A person once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God.. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage."
During the II world war in 1941, it was a difficult time for our family at Rameswaram. I was a tenyear old boy then. War had almost reached our doors of Rameswaram since the cloud of war had already reached Colombo. Almost everything was a rarity from food articles to anything. Ours was a large joint family. The size of our family was five sons and five daughters and three of whom had families. I used to see in my house anytime three cradles. My grandmother and mother were almost managing this large contingent. The environment in the home alternated by happiness and sadness.
A saint asked his disciples, 'Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each otherwhen they are upset?'
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.'
'But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?' asked the saint. 'Isn't it possible tospeak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?'
Buddha, one day, was on deep thought about the worldly activities and the ways of instillinggoodness in human. the following is the text of conversation between him and his disciple.
One of his disciples approached him and said humbly "Oh my teacher! while you are so muchconcerned about the world and others, why don't you look into the welfare and need of your own disciples also."
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