There was a saint, who daily early in the morning,
after completing his physical activities went beside river, where he did
meditation by sitting on a big rock which was
different from all other rocks.
One
day, after completing his physical activities, he went close to that rock and
saw, one new saint was already sitting on that rock in a meditating position.
The
old saint waited, so that the new saint would shift from that rock; and then he
could start his meditation.
After
waiting for long time, when new saint didn’t stand up, the old saint requested
him- Hello, I regularly use to sit on this rock and meditate here. Please kindly
you occupy another place, so that I could start my meditation.
New saint
ignored old saint’s words and kept his eyes closed in meditation.
Old
saint again waited for few minutes, he again requested, but then no reply came,
so he impatiently picked up new saint’s hand and tried to push him down to the
rock.
New
saint, due to disturbance in his meditation, got irritated and pushed old saint
backwards.
Old
saint again repeated his words.
Then,
new saint replied angrily- Have you brought this rock? When you are not the
creator of this rock then how can you claim for it? Why don’t you go and find
another place?
Old
saint, after seeing new saint’s attitude, got angry; he also pushed new saint
from that rock. Now quarrel between them started and slowly-slowly the quarrel
increased, after few minutes they started fighting with each other.
At
that time, soldiers of the King were passing by that side; they caught both of
them and brought them in front of the King.
King
got amazed by listening their conversation, and thought- Why both saints fought
for a rock?
King ambiguously
said- I’m unable to comprehend, who is saint from you both? You both are
fighting like normal human beings so I think, you both are common man, not a
saint.
Listening
this, both saints got embarrassed and felt guilty on their behaviour.
Both
apologized to each other for their behaviour and from that day onwards by
inheriting qualities like patience, honesty, forgiveness, mercy, modesty, and immenseness,
they became true saints.
Dear
friends, Saint is not by look but from his virtue like pureness in thought,
sweetness in speech, control on heart, character of forgiveness and mercy. By this
saint’s like qualities, one normal human being can also become a saint. Thank
You.
