In Troubled Waters

Anecdotes

-Staff

By Staff

Friday, October 24, 2008, 12:37

Once Buddha asked one of His disciples to fetch some water to drink from the nearby water-body. The disciple immediately set out to bring the water. On reaching the water-body, he found a man washing his clothes in the water. As he stood pondering, he saw a bullock cart treading through the waters, making it a muddy mixture. The disciple decided not to take the water for Buddha and explained to His master that the water was impure to drink.

The enlightened one after a while asked the same disciple to fetch water from the same water body. This time when he reached the place, he found clear water which, he found it to be fit for his master to drink. When he handed over the water to Buddha, Buddha came up with a beautiful teaching that when one is troubled, all one had to do was to give it some time to settle. In due course, it would settle down and peace would be restored.