The Importance of Action and Reaction

Once upon a time, a Mahatma went out for a walk with his disciple. The Mahatma disliked idle talk. He preferred to speak little and mind his own business, remaining quiet. However, his disciple was a talkative person. He spent the entire day talking about random things and found great joy in the conversations of others.

While walking, the Mahatma and his disciple passed by a pond and saw a fisherman casting his net into the water, catching fish. The disciple was deeply offended by this and began preaching to the fisherman, "Ahimsa Paramo Dharma," but the fisherman refused to listen. At first, the fisherman avoided his disciple's advances, but when the disciple refused to listen, a quarrel broke out between them.

While the two were arguing, the Mahatma went ahead. But when he saw them arguing, he turned back and asked the disciple to come with him. Taking his hand, the Mahatma led him along. 

The Mahatma told his disciple, "Son, our job is only to explain, but God hasn't sent us to earth to punish." The disciple replied, "Guruji, our king knows about such people who commit such evil deeds, and he doesn't punish them. After all, who will punish such people?"

After listening to his disciple, the Mahatma said, "Son, don't worry. There's a supernatural power in this world that can punish them, knowing everything. God watches over everyone and keeps account of everyone's deeds, so you should leave now. There's no point in arguing with him."

The disciple was satisfied with his Guru's words and left with him. Two years had passed since then. One day, the Mahatma and his disciple were passing by the same river. The disciple had forgotten the incident with the fisherman from two years earlier. There, they saw an injured snake in great distress. Thousands of ants were biting and eating it. 

When the disciple saw this scene, his heart was filled with compassion. He couldn't bear to see it. He was about to go to save the snake when the Mahatma grabbed his hand and forbade him. The disciple asked his guru, "Why aren't you letting me go to save the snake?" The Mahatma replied, "Let this snake suffer the consequences of its actions. If you try to save it, this poor creature will have to suffer this pain again in its next life, because everyone has to suffer the consequences of their actions."

The disciple asked the Mahatma, "Guruji, what deed has he committed that he is suffering so terribly?" The Mahatma replied, "This is the same fisherman whom you preached two years ago not to kill fish, and he agreed to fight with you. Those fish are the ants that are nibbling and eating him."

The disciple was astonished by the Mahatma's words and asked, "Guruji, this is a very strange kind of justice."  The Mahatma said, "Son, this world contains all the scenes of heaven and hell. You can see examples of God's justice everywhere on this earth, so you should always remember your actions, because the truth is that whatever we do, we will have to suffer the consequences one day."

The Mahatma said that every moment of our life is very precious, so we should not waste this life by doing bad deeds. The disciple understood what his Guru had said.

Moral : - Friends, if we do a lot of good deeds in our life, then as a result of that, God will judge us, therefore, we should always do good deeds in life.

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