Guest guest Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 My Humble salutations at the Divine Lotus Feet Of Our ever Present Beloved Bhagawan Sri Sathya SAi Baa! In a Small Village,there was an OldMan and his grandson,Vikram.They decided to sell their Donkey in another town.The Donkey would fetch a few hundred rupees and that would be enough money to buy some special treats for Diwali. Vikram requested his grandfather to sit on the donkey as he was old.but the grandfather refused to sit and instead told his grandson to sit as his feet were very tender.Finally they decided to walk.The people around them started talking amongst themselves and said that the something was wrong with those people as instead of sitting on the sonkey's back they were walking. So the oldman sat on the donkey and Vikram was leading the way.They met another crowd and they started talking that the oldman was rude and made the young boy walk instead.The oldman immediately got down and asked Vikram to sit instead as his feet are very tender and he canot walk a long journey. So Vikram sits on the donkey and the oldman lead the way.hardly a few minutes pass by when they encountered an old man who remarks saying that how Vikram didn't have any respect for the oldman and he should get down immediately.Vikram finally asks his grandfather also to join him on the donkey's back. So they both sit on the donkey's back and the trio proceed slowly .A woman from the temple procession passing by is shocked looking at them riding the donkey.She feels pity for the donkey and tells them they are very unfair to that poor animal which could not even complain. So they decide to make a sling out of the headgear of the oldman and tie him and carry him on their backs.They tie the donkey and it is tied upsidedown and each one of them are carrying them with great difficulty.As they were just passing the bridge that connected the the 2 towns,the donkey deicdes to kick them and jump for freedom.The donkey sets itself free from them leaving the oldman and Vikram holding their sashes. MORAL : You can not please everyone!Listening to the opinions of Everyone not only clouds your thinking,but also impends your accomplishments.Listen to opinions.... BUT ALSO THINK YOUR OWN TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS. Source :Vedanta Vani (Vol 1 issue 5 Jan 2006) JAI SAI RAM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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