Again I came back after so long. I always led the life with certain set of rules which always drove me and haunted others :-) I let everything down in front of them. Here I am going to share few of the stories I read during my school days and an anecdote which have heavily influenced me. I can vouch the fact that you will enjoy them.
Moral Science (Naitik Shiksha) was mere a subject which taught in schools, students enjoyed the stories, scored high and got the rank. There were few who learnt them.
Story (Abu bin Adam) from Moral Science Class 5th, book from Holy Faith international:
There was a man name Abu bin Adam lived in Arab who was kind hearted and use to help people in each and every possible way. He never goes to temple not because he never believed in GOD but because he sees GOD in every human being.
One day in the night when Abu was sleeping a fairy (some form of angel) came into his dream and holding a list of “People who loved the God most”. When he peeked into the list he was unable to locate his name and was slightly disappointed. He got up early in the morning and carried out his regular routine. After one week the same fairy again came into his dream and holding a list of “People loved by the GOD the most”. This time he had an apprehension while having a peek to the list. He started looking at the list from the bottom and finally found his name to the top of the list.
Moral of the story – GOD love those who love his creatures.
Story (Panch Parmeshwar) by Munshi Premchand:
There were two friends named Algoo Choudhary and Jumman Sheikh living in remote village of India. They were true friends and their friendship was famous in all the surrounding villages. Due to some reason their friendship broke and they became the enemy of each other. The Algoo was a farmer and had a good farming business. There was some local guy who has illegally captured his land and was not ready to leave it. They both went to the Panchs for the decision. The Jumman was included in the Panchs and need to take the decision. The Algoo was sure that he is going to lose the case as every one knows that they were no more friends now. But the final decision taken by Jumman was in Algoo’s favour. Moral of the story-When you held a position then certainly some responsibilities comes along with it which may defer you from being prejudiced towards any particular.
Story (Baba Bharti ka Ghoda)—Probably by Munshi Premchand (not sure)
There was a Priest (Baba Bharti) in a temple who has an astonishing horse which was known for his beauty and alacrity. Every one wants to have that but Baba never sold it as he loved him so much. There was a famous dacoit who wants to have that, he requested Baba to lend him his horse as he was ready to pay a hefty amount for it but Baba rejected. One day Baba Bharti was going for is regular morning walk along with his horse and he saw a lean and thin old man lying beside the road. The old man asked Baba to take him to his village which was nearby to this place. Baba lifted him, put him on his horse and marched towards his village. After a while the old man ran with the horse and he was actually the dacoit. After few meter the dacoit turned back and laughed at Baba and told him that he could have made lots of money by selling his horse but all goes in vain now. The baba interrupted him and said “My dear friend never tell this story to anyone that how you have cheated me and took away the horse because people will stop helping needy old man”. Baba went back to his home and surprised to see his horse tied in his backyard. Moral of the story – Do not break trust of the people. Be the man of words.
Anecdote (My way to home town SATNA)
I was excited to go to SATNA my birth place where my grandmother was waiting to see me after my first job. I boarded the Rewanchal Express which left New Delhi at 11 PM, that will reach Satna at 1 pm next day almost a 14hr journey. There is a patch of single line between Allahabad and Manikpur which always causes a predictable delay and this time it was no exception. There was a village where the train stopped abruptly to give way for another train. The scorching heat was toiling on every one and one could not see a tap after using best of his sight. There was an old man who was carrying a bucket full of cold water and quenching every ones thirst. One of the women into my compartment asked for the water but unluckily the bucket was empty and old men felt sorry for that. He asked her to wait so that he could bring it from his home. He ran towards his home to bring the water. As soon as he filled it and started marching towards train, the train moved towards the destination. The old man ran as fast as he could to bring water but the heavy mechanical power has overridden the muscle power. I could see his effort and disappointment. This has left many questions unanswered. What has triggered that man to quench everyone’s thirst? What made that man to take pain for a lady who never knew him nor will meet him in future? Can we ever think for others or will keep looking for business and profits?
[Blog will go technical next time where you can find electron clustering and bits jumping.]
