WHO ARE RUDE TO YOU; NOT
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT NICE, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE
NICE...