Develop Godly Qualities
A renowned poet, Torquato Tasso, once had a persistent doubt and wanted to ask the wisest person to solve it for him.
So he
went to see King Charles IX, and asked him, “Who is the happiest person alive?”
The king promptly replied, “God”. Tasso then asked him, “Who is the happiest
person alive, after God?” The king replied …
QUESTIONS
1. What was the king’s reply?
2. What is the implication of this story?
ANSWERS
1. The king replied that the happiest person alive after God is the one who becomes the most like God.
2. The attributes of God are love, purity, sincerity, honesty, sympathy, etc. If one were to develop these qualities, one becomes like God.
A person can be happy only when he displays
positive qualities in himself. All negative feelings like hatred, resentment,
animosity, etc. would make a person unhappy and depressed.
Live Before Death
There was a public meeting organized in a village.
All questions at the public meeting that day were about life beyond the grave. The
Master sitting in one corner of the meeting only laughed when everyone else argued,
but he did not give a single answer.
To all his disciples who demanded to know the reason for his evasiveness, he said, Have you observed that it is precisely those who do not know what to do with this life who want another life that will last forever? “But is there life after death or is there not?” persisted a disciple. The master asked a counter-question that stunned everyone around.
QUESTIONS
1. What was the counter-question
by the Master?
2. What is the implication of this story?
ANSWERS
1. The Master merely questioned back, “The question here is, is there life before death?”
2. No one has seen life after death. Therefore, there is no point in arguing whether there is life after death or not. What is certain is that we have to live our life before death. Live productively and creatively. Live your life with the intent to serve other human beings in one form or another.
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