I came across a very
interesting story recently – there is a belief that in our country, taking
a dip in river Ganges will purify and wash away all the sins. Hence a lot of people go for pilgrimage to the
temple which is at the river Ganges. Ganga causes the remission of sins and
facilitates the attainment of salvation or nirvana. This deep-rooted truth is
proved by the fact that people travel from distant places to immerse the ashes
of their kin in the waters of the Ganga at Varanasi or other places located on
the banks of this holy river.
There was one very
inquisitive person who wanted to understand, how river Ganga is able to
hold so many people’s sins ? So he went
and spoke to river Ganges asking “ how is it that you are able to shoulder so many people’s sins ?, aren’t
you burdened, for which the river replied, it is very simple, I do not carry any
of the loads of sins of anyone on this earth, I just pass this loads of sins to
the ocean.
So the man went to the
ocean and asked the same question “how is it that you are able to carry on so
many people’s sin? For which the Ocean
replied, it is very simple, I do not carry any load of sins on myself, I just
pass it on to the cloud.
So the man went to the
clouds and asked the same question “how is it that you are able to carry on so
many people’s sin? For which the cloud
replied, it is very simple, I do not carry any sins or burdens, I just
distribute what came to me back to the same people according to the weight of
their sins.
Moral of the story –
what we sow, is what we reap! Every one of us is responsible for every action
in our life, I felt very amused at this story, I never heard it before, but I
am happy to understand the concept of what we get is what we give.
Today I am reminding
myself to give only what is the best – to do only good and to be good, not only
to experience the goodness back in my life, to surround myself with only what
is best and good. For I live only once
and I want to live well!
Be Blessed & Be happy!
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