Dailymotivation

  Once Mother Parvati and Easwara (Lord Shiva) saw a person sitting on the branch of a tree, which was about to break. Watching this, Mother Parvati pleaded with Easwara to save the man. Easwara teasingly remarked, “Why should I protect him? Since You saw him first, it is Your duty to save him.” But the Mother said, “How can I protect him without Your grace. I am the negative and you are the positive. Unless You shower Your grace on him, he cannot be saved. Please do not delay any further.” Then Easwara replied, “Is it not his duty to call Me for help? How can I go to his rescue without being called? As the proverb goes, ‘one should not attend a function without being invited.’” Mother Parvati, out of her motherly compassion, wanted to protect that person at any cost. So, she said to Easwara, “If that person, when he falls down, cries out  amma  (mother), I will go to his rescue; and if he cries out  appa  (father), you should protect him.” Easwara agreed to her...

  Many have a doubt whether it is alright to do namaskar to human beings. But who else will one do namaskar to, to the ghosts? Once, Emperor Ashoka went for a walk along with his minister. Midway they met a Buddhist monk. Emperor Ashoka ran forward and prostrated in front of the monk. The minister was pained to see his emperor prostrate before a monk. He thought sadly, “Alas, the valuable head of the emperor touched the feet of a recluse.” Though he was a minister he was narrow minded and had no broad thinking. He waited for suitable opportunity and upon returning to the palace he said, “Maharaja! I was very much troubled.” The king asked, “Why Minister, why were you troubled?” The minister said, “The head of the emperor Ashoka is very valuable. How can such valuable head of the emperor be laid on the feet of the monk?” The emperor did not reply. He just smiled and left. Emperor Ashoka was waiting for a opportune moment. After a few days the King called the minister aside and said,...