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water caused even by a large boulder does not last for<br />
more than a few seconds. When we get hit – verbally,<br />
physically or emotionally –we should be like the water.<br />
We should be able to just let the ripples flow and, within a<br />
few moments, it should look as though nothing happened.<br />
However, unfortunately it is very difficult to be like the<br />
ocean. Very few people in the world are able to accomplish<br />
this task, for it is a task of great sadhana and vairagya<br />
(non-attachment). It is much more common that people<br />
are like fences – the holes you hammer into them stay with<br />
them for a lifetime. Children, especially, are like the wood<br />
fence. No matter how much they grow in life, no matter<br />
how wise they become or how old and strong they become,<br />
those holes are still there.<br />
We must remember that our loved ones are like wood.<br />
Therefore, we must try to be very, very careful before we<br />
hammer holes into anyone, before we stab knives into<br />
anyone’s heart…if there are too many holes, the fence will<br />
fall.<br />
THE MESSAGE OF THE BUDDHA<br />
There is a beautiful story told of a disciple of Lord Buddha<br />
who wanted to publish a book of the teachings of Buddhism.<br />
So, he spent several years compiling the great wisdom<br />
of Lord Buddha and placing it in book form. Then, it<br />
was time for the task of raising enough money to publish<br />
the book. He went door to door to his friends and neighbors<br />
requesting help in bringing this project to fruition.<br />
After he had collected enough funds, he was about to publish<br />
the book when a large cyclone hit a poor area of the<br />
country. Immediately, he sent all the funds to the disaster-struck<br />
region to help the victims.<br />
Again, then, he underwent the task of collecting money to<br />
publish this important book. Again, his friends, relatives<br />
and colleagues helped him reach the goal. Then, an earthquake<br />
struck another area of the country, killing thousands.<br />
Again, the disciple sent all of his hard-earned funds<br />
to the region.<br />
Several years passed during which he tried, with difficulty,<br />
to raise the funds a third time. However, people were not<br />
ready to keep giving for the same book. Thus, it took him<br />
quite some time to raise enough money to publish the book.<br />
No catastrophe struck and the book was published. On<br />
the inside cover of the book, beneath the title “Teachings<br />
of Lord Buddha” was written “Third Edition.”<br />
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