Ever since Uttarakhand tragedy happened, I have been thinking more of Karmic implications. Though not 'directly' impacted by the tragedy, it has left a huge impact on me, just as in many others.
The disturbing thought was - 'I was experiencing the news & the impact (though I avoided media reports to a great extend), because of my Karma...'
Got this story this morning...
The disturbing thought was - 'I was experiencing the news & the impact (though I avoided media reports to a great extend), because of my Karma...'
Got this story this morning...
Once a dog came to Sri Rama bleeding from blows. Lakshmana was sent
to inquire why it had to receive such blows. The dog said: “I was
beaten by a brahmin with a stick.” The brahmin was questioned. He said
that the dog always was annoying him by coming across his path. Rama
asked the dog: “Well, how do you want to punish the brahmin?” The dog
said: “Make him a manager of a temple.” Rama replied with wonder: “That
would be a reward not a punishment.” The dog said: “No, I was a manager
of a temple in my previous birth. It was impossible not to mishandle or
misuse or misappropriate some fraction of God’s money. When he is that
manager, he too will get like me this canine birth and perhaps get
beaten too in his subsequent birth.”
In fact, not only the dog or the
brahmin, but every one of (us) are lining off the property of God, for
does not all this belong to Him? What do we do in return for all
benefits we derive from the property of the Lord? We should not simply
eat and sit quiet. We have to render service to the poor and the
helpless in a manner suitable to us.
And save
environment on the basis of Doctrine of Trusteeship... An ideal we
seem to have forgotten in our mad chase for comfort & wealth!
