A fruit full tree always bend toward earth.... :)

Have you ever heard a line :-

A fruit full tree always bend toward earth.... :)



Once Shri Guru Govind singh ji was going somewhere with his troop. Suddenly a stone came quickly from nowhere and hit his head. A little line of blood appeared on the temple of Sri Govind Singh Ji.

His soldiers immediately went around finding the culprit. Very soon they came back with a destitute, lean and thin lady.


The lady was trembling with fear.

When she was brought in front of Shri Govind Singh ji, she said," O my lord, please forgive me for this grave offence. My bad luck is following me everywhere.


My three kids were dying of hunger as we didn't get anything to eat for past three days.

To save the life of my children, I thought of picking some fruits form the nearby garden.


As I threw stone to get the fruit from the tree, the stone instead of hitting the fruit, came and hit your temple."

Hearing her plight the heart of Sri Guru Govind Singh ji melted with compassion and he ordered his men to give 1000 coins and nice food items to the lady.


Everyone was astonished, including the poor lady.


Then one of the confidants asked Guru Govind singh for the reason of this prize. Sri Guru Govind Singh ji answered," Even a dumb, immovable tree gives fruits on throwing stones.


Why should I not help the needy for I am far better and well off than that tree?"
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***MORAL:-


This is the spirit of humbleness and magnanimity of the character.


Let us try to develop such spirit, to be humbler than a blade of grass and more giving than a tree, without expecting anything in return...

BUDHA STORY...Settle down

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 traveling, 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."