A disciple asked his Master, “My mind is fluttery always and unclear , what could be wrong with me?”
The Master said, “In order to answer your question, go through the rose garden next to our place and pick the one rose you like the most. But there is a rule. As you pass through the garden, you cannot turn back. You must pick the rose as you go forward only.”
The disciple went to the Rose garden. As he walked through, He found a rose - fragrant and fully bloomed in the moon light , he instantly liked it but he wondered that he may find a much better one further. So, he walked further, and he saw another rose . But again, he thought the same. When he reached the end of the garden, he couldn’t see any rose at all ,there were plants which were yet to bear any flowers and he started to regret his decision of letting them all go earlier.
Finally, he gave up. He went back to the Master empty handed.
The Master told him, "You did like the first rose very much but still you kept looking for a better one. And later you realized that what you let go was the best one you could find there. That my dear is called Greed."
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. A bird in hand, is any day worth two in a bush.
The Master said, “In order to answer your question, go through the rose garden next to our place and pick the one rose you like the most. But there is a rule. As you pass through the garden, you cannot turn back. You must pick the rose as you go forward only.”
The disciple went to the Rose garden. As he walked through, He found a rose - fragrant and fully bloomed in the moon light , he instantly liked it but he wondered that he may find a much better one further. So, he walked further, and he saw another rose . But again, he thought the same. When he reached the end of the garden, he couldn’t see any rose at all ,there were plants which were yet to bear any flowers and he started to regret his decision of letting them all go earlier.
Finally, he gave up. He went back to the Master empty handed.
The Master told him, "You did like the first rose very much but still you kept looking for a better one. And later you realized that what you let go was the best one you could find there. That my dear is called Greed."
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. A bird in hand, is any day worth two in a bush.
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