Last Updated on 2 years by Dr Munna Lal Bhartiya
scattering boon or curse
Tathagat Gautam Buddha reached a village while traveling and preaching, the people there welcomed him with great respect, the people there used to serve Gautam Buddha and his disciples selflessly every day, taking full care of their food and rest. Were.
Listening deeply to their objectives and following the path shown by Buddha, the people there have the feeling of compassion and kindness and the quality of serving the people and the feeling of not causing pain to any creature or animal and for the people in their heart. Mamta was clearly visible.
Gautam Buddha stayed in the village
Gautam Buddha stayed in the village for a few more days and provided an opportunity to the villagers to serve him. One day when Gautam Buddha and his disciples started walking from that village, Gautam Buddha looked at that village and smiled and said that one of his disciples was surprised to hear that the whole village would be disintegrated, but he walked with them without saying anything.
After walking away, all those people saw another village in front and planned to rest in that village, but as soon as Gautam Buddha and his disciples entered that village, the people there made fun of all those people and their clothes.
They started laughing at the clothes of Tathagat Buddha and his disciples, started throwing mud and throwing stones at them. For a few moments, the villagers made it difficult for Gautam Buddha and his disciples to stay. Buddha and his disciples immediately fled from that village and while walking, Gautam Buddha stopped and looked back at that village and said with a smile that the whole village should always remain one with unity and after walking some distance.
He asked Tathagat Buddha that in the village where we were respected so much, where the people served us so much, where we lived without any suffering, you gave a boon to that village to be scattered and in this village we had so much happiness.
People have insulted us, abused us, misbehaved with us, you have given such a village the boon of living together, I am not able to understand these two boons of yours. On this question of his disciple, Gautam Buddha smiled and replied that first we The people of the village where he stayed were civilized and full of compassion. Not to hurt anyone, helping each other was a special quality. He would walk on the path of truth wherever he went. Seeing one, a sense of helping oneself will arise in the other; wherever he goes, he will create an atmosphere of love and friendship.
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That’s why I said that the whole village should be scattered, due to their dispersal, wherever those people go, there will be development of humanity. And this second village where the people are rude and boisterous, wherever they go, people will only learn rudeness and bad behavior from them, so it is good for the people of this village to live in unity.
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He explained to the disciple that sometimes dispersal is more fruitful than being united, the dispersal of good people is also good for the universe and the unity of bad people is also fruitful for the universe.