Story of Punyakoti - the strength of truth.

This is the story of punyakoti who believed in truth as God. This story is quite primitive, I remember my granny narrating this to me while I was a five year kid. She used to tell "one must never lie under any situations". The reader is recommended to grasp the humor from this story, rather than confusing oneself with real tigers and cows. The example of cow and tiger are considered in order to justify a casting of a cow with a innocent gentle person and that of a tiger with a cruel arrogant person. This story signifies to the listener by encouraging to speak the truth while facing situations in real life. Also provides strength and hope to the innocent victims, who are sometimes caught in unavoidable situations in real life. To encourage them to be with truth. At the same time the story also signifies that a cruel person also has a soft corner too. Thus when this story is reveled to a cruel person, it conveys a message of forgiveness to the innocent ones. Not to hurt the innocent, by doing justice to good ones. Usually when the truth is realized and spoken, it so happens that, we start feeling to experience a great relief within our psychological behavior and analysis. It is quite obvious that a mentally relaxed person with no fear to hide anything would provide better solutions to life's problems.Here are a few snaps of friendly tigers which could have been otherwise wild. To demonstrate the fact that the growing up environment definitely matters a lot in carving the personality of not only humans but also the wildest animals. (1) Friendly Tigers. (2) Tiger Temple. (3) Google Search.


In the heart of place named Dharani Mandala in Karnataka state lived a Shepard by name Kalinga.
He had bath in river and sat below the mango tree in the wee morning hours and played his flute to call all the cows.
He cried loudly to call the cows Gange, Gauri, Tungabadre and Punyakoti.
All the cows gathered hearing his voice and the tumbler was soon filled with their milk.

There lived a tiger by name Arbhuda in the near by surrounding forest hill who was hungry for food.
All the cows were scattered when he sprang with a roar of thunder and anger.
Cow Punyakoti on remembering the hungry cry of its calf was in a hurry to return in order to feed her baby.
The cruel tiger quickly sprang to stop the cow thinking that he got his food for the day.
The cruel tiger roared in anger and said “I’m hungry; I will split you apart right now”.
The cow said “Oh humble tiger, my hungry baby is waiting for me back at home. Give me a minute; I will be back once I feed my baby.”
The tiger said “You are lying to me; you will escape if I leave you. I’m not a fool to loose my delicious pray.”
The cow said “Please believe in me. Truth is everything to me, I swear upon my parents and relatives. God will not forgive if we lie”.

It returned back to baby after convincing its promise to the tiger who wanted to kill it and told the baby about the incident.
The baby cried “With whom will I stay if you leave? Whose milk will I drink? With whom will I sleep? With whom will I live? Who will take care of me?”
The cow requested its group people and said “Oh my mothers and sisters please take care of my orphan baby as your own child. Please don’t pierce your horns at him if he comes in front of you and don’t kick him if he comes behind you.” Then the cow embraced its baby and cried in pain thinking that it’s going to be orphan.
Without making any further delay the cow left the calf and was soon standing in front of tigers den.

The cow said to the tiger “Oh tiger, I have returned back as I promised, I offer this body to you, my flesh, bones and hot blood are all yours, have them all and be happy”.
The tiger repent and tears rolled down on listening to what the cow said. It realized the sacrifice the cow had made for the sake of truth. It realized that God would never forgive him if he killed such a truthful cow and would never be happy by hurting such a innocent soul.
The ashamed tiger said “you are like a sister to me, what will I achieve by killing you”, saying thus the tiger sprang and committed suicide.

Happy with this, punyakoti returned to feed its baby calf. Called the Shepard and said “All my cow siblings and in your Shepard siblings may worship lord Krisna in sankranti”.
He is the only gracious one who protects.
- the strength of truth.

In the above story the victory belonged to the good person, but sometimes the bad person wins too. Here is another Similar Story:
The Frog and the Nightingale. A story on how the jealous Frog kills the Nightingale.

Once upon a time a frog croaked in Bingle Bog (area of ground that is always very wet, soft, spongy and damp) all the night beginning from dusk (period of time at the end of the day, just before it becomes dark) to dawn (morning at which daylight first begins). All the creatures hated his loud and unpleasant voice but still they did not have any other option. The voice came out from the sumac (red flowering tree) tree where every night the frog sang till morning. He was so determined and also shameless that neither stones, prayers or sticks, nor the insults or complaints could divert him from singing.

One night, a nightingale started casting her melody in the moonlight to which both the frog and the other creatures were left dumbstruck. The whole bog remained, rapt (completely interested, involved, happy and pleased) and admired her voice and applauded her when she ended. The frog was obviously jealous of his rival and had finally decided to eliminate her. So, the next night when the nightingale was again preparing to sing, the frog’s croak disturbed her. On being asked about himself by the nightingale he answered that he owned the sumac tree and he had been known for his splendid voice. Also he said that he had written a number of songs for the Bog Trumpet.

The nightingale asked him whether he liked her song or not. The frog said that the song wasn’t bad, but too long, and it lacked some force. The nightingale was greatly impressed that such a critic had discussed her song. She said that she was happy that the song was her own creation. To this the frog said that she needed a proper training, to obtain a strong voice, otherwise she would remain a beginner only. He also said that he would train her but would charge some fee.

Now, the nightingale was flushed with confidence and was a huge sensation, attracting animals from miles away and the frog with a great accuracy charged all of them admission fee. The frog began her vocal training despite of the bad and rainy weather, where even the nightingale had first refused to sing. But the frog forced her to sing for six hours continuously till she was shivering and her voice had become rough and unclear. But, somehow her neck got clear the next day and she was able to sing again collecting a breathless crowd including rich ladies kings queens etc. To all this, the frog had both sweet and bitter feelings. Sweet because he was earning lots of money and bitter because of jealously as his rival was earning name and fame.

Everyday, the frog scolded her to practice even longer finding out her little mistakes like nervousness, not laying more trills (quick high tones) and frills (unnecessary additions) etc. He reminded her that she still owed him sixty shillings and that's why the crowd should increase.
But the condition of nightingale was getting worsened. Her tired and uninspired song could no longer attract the crowd. She could not resist this as she had become used to applause and thus had become miserable too. The heartless frog scolded her even then calling her a brainless bird. She trembled, puffed up, burst a vein and died. The frog said that he had tried to teach her but she was foolish, nervous and tensed and moreover much prone to influence. Then, once again the frog’s fog horn (deep, loud voice,warning signal in foggy weather) started blaring (making unpleasantly loud noise) unrivaled (emphasizing that something is much better or greater than other) in the bog.

The moral of the story is that being inspired and influenced by someone much unknown and strange is indeed a foolish work. The nightingale could have very well judged that how could the frog with such a harsh voice be music maestro and she had to suffer for her misjudgment. Many people in the human society also try to take advantage of the innocence or ignorance of the people.

It is quite obviously noticed that when ever a manipulative person with cruelty and anger, with the influence of devil tries to communicate with another person, having a different attitude of humble and gentle character, a person who has been tortured because of his innocence. It is quite noted that the thinking abilities of the calmer person does change into arrogance, which is not supposed to change tough. Only because of fear, that is aroused in this gentle person. The humble person is afraid that the devil may manipulate and take unwanted advantage of his gentleness. The innocence gets confused and thus giving way for such painful mental disasters. The other reason being, the humble one is unable to convince the devil about the devils expected conversion towards constructive optimism. It is quite easy for the devil to usually win in dictating over the innocence. Usually the devil involves in dirty addictions of various kind like alcohol, tobacco, drugs, etc to accomplish his dictating possessive dirty desires. If at all the innocence gives up to the devil, then certainly the devil will take undue advantage. The intention of devil is to enjoy the fruits by utilizing the talents and labor of the innocent. It is certainly an issue of Human Rights which is quite commonly experienced at work places.

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What is the reason?

Mata Goddess Mahalaxmi is always seen to be with Sriman Lord Narayana. After all she is his wife, Ardhangi, the half-body.
Mata was questioned and asked for the very reason, why she insists to stay with lord Vishnu?
Mata gives an explanation, she says:

I’m the goddess of wealth and richness; I prefer staying with peace and prosperity. I’m with the very purpose to protect the good and destruction of evil. I’m with justice, happiness and pride. I’m there where there is devotion, blessings and hope. Lord Venkateshwara is the significance of love compassion, good health, stability and strength. He is the time – Past, Present and future. The power of infinity, forever and eternal. He is the ultimate truth of nature and creation. He is the reason behind tradition, culture and belief. He is the symbol of forgiveness and protection. He is the seed of knowledge and wisdom. I’m very much protected, secure and proud to be his strength.

Democracy misinterpreted.
BY the people. OF the people. FOR the people.
The above is sometimes misunderstood as:
BUY the people. OFF the people. FORGET the people.

It is the small spark which lights a lamp for guidance and it’s the same small spark which destroys the creation. May Lord bless his creation with his wisdom.

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Reply Depends on the Question:

Jack and Max are walking from religious service. Jack wonders whether it would be all right to smoke while praying.

Max replies, "Why don't you ask the Priest?" So Jack goes up to the Priest and asks, "Priest, may I smoke while I pray?" But the Priest says,
"No, my son, you may not. That's utter disrespect to our religion."

Jack goes back to his friend and tells him what the good Priest told him. Max says, "I'm not surprised. You asked the wrong question. Let me try." And so Max goes up to the Priest and asks, "Priest, may I pray while I smoke?"

To which the Priest eagerly replies, "By all means, my son. By all Means"

Moral: The reply you get depends on the way the question is put forth!

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Critical mass, Experiment:

A scientist who studied monkeys on an island in Indonesia was able to teach a certain one to wash bananas' before eating them.
Cleansed of sand and dirt, the food was more flavorful. The scientist - who did this only because he was studying the learning capacity of monkeys - did not imagine what would eventually happen. So he was surprised to see that the other monkeys on the island began to imitate the first one.
And then, one day, when a certain number of monkeys had learned to wash their bananas, the monkeys on all of the other islands in the archipelago began to do the same thing. What was most surprising, though, was that the other monkeys learned to do so without having had any contact with the island where the experiment had been conducted.
There are several similar scientific studies. The most common explanation is that when a certain number of people evolve, the entire human race begins to evolve. We don't know how many people are needed - but we know that's how it works.
In your chemistry class, this number is called a "critical mass." You know what that is. It is the minimum amount of the materials you must have in order for a chemical change to take place. As long as you have less than the critical mass of material, nothing happens. As soon as you have the critical mass or more of the material, all of it changes. It works in the chemistry lab. We all know that.
What is the critical mass of humanity that it will take for all of the human race to evolve to its next level? No one yet knows the answer to that question, its probably 51%. We all know there is a new age coming. We all know that we will need new leaders to help us get there, and to teach us how to live once we do. Those of us who are your parents' age or older also know that when these new leaders emerge, they will be younger than we are. Our spirits are hungry for them now. One person can, and does, and will make a difference. Perhaps, it's you.
Its the minimum amount of material required for the reaction to happen. We need to add the goodness until and unless the bad gets converted to good, or the percentage of goodness is more than that of bad. We have to respect and appreciate the good till the reaction takes place. Good quality people with good moral values and character are to be embraced for this reaction to happen. We need to add goodness to the societies, so much of goodness that the bad is converted to good. This can be only done with love, care, forgiveness, compassion and gratitude. Being constructive and not destructive is the key to this issue.

It’s to keep the world in equilibrium. There is something tenuous that joins us all and we can make it better or worse according to how we act. We can save or destroy so much with a simple gesture that at times seems utterly useless. It may even be that our dreams are a lot of nonsense, but we don’t want to run the risk of not following them. People are related just like a huge, fragile spider’s web. I am trying through my work to mend a part of that web.

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The Brahman's Wife and the Mongoose...

In a certain city there lived a man by the name of Devasarman. His wife gave birth to a son, and then to a mongoose. Full of love for her children, she cared for the mongoose like a son. However, she did not trust him, thinking that in keeping with the evil nature of his species he might harm her son.

One day, after nicely tucking the boy into his bed, she took the water pitcher and said to her husband, "Listen, master, I am going to the pond to fetch water. You must protect our son from the mongoose."

After she departed, the man went off somewhere to collect alms, leaving the house empty. In the meantime a snake crept out of its hole and -- as fate would have it -- approached the boy's bed. However, the mongoose confronted this, his natural enemy, and fearing that it might kill his brother, the mongoose attacked the wicked snake, tore it to bits, and threw the pieces far and wide.

Proud of his valor and his face covered with blood, the mongoose approached the mother to tell her what had happened.

However, the mother, seeing his blood-spattered face and sensing his excitement, feared, "without doubt this evildoer has devoured our son." Driven by anger and without further investigation she threw the water-filled pitcher at the mongoose, killing him instantly.

Paying no further attention to the mongoose, she rushed into the house where she found the boy still asleep. Near the bed she saw a large black snake, torn to bits. Then her heart was overcome with sorrow because of the thoughtless murder of her praiseworthy son, the mongoose, and she wept.

While this was happening the Brahman returned home with alms from wherever he had been begging.

"See there!" she cried, overcome with grief for her son, the mongoose. "Oh, you greedy one! Because you let greed rule you instead of doing what I told you to, you now must taste the fruit of your own tree of sin, the pain of your son's death."

Moral: Think before you act. Sometimes what you think may not be the truth. Don't take hasty decisions out of anger and frustrations.

A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an emergency urgent surgery. He answered the call asap, changed his clothes 'n went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy's father pacing in the hall waiting for the doctor.

On seeing the doctor, the dad yelled: "Why did you take all this time to come? Don't you know that my son's life is in danger? Don't you have any sense of responsibility?"

The doctor said: "I am sorry, I wasn't in the hospital and I came as fast as I could after receiving the call. And now, I wish you'd calm down so that I can save your son"

The patients angry father replied: "What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son dies now what will You do?"

The doctor replied: "From dust we came 'n to dust we return, blessed be the name of God". Doctors cannot prolong lives. Go and pray for your son, we will do our best by God's grace"

The angry father murmured: "Giving advises when we're not concerned is so easy"

The surgery took few hours after which the doctor said:
"Thank goodness!, your son is saved!.. If You have any question, please ask the nurse !"
And without waiting for the father's reply he carried on his way running, left hurriedly back to his home.

The angry father asked the nurse: "Why is he so arrogant? He couldn't wait for a few minutes, so that I could ask about my son's condition"

The nurse answered, tears coming down her face: "Doctors son died yesterday in a road accident, and he was in the burial when we called him for your son's surgery. and now that he saved your son's life, he left running to finish his son's burial."

Moral: Never judge anyone, just by assumptions. Try to realize the reality of truth. Because You never know how their life is, what they're going through, and What their Journey is all About !

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

Once there was a shepherd boy who took care of the village sheep. He was constantly in fear as he was afraid that the wolf would eat the sheep. As he had already lost his sheep which was caught by the wolf before. He was afraid that the incident may repeat again. Out of fear, thinking that prevention is better than cure, and to be optimistic of the possibility of the wolf's attack. He thought of testing the rescue skills and the helping ability of his fellow villagers in case if the wolf would attack the sheep. He took a deep breath and shouted loudly, "Wolf! Wolf! The Wolf is chasing the sheep!".

The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy drive the wolf away. But when they arrived at the top of the hill, they found no wolf. The boy ridiculed them and told them that he was testing their rescue abilities. When the villagers saw no wolf they sternly said, "Save your frightened song for when there is really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!". They went grumbling back down the hill.

But the boy just grinned and watched them go grumbling down the hill. The boy did this again and again, as it would relive his tension of fear. Whenever he was afraid he did this to sympathize himself by seeing the poor villagers coming to his rescue. Later once, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!". But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come. They thought that the boy is used to cry out of fear without a real threat. But on that day at sunset, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn't returned to the village with their sheep. They went up the hill to find the boy. They found him weeping. The boy said: "There really was a wolf here! The flock has scattered! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didn't you come?"

An old man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village. "We'll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning," he said, putting his arm around the sad boy, "Nobody believes a liar, even when he is telling the truth!". The boy realized that he must not cry to test the ability of his fellow villagers. He realized that he must not be afraid of the wolf. He started neglecting the threat and started to live a carefree life. Once while he was relaxing without any fear the wolf came again and took another sheep.

This time he realized that he had to be alert but at the same time he must not be afraid with fear and tell a lie. He realized that he must not give a false cry out of fear. He realized that he must have faith and belief in the rescue abilities of his worthy villagers. He realized that he should be brave, wise and courageous to capture and scare the wolf in order to protect his innocent helpless sheep.

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Difference between Heaven and Hell!

Once upon a time, a man was traveling with his horse and his dog. When they passed by a huge tree, lightning struck and all three were killed.
Not realizing that they were dead, their souls continued the journey. They walked up a hill and they were tired and thirsty. Soon, they reached a beautiful place which had a marble gateway and fountain sprouting crystal clear water.

"Good morning" the traveler greeted the guard at the gateway.
"Good morning," he replied.
"What place is this?"
"This is Heaven."
"It's beautiful. I am glad to come here. Can I have a drink?"
"Sure, help yourself."
But when the traveler moved forward with his horse and dog, the guard stopped him, saying, "Sorry, animals are not allowed in here."
The traveler was very much disappointed. For although he was very thirsty, he did not want to drink without his companions. They decided to move on.

Confusion

Some distance further uphill, they came upon another gateway, plain looking compared to the marble one. It led to a rocky path lined with trees. A man there was resting beneath a tree, apparently a sleep.
"Good morning," the traveler greeted him.
He nodded, not saying a word.
"Is there a place we can get a drink?" the traveler asked. "My horse, my dog and I are very thirsty."
"There is a stream behind those rocks over there," the man pointed.
They went ahead and refreshed themselves. They returned and thanked the man. The traveler asked, "By the way, what place is this?"
"This is Heaven," the man replied.
The traveler was surprised. "But the guard at the marble gateway said that was Heaven."
"Don't let him fool you," the man said. "That place is Hell."
"Well, I was nearly fooled," the traveler said. "You should not allow the people there to abuse your name. You know, wrong information can lead to a lot of confusion."
"Actually, they are doing us a great favor," the man at Heaven's gate said. "Because the people who stay on in Hell have proved that they are willing to abandon their friends."

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