Namasthe- Turbulance and patience

August 31, 2008

Dear all,

Buddha and a few of his disciples were living in a hermitage in a forest. One day Buddha asked one of his disciples to fetch some drinking water from the near by lake. Disciple went to the lake and saw that a herd of elephants were bathing and playing in the lake and they just left. Water was very muddy and red in color.

So he decided to walk towards another stream further up. Buddha saw this and told him not to go to another lake, but just wait for a few munutes and fetch water from the same lake. So he waited for another ten minutes and went there. All the mud had settled and the water was clear and fresh. So he brought the water to Buddha.

Then Buddha told: " Dear disciples, we have to learn a lesson from this incident. Do not do anything in a hurry. When there is turbulence, wait for sometime and when everything settles down, go on with your action. This is true with our mind also. When your mind is agitated and anger and confusion rules your mind, wait for sometime and when everything settles down like the mud in the lake, mind becomes clear and then you take your decision and act accordingly. "

It is appropriate to remember John Qunicy Adams's words : " Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish " .

Also, Sri Raama Krishna Paramahamsa tells us to chant bhagavath naamam for a few minutes to calm the agitated mind! NO REMEDY IS BETTER THAN NAAMASANKEERTHANAM.

Regards and prayers

Savitri

September 1, 2008

HARI AUM

'Gita' verse 2/14 ( 'matran..bharatha' ) has this message of 'waiting patiently with a dynamic, positive, faith filled mindset'. Mostly our patience run out soon due to lack of belief and faith in the process and outcome which aggravates fear of loss. All actions done subsequently lacks proper application of the mind resultantly complicating the issues further. Perhaps the whole of 'gita' is served to alleviate this 'ignorance' and inculcate the 'knowledge of waiting patiently and dynamically'.

Regards

Balagopal

NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA --- On Sun, 31/8/08, Savitri Puram <savitriopuram wrote:

Savitri Puram <savitriopuram[Guruvayur] Namasthe- Turbulance and patienceSunday, 31 August, 2008, 3:45 PM

Dear all,

Buddha and a few of his disciples were living in a hermitage in a forest. One day Buddha asked one of his disciples to fetch some drinking water from the near by lake. Disciple went to the lake and saw that a herd of elephants were bathing and playing in the lake and they just left. Water was very muddy and red in color.

So he decided to walk towards another stream further up. Buddha saw this and told him not to go to another lake, but just wait for a few munutes and fetch water from the same lake. So he waited for another ten minutes and went there. All the mud had settled and the water was clear and fresh. So he brought the water to Buddha.

Then Buddha told: "Dear disciples, we have to learn a lesson from this incident. Do not do anything in a hurry. When there is turbulence, wait for sometime and when everything settles down, go on with your action. This is true with our mind also. When your mind is agitated and anger and confusion rules your mind, wait for sometime and when everything settles down like the mud in the lake, mind becomes clear and then you take your decision and act accordingly."

It is appropriate to remember John Qunicy Adams's words : "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish".

Also, Sri Raama Krishna Paramahamsa tells us to chant bhagavath naamam for a few minutes to calm the agitated mind! NO REMEDY IS BETTER THAN NAAMASANKEERTHANAM.

Regards and prayers

Savitri