“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can........

Have a wonder-filled week ahead, Folks. Enjoy my social, moral message for today.

There is a very meaningful Zen story that teaches a divine way of solving our conflicts at the work place, or even at home.

The abbot of a once famous Buddhist monastery that gradually started declining was deeply troubled. Monks were lax in their practice, novices were leaving and lay supporters were abandoning the monastery. He travelled far to a sage and recounted his tale of woe—of how much he desired to transform his monastery into a flourishing haven it had been in days of yore. The sage looked at him and said, “The reason your monastery has languished is that the Buddha is living among you in disguise, and you have not honored Him.”

The abbot hurried back, his mind in turmoil. The Selfless One was at his monastery! Who could He be? Brother Hua? No, he was full of sloth. Brother Po? No, he was too dull. He summoned all the monks and revealed the sage’s words. They, too, were taken aback and looked at each other with suspicion and awe. Which one of them was the Chosen One? The disguise was perfect. Not knowing who He was, they took to treating everyone with the respect due to Gautam Buddha. Their faces started shining with an inner radiance that attracted novices and then other supporters. In no time, the monastery far surpassed its previous glory.

What has this to do with Charity? You have to get in and ‘know’ it. I can write and say a whole lot about it, but that will all be just a hint, a clue, it will not be a description that will justify what you feel, what you ‘know’. A Charity that allows you the privilege of giving freely with No Obligation and to ‘know’ what you are doing, what will relieve you of your ‘yoke’. Now you are free to gallop in the direction you choose, from decision to delivery, it is your Happiness!!

“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.”

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