It has been long time since the last blog was written. After five parts of 'Roots of Life' , we try to understand the search for happiness. This story may help us understand the theme better. It was middle of the night . A man wanted to smoke. The cigar was there. He went to the neighbour's house and knocked at the door. When the neighbour opened the door , he asked him for a light. The neighbour said , ' what is the matter with you , brother? You have come here at this late hour and ask for a light , when you already have a lantern in your hands.'
This is the case with the modern people like us. What a man wants is already within him , with him ; but he still wanders here and there in search of it. Twenty five centuries ago , son of a great emperor in Bharath [ India ] told the same thing to the people of this world. When a student asked him whether he was the first and most peaceful man in the world , Gautama Siddhartha replied : 'Child , I am not the first man nor the last man to be peaceful. Since times immemorial this great existence has been raining elixir [ a heavenly liquid that can make human beings deathless - we call it 'amrith ] on to the earth to make people happy and peaceful. But why can't people drink it ? It is because they are holding their bowls upside down.'
No matter who we are , and where we are , no matter how rich we are , no matter how beautiful / handsome we are, and how famous we are , on the most important day of our life , nothing saves us except our kindness, our love for the creatures of the Lord and above all the time we spent on the thoughts about God. No God , no peace. Know God , know peace.
This is the case with the modern people like us. What a man wants is already within him , with him ; but he still wanders here and there in search of it. Twenty five centuries ago , son of a great emperor in Bharath [ India ] told the same thing to the people of this world. When a student asked him whether he was the first and most peaceful man in the world , Gautama Siddhartha replied : 'Child , I am not the first man nor the last man to be peaceful. Since times immemorial this great existence has been raining elixir [ a heavenly liquid that can make human beings deathless - we call it 'amrith ] on to the earth to make people happy and peaceful. But why can't people drink it ? It is because they are holding their bowls upside down.'
No matter who we are , and where we are , no matter how rich we are , no matter how beautiful / handsome we are, and how famous we are , on the most important day of our life , nothing saves us except our kindness, our love for the creatures of the Lord and above all the time we spent on the thoughts about God. No God , no peace. Know God , know peace.
