Ussh! It's a secret

9 stories

Rosy went inside without knowing anybody, her sister seen her " Di, where did you go?"

Rosy sister name is Riya, recently joined in PUC,

Rosy singled her to not to make noise, otherwise, mom and Dad will wake up.

Riya agreed.

Rosy says " Riya I got the opportunity to become a model".

Wow this di, I am very happy for you.

Did you do a photoshoot

Rosy became sad by remembering what was happened with her, how they behaved with her,  even though she knows where that photoshoot leads still she doesn't understand how to stop and how to start.

Riya asked, " you have to say this to mom and Dad, it's actually good news wow".

Rosy says " no! Not now, after taking the cheque, we can give them a surprise"

Riya agreed.

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Manu Charana home

Mini is in deep sleep.

Her parents and Manu's parents went to the Mini's room.

Sprinkle water on her,

She startled and opens her eyes, she surprised them and brought the cake.

And says " Many More happy returns of the day".

She went to them and says thank you,

They made her cut the cake and blessed her.

Manu smiling, she looked at all of them happily.

Manu is very happy, .

Mini mom says " Manu, Mini, it's so late you have to sleep.

No mom I don't want to sleep" Mini said.

Why?

Tomorrow night you everybody go, this is only night you stay, lets do one thing we should not sleep Mini said.

Neo asked " what to do with sleeping"

Manu says " what about story telling.

Mini said " thats really good idea, Raj you tell me first and next Dad will say

Their family agreed and settled on bed everybody

Raj started to say story .

Yamaoka Tesshu, a samurai and student of Zen, traveled around Japan studying from various Zen masters. One day, he wandered into the Shokoku Temple and happened upon the monk Dokuon. 

In a desire to show his comprehension of Zen, Tesshu stated to the Master, “The mind, the Buddha and all beings are empty. The true nature of all things is emptiness. There is no enlightenment, no delusion; no sages, no commoners; no toil, no reward.” 

Master Dokuon remained quiet for some time and then banged him on the head. 

Tesshu fumed in anger and asked, “What did you do that for?” 

Master Dokuon replied, “If everything is empty, where did the temper come from

This samurai is claiming – he is empty and everything is empty – from whatever he has heard and read somewhere, he is claiming that he is that. After one knock on the head he gets angry. If everything is empty, if nothing is compulsive within you, where would anger come from? You did not choose to become angry to serve a certain purpose; it is just that you burst into anger because someone hit you on the head. 

It is irresponsible for people to speak as to what is enlightenment because all kinds of fools will pick up these words and either they will try to deceive someone or more importantly, they will delude themselves with such ideas which are happening all over the place. 

There are unscrupulous elements in society today who if you pay 25,000 rupees, they will declare you enlightened. If you want that kind of enlightenment, I am telling you do not waste your money, you declare yourself enlightened, because nothing is going to change any.

You know what i will tell you another story listen, Mini's father says

blind man stayed with his friend for a few days, and then started for his hometown in the night. His friend gave him a lit lantern, but the man protested, "Why do I need a lantern? Everything is the same for me. For someone who is blind, what is the use of carrying a lamp?"

"My dear friend, this is not for you; this is for the person who comes in front of you. If you have this lamp in your hand, the person who comes in front of you will not bump into you."

"In that case, I will take it," the blind man said.

He took the lamp and started walking in the dark. In spite of that, someone collided into him head-on down the road. The blind man lost his balance and fell down. He got angry and asked, "Why did you bump into me? I had a lamp with me - can't you watch where you’re going?"

"What lamp? I don’t see anything," said the man who bumped into him and looked around.

Then he found the lamp and said, "Oh yes! There is a lamp here, but the flame had gone out long ago, my dear friend."

There is a certain tradition in Karnataka. If non-vegetarian food is served to a guest at someone’s home, they will keep a pestle next to the leaf on which food is served. I asked many people the reason for this, but they did not know. After asking several elderly people who were well-versed in the culture, I found out the answer.

Earlier, the tradition was to keep a small stick next to the leaf as a toothpick, in case the person got something stuck between his teeth. As time went by, they replaced the tiny toothpick with a stick and then some fool started putting a pestle instead of a stick. Later, this became the standard practice without anyone asking for an explanation. Can anyone use a pestle as a toothpick?

This is how we create certain processes to benefit our lives. But when we forget why these processes were fundamentally created and start following things simply because our grandfathers and fathers did it, it becomes a mere ritual. Because we do not understand why something was done in our tradition generation after generation, we are confused about whether it is needed for our life or not.

Like a blind man carrying a lamp, certain tools that were created to guide us in our lives have become superstitions. It is high time we understand their true purpose and make them into lamps to guide us in our lives. Otherwise, we should at least create new tools to guide us.