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you homeless." Hearing the threat, the Sugari remained silent for some time, but at last she could not help herself from offering the monkey the words of wisdom. The monkey could no more restrain himself and said, "Though I have no abiltiy to build a house, I do have the ability to break it". Saying so, he climbed the tree with a jump and broke the Sugari's nest and rendered the poor Sugari homeless.
Though quite an ordinary tale, it highlights the moral when no keep quiet. When it is fruitless to advise, silence is golden. Human decisious are less influenced by pursuation and much more by one's own tendencies. A person is responsible for his own actions and he gets what he deserves.
To call a sinner what he is, to do blunt speaking without any regard for the feelings of others, or to do fault finding helps none. It serves no useful purpose but only creats ill-will.
We can learn from an exemplary behaviour of all-knowing Lord Mahavir. In those days, there were 363 kinds of non-be-livers each of them propounding his own religious theories and denigrating those of others. They spoke against Lord Mahavir. Inspite or being His one time disciples-Goshala and Jamali turned against Him. They repuadiated His doctrine and questioned His omniscience.
Amidst such adverse conditions, Great Lord remained aloof and unaffected, shining like a beautiful lotus in mud, dedicating to his mission. He neither criticised any one nor intervened in any situation. He neither criticised any one nor intervened in any situation. He advised only when He was asked. However, His compassion knew no bounds, it extended to even those who opposed Him. He remained a witness. Before him, an embodiment of non-violence, His followers, the noble king Chetak of Vaishali and the king kunik of Magadh who was lusting for power, though both
of them were also interrelated maternally as grand-fathers and Grand-son, fought a war, destroying lacs of persons. King Chetak
as related to the Lord as maternal uncle. Even the Lord could not prevent the tragedy that overtook His home state. Whatever is ordined to happen, cannot be prevented even by the Most High. Vitnessing all, He continued to spread the message that soothed and consoled the bereaved and the broken hearted.
Criticising or fault-finding helps none but only created ill will. It would be sane to look to our own faults and correct them. If you
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