Once upon a time, a large kingdom experienced a severe drought for three consecutive years. Crops withered, rivers dried up, and animals found it difficult to survive. People began to suffer from hunger and thirst.
The head of the kingdom, King Dharmapala, became very worried. He summoned all his learned Brahmins and astrologers and asked, "What is the solution to this famine?"
An old sage, renowned for his deep insight, said, "Your Majesty, there is an ancient well on our land called the 'Living Well.' If a special ritual is performed in that well with complete faith, it will be filled with water again."
The king asked, "What do you mean by complete faith?"
The sage replied, "It means that the person performing the ritual should not even think that water will not come. He should not have even the slightest doubt. Only with such faith will the well be filled."
The Efforts of the Scholars
The Maharaja summoned the kingdom's foremost pundits. The pundits spread kusha grass, chanted mantras, and performed the rituals. But as they performed the rituals, the thought kept lingering in their minds, "It's been dry for so many years, will water really come back?" This small doubt hindered their "complete faith." The well remained dry.
The Innocent's Unwavering Faith
An 8-year-old boy named Aman lived in the kingdom. He often heard stories of wells and rivers from his grandmother. One day, when all the pundits were returning disappointed after performing the rituals, Aman came to them.
"Pandit ji," he asked, "why are you all so sad? Didn't the well fill up?"
One pundit said sadly, "No, son, our faith was lacking. Water didn't come back."
Aman innocently asked, "Lack of faith? But Grandma says that God listens to everyone. And when we go to the temple, why don't we take an umbrella?"
The priests looked at each other. "Why don't we take an umbrella?"
Aman held an old, torn umbrella in his tiny hand. He said, "Because when we go to the temple, we believe that God will listen to us and protect us from the sun or rain, that's why we don't take an umbrella. But when you were praying for the well, why didn't any of you take an umbrella?"
The priests and the Maharaja listened to Aman. They were stunned.
Aman continued, "If you truly believed that the well would yield water, why didn't you bring an umbrella to avoid getting wet in the rain?"
Tears welled up in Maharaja Dharampal's eyes. He took the umbrella from the innocent child's hand.
"Aman," they said, "you have taught us the true meaning of 'complete faith.'"
The Maharaja said to the priests, "Now this boy will perform the ritual. All of you give him an umbrella and stand there without one yourself."
Without any mantra, without any rituals, Aman simply looked towards the well, remembered God in his mind, and stood there with his eyes closed. He thought to himself, "Lord, if it rains, I will open the umbrella."
The Power of Faith
As soon as Aman closed his eyes, clouds gathered in the sky. Lightning flashed and torrential rain began to fall. The well filled with water in an instant, and prosperity returned to the kingdom.
The Maharaja and all the priests bowed their heads to Aman. That day, they learned that faith is not just in words, but in actions and selflessness. Where there is even the slightest doubt, faith remains incomplete. True faith is so deep that it doesn't care about the outcome, it simply exists with the full force of its being.
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