Paintings by Rajee Ba at Yogada Ashram in the Himalayas – Rishikesh India
Monks on the way to the monastery in the Mountains.
I have heard… In the Himalayas, two monks, one old and the other young
They met the farmer of the village on the way and asked, “We want to reach the village before the sun sets because we have heard that the entrance to the village is closed at sundown. At night it will be dangerous to travel the path through the forest. Will we be able to reach?”
Tying up his load of woods for the home the farmer replied, slowly, without any hurr: “Certainly you will reach, but go slowly. If you hurry, then I cannot say whether or not you will reach.”
The monks said to each other: “Have we asked a madman this question? He is advising us to go slowly and then we will reach, but if we go fast, he is not sure whether we will reach!”
The rains have started and the sun was about to set, they started running. Even then the farmer said: “Friends, do not hurry. I have never seen a man in a hurry to reach that village.” Hearing this, they started running even faster.
This is the peculiarity of man; his mind is like this. They still thought the farmer was crazy, asking them to walk slowly.
They ran. A little further along the path, with the sun setting, the darkness growing, the old monk fell over a rock and seriously injured his knees.. The young monk was running here and there trying to retrieve the books and belongings.
Just then the farmer on his way home strolled by, humming softly, swinging his stick. He said: “See, what I had anticipated, happened. Why this impatience?
I told you to go slowly on this mountain road. You can only reach the monastery if you are not impatient.
Often this happens, frequently it happens, that people want to reach the village (Nirvana & Samadhi ) quickly. I tell them to go slowly, but they do not listen – and they fall.”
Yogada Ashram is located on the banks of roaring Ganga river in the foothills of the in the in the Himalayas little above from Rishikesh town in north India. The ashram practices and share the ancient wisdom of Himalayan Yogi’s through traditional, primitive, time tested and scientifically based yoga for evolution and transformation to the highest level of existence of life as a human being.
Come to Yogada Ashram and explore a new world within. www.yogadaindia.com
The monks said to each other: “Have we asked a madman this question? He is advising us to go slowly and then we will reach, but if we go fast, he is not sure whether we will reach!”
The rains have started and the sun was about to set, they started running. Even then the farmer said: “Friends, do not hurry. I have never seen a man in a hurry to reach that village.” Hearing this, they started running even faster.
This is the peculiarity of man; his mind is like this. They still thought the farmer was crazy, asking them to walk slowly.
They ran. A little further along the path, with the sun setting, the darkness growing, the old monk fell over a rock and seriously injured his knees.. The young monk was running here and there trying to retrieve the books and belongings.
Just then the farmer on his way home strolled by, humming softly, swinging his stick. He said: “See, what I had anticipated, happened. Why this impatience?
I told you to go slowly on this mountain road. You can only reach the monastery if you are not impatient.
Often this happens, frequently it happens, that people want to reach the village (Nirvana & Samadhi ) quickly. I tell them to go slowly, but they do not listen – and they fall.”
Yogada Ashram is located on the banks of roaring Ganga river in the foothills of the in the in the Himalayas little above from Rishikesh town in north India. The ashram practices and share the ancient wisdom of Himalayan Yogi’s through traditional, primitive, time tested and scientifically based yoga for evolution and transformation to the highest level of existence of life as a human being.
Come to Yogada Ashram and explore a new world within. www.yogadaindia.com
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