Posted on 26.05.2023 06:38
There is an important incident concerning Acharya Bhikshu. Acharya Bhikshu's chaturmas (a period of 4 months stay in one place during the rainy season) was held in Pali, one of Rajasthan's famous cities. With the permission of the owner, they stayed in a shop. It takes all sorts to make a world. Some mischievous people told the owner that these monks would stay put in that shop. They may never leave it. So it would be better to get rid of them before they settled down there. The owner did as he was told. Acharya Bhikshu left the shop. Although there was good reason to react, Acharya Bhikshu's enlightened perspective was so strong that he did not flare up. It was the rainy season. The shop collapsed due to heavy rains. Acharya Bhikshu said, "Such a kind person he was! He told us to leave before the shop collapsed. Had we been there today, and the shop had collapsed, what would have happened to us?!’How did he gain such complete acceptance? It happened because of Right Perspective. We should not blame anyone for anything. If we see the incident in the right way, and go into it deeply, tension will never arise. Otherwise, there is enough frivolous talk around us to cause agitation and make us fall prey to tension, without any concrete reason.
There was once an innocent person who did not have any views of his own. He would do whatever other people asked him to do. He did not have his own knowledge, vision or thinking power. Usually such innocent people are teased by others. One day, some youngsters thought: "Let's outwit him today." Two or three young boys came up to him and said "You sleep soundly at night, while your wife keeps wandering around town. It is not right that you are heedless of this." Night fell, and the man sat in front of his door holding a stick. He thought, "If she comes today, I will strike her on her head. He did not sleep the whole the night. The sun was about to rise. A passerby asked him, "Why are you sitting here with a stick?" He replied, "My wife is wayward. She comes home late in the night. I want to strike her on her head."
To be continued...
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