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Letting Your Mind Settle for Clarity

Buddha asks a disciple to fetch him water from a nearby lake. When the disciple arrives, the water is muddy due to people washing clothes and a bullock cart passing by. The disciple returns without water, thinking it unfit to drink. Buddha tells the disciple to wait half an hour. Upon returning, the disciple finds the water clear, as the mud had settled on its own. Buddha says that like the water, a disturbed mind will settle if given time without effort or judgment.

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Letting Your Mind Settle for Clarity

Buddha asks a disciple to fetch him water from a nearby lake. When the disciple arrives, the water is muddy due to people washing clothes and a bullock cart passing by. The disciple returns without water, thinking it unfit to drink. Buddha tells the disciple to wait half an hour. Upon returning, the disciple finds the water clear, as the mud had settled on its own. Buddha says that like the water, a disturbed mind will settle if given time without effort or judgment.

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SOMETIMES JUST LET IT BE

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 some people were washing clothes in the water and, right at that
moment, a bullock cart started crossing the lake right at the edge of it.
As a result, 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 the Buddha, The water in there is very
muddy. I dont think it is fit to drink. So, the Buddha said, let us take
a little rest here by the tree. 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 he
found that the lake had absolutely clear 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 the Buddha. The
Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and
said, See, You let the water be and the mud settled down on its own.
You got clear water. It didnt require any effort.
MORAL: 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 dont have
to put in any effort to calm it down. We can judge and take best
decisions of our life when we stay calm.

From: Deeksha Kapoor


B.ed 1st sem.
Roll no: 2200
Section: D

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