THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP
99 Cups milk and one cup water
Once a Sanyasi was taking class to his sishyas in his ashram. He was explaining
about friendship. He said, “IF A GOOD PERSON MINGLES WITH A GROUP OF BAD
PERSONS, SOON HE WILL ALSO BECOME A BAD PERSON.
HOWEVER, IF A BAD PERSON JOINS
A GROUP OF GOOD PERSONS, SOON HE WILL ALSO BECOME A GOOD PERSON. SUCH IS THE
POWER OF FRIENDSHIP, HENCE, WE SHOULD ALWAYS BEEN IN THE GROUP OF GOOD
PERSONS.”
Immediately a sishiya stood up and asked, “Guru, why dont a good person join a group of bad persons and try to correct them?”
In order to prove his point, the
Sanyasi asked a person to bring a pot and a small cup.
“This pot will get full only if your pour 100 cups of water inside it. Assume that we pour 99 cups of milk inside it and one cup of water. Now I want you to answer my question – What happens to the one cup of water poured inside the pot?”
“This pot will get full only if your pour 100 cups of water inside it. Assume that we pour 99 cups of milk inside it and one cup of water. Now I want you to answer my question – What happens to the one cup of water poured inside the pot?”
For this the sishya answered, “That one cup of water also turned into
milk, Guru”. The Sanyashi agreed and continued, “Yes you are right. But suppose
you do vice versa i.e. you pour 99 cups of water and one cup of milk inside,
then what will happen?”
For this the sishya said, “The milk will also turn into
water.”
“Yes, you are again right and I hope it clears your doubt.
“Yes, you are again right and I hope it clears your doubt.
So now you would
have understood the power of friendship. He insisted that we should always
mingle with good people.
Translated
Translated
by:
EZHILARASAN VENKATACHALAM
SHEVAPET SALEM 636002
SHEVAPET SALEM 636002
SOUTH INDIA
Tamil Based English Trainer
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