5/5 Jadav C. 2 years ago on Google
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
traveling,
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
don’t
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
a
clear
water.
It
didn’t
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
don’t
have
to
put
in
any
effort
to
calm
it
down.
We
can
judge
and
take
best
decisions
of
our
life
when
we
stay
calm.
