prayer of frogIt’s no good having our prayers answered If they are not answered at the right time:

In ancient India much store was set by the Vedic rites which were said to be so scientific in their application that when the sages prayed for rain there was never any drought. It is thus that a man set himself to pray, according to these rites, to the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, begging her to make him rich.

He prayed to no effect for ten long years, after which period of time, he suddenly saw the illusory nature of wealth and adopted the life of a renunciate in the Himalayas.

He was sitting in meditation one day when he opened his eyes and saw before him an extraordinarily beautiful woman, all bright and shining as if she were made of gold.

“Who are you and what are you doing here?” he asked.

“I am the goddess Lakshmi to whom you recited hymns for twelve years,” said the woman. “I have appeared to grant you your desire.”

“Ah, my dear goddess,” exclaimed the man, “I have since attained the bliss of meditation and lost my desire for wealth. You come too late. Tell me, why did you delay so long in coming?”

“To tell you the truth,” said the goddess, “Given the nature of those rites you so faithfully performed you had fully earned the wealth. But, in my love for you and my desire for your welfare, I held it back.”

If you had the choice, which would you choose: the granting of your petition or the grace to be peaceful whether it is granted or not?

Source – Prayer of the Fro Vol 1Prayer of the frog Vol 2, by Father Antony De’Mello


KRD Pravin

Here I am supposed to write about myself. Professionally, I am quite serious and a workaholic; personally I am an individual who enjoys what he does and takes life as it comes. I am passionate about my work and actions and empathetically careful, attached and committed to them. All this makes me a fierce competitive professional and yet a compassionate soul, the Yin and the Yang together. Balancing is the art to be practiced using the middle path. From - http://business2buddha.com/about/

2 Comments

Rummuser · February 8, 2015 at 1:07 pm

Whoever answers our prayers knows what is best for us and the timing of delivery is also up to them to decide on. The problem with human beings is in expectations.

    KRD Pravin · February 9, 2015 at 12:16 pm

    You are right uncleji … The best thing is to pray and forget… why waste time on expecting something in return

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