re: Buddha and the villager

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santhosh_s_nair wrote:

> Budha was well known for his state of peace and serenity. A person

> in a nearby village heard about this and wanted to test Budha. He

> came to see Budha and asked him if he could stay with Budha for a

> few days. Budha agreed. Everyday after that this man verbally abused

> Budha and called him names. Budha was unperturbed. He stayed

> peaceful and calm in spite of the continued verbal abuse. After a

> few days the man asked Budha: " How could you remain peaceful despite

> my incessant verbal abuse? "

>

> Budha replied: " If you give a gift to someone but that person does

> not accept the gift, who does that gift belong to? "

 

There is a similar story, a little more amusing; which appeared in

mountain path. It is as follows:-

 

There was once a sadhu who was in very peaceful sitting in contemplation

under a peepul tree. A villager passed the tree and could not just

tolerate to see such a peaceful man. So he hurled a few rash words at

the sadhu to provoke him. The sadhu silent. Seeing the sadhu silent, he

was even more enraged and started absuing him. Some of the villagers

gathered around and seeing them, seeing him in a pitiable position, his

words now turned even more abusive and vulgar. The sadhu had also

noticed the crowd arround him.

 

The villager said " Dog " , the sadhu replied " Vadai " . Even more enraged,

he said " Pig " , the sadhu said " Payasam " , then he said " Donkey " , the

sadhu said " appam " and so on till the poor villager gave up and walked

silently with his head low.

 

The villagers were very amused and indeed very surprised. They asked

" Swami, when he hurled abusive words at you you kept quite and instead

said names of delicious food. Why? "

 

The sadhu smiled and replied, " One has to swallow what one has said. I

have to swallow vadai pasam ...., while he has to swallow what ever he

has to utter. simple. " .

 

The villagers were surprised and learnt a nice lesson.

 

Muruga Sharanam

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