King Mahendra was touring his kingdom on his
elephant. Suddenly he stopped in front of a shop in the market and said to his
minister, "I don't know why, but I feel like wanting to hang the owner of
this shop." The minister was shocked. But before he could ask the king
why, the king had moved on.
The next day, the wise minister went to that shop
dressed as one of the locals to see the shopkeeper. He casually asked him how
his business was faring.
The shopkeeper, a sandalwood merchant, sadly informed that he
had hardly any customer. People would come to his shop, smell the sandalwood
and then go away. They would even praise the quality of the sandalwood but
rarely buy anything. His only hope was that the king would die soon. Then there
would be a huge demand for sandalwood for performing his last rites. As he was
the only sandalwood merchant around, he was sure the king's death would mean a
windfall.
The minister now understood why the king had stopped in front
of this shop and expressed a desire to kill the shopkeeper. Perhaps, the shopkeeper's
negative thought & negative vibration had subtly affected the king, who
had, in turn, felt the same kind of negative thought arising within the King.
The wise noble minister pondered over the matter
for a while. Without revealing who he was or what had happened the day before,
he expressed a desire to buy some sandalwood. The shopkeeper was pleased. He
wrapped the sandalwood and handed it over to the minister.
When the minister returned to the palace, he went
straight to the court where the king was seated and reported that the
sandalwood merchant had a gift for him. The king was surprised. When he opened
the package, he was pleasantly surprised by the fine golden color of the
sandalwood and its agreeable fragrance. Pleased, he sent some gold coins to the
sandalwood merchant. The king also felt sorry in his heart that he had harbored
unbecoming thoughts of killing the shopkeeper.
When the shopkeeper received the gold coins from
the king, he was astounded. He began to proclaim the virtues of the king who
had, through the gold coins, saved him from the brink of poverty. After some
time, he recalled the morbid thoughts he had felt towards the king, and
repented for having entertained such negative thoughts for his own personal
goal.
If we have a good and kind thought for another
person, that positive thought will come back to us in a favorable way. But if
we harbor evil thoughts, those thoughts will come back to us as retribution.
As Lord Krishna says “OUR THOUGHTS ARE OUR KARMA”
Control the thoughts. Do not allow negativity to creep in.
Be Blessed Of Divine Light.
Always
feel good about others and you will be happy. If you are nice to others and do
good to others you will never be in trouble. And if everything is good, no
scope for mind to deviate."
मन:
प्रसाद: सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रह: |
भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते || 16||
manaḥ-prasādaḥ
saumyatvaṁ maunam ātma-vinigrahaḥ
bhāva-sanśhuddhir ity etat tapo mānasam uchyate
BG 17.16: Serenity of thought, gentleness, silence,
self-control, and purity of purpose—all these are declared as the austerity of
the mind.
People imagine that their thoughts are secret
and have no external consequences because they dwell within the mind, away from
the sight of others. They do not realize that thoughts not only forge their
inner character but also their external personality. That is why we look upon
someone and say, “He seems like a very simple and trustworthy person.”
For another person, we say, “He seems to be very cunning and deceitful. Stay
away from him.” In each case, it was the thoughts people harbored that
sculpted their appearance.
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