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Let The Mud Settle

1) Buddha asks a disciple to fetch water from a nearby lake, but the disciple refuses as the water is muddy. 2) When Buddha asks again later, the disciple again finds the water muddy. 3) When the disciple checks the lake a third time, he finds the water has cleared as the mud has settled, allowing him to fetch clean water for Buddha. 4) Buddha uses this as a lesson that a disturbed mind will settle on its own with time, without effort, like the mud settling in the lake.

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  • self-awareness,
  • discipleship,
  • patience,
  • tranquility,
  • mind-body connection,
  • life lessons from Buddha,
  • emotional intelligence,
  • consciousness,
  • time for reflection,
  • spiritual journey
457 views8 pages

Let The Mud Settle

1) Buddha asks a disciple to fetch water from a nearby lake, but the disciple refuses as the water is muddy. 2) When Buddha asks again later, the disciple again finds the water muddy. 3) When the disciple checks the lake a third time, he finds the water has cleared as the mud has settled, allowing him to fetch clean water for Buddha. 4) Buddha uses this as a lesson that a disturbed mind will settle on its own with time, without effort, like the mud settling in the lake.

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Topics covered

  • self-awareness,
  • discipleship,
  • patience,
  • tranquility,
  • mind-body connection,
  • life lessons from Buddha,
  • emotional intelligence,
  • consciousness,
  • time for reflection,
  • spiritual journey

Let the Mud

Settle
Once Buddha was walking from one town to
another town with a few of his followers. This
was in the initial days. While they were
travelling, they happened to pass a lake. They
stopped there and Buddha told one of his
disciples, "I am thirsty., please get me some
water from that lake there."
The disciple walked up to the lake. When he
reached it, he noticed that right at that
moment, the water became very muddy, very
turbid.

The disciple thought, "How can I give this


muddy water to Buddha to drink!"So he came
back and told Buddha, "The water in there is
very muddy. I don't think it is fit to drink."
After about half an hour, again Buddha asked
the same disciple to go back to the lake and
get him some water to drink. The disciple
obediently went back to the lake. This time
too he found that the lake was muddy. He
returned and informed Buddha about the
same.
After sometime, again Buddha asked the
same disciple to go back. The disciple reached
the lake to find the lake absolutely clean and
clear with pure water in it. The mud had
settled down and the water above it looked
fit to be had. So he collected some water in a
pot and brought it to Buddha.
Buddha looked at the water, and then he
looked up at the disciple and said," See what
you did to make the water clean. You let it
be.... and the mud settled down on its own -
and you got clear water.
Your mind is also like that!

When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time.


It will settle down on its own. You don't have to put in
any effort to calm it down. It will happen. It is
effortless.
What did Buddha emphasize here?

He said, "It is effortless." Having 'Peace of Mind' is


not a strenuous job; it is an effortless process!

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