The Teacher and The Lady

   An old story, during the times when students stayed with Teacher (Guru) served him and learned from him (gurukula) during their brahmacharya. Brahmacharya is the practice of self-imposed celibacy that is generally considered an essential prerequisite for spiritual practice in India.


  One day the teacher took his students to the river for the morning prayers (prātaḥsaṃdhyā). Near the river they saw a beautiful lady. She is worried as she needs to cross the river but doesn't know swimming and is afraid of water. The guru carried her on his shoulder crossed the river and returned back.
After their evening prayers (sāyaṃsaṃdhyā ) the students used to clarify their doubts about the daily session with the teacher.
  One of the students asked the teacher," You have carried the beautiful lady across the river is it not  immoral?". The teacher replied "No, I have left her after crossing the river, but you are still carrying her in your thoughts that is immoral. Purity is just not only actions, it starts in your thoughts."

King and the Monkey Medicine

      Long ago there lived a king who had an untreatable disease. He called the best doctors in his kingdom and asked them to find medication for his disease. He also warned them that if the medicine does not work, death sentence will be the punishment. He tried medicines of all the doctors but they are not successful in curing his disease. He ordered to kill them all.

     There was a wise doctor in the kingdom; it was his turn now to prepare medication for king’s disease. He collected ash from his kitchen stove, added some honey, made small doses of that mix and filled it in a golden box. He wanted to escape from the death sentence and teach the king a lesson. He told the king that he prepared the medicine from the brain of a very rare species of monkeys and after taking the medicine as per dosage, the disease will be gone for sure. But there is one condition for this monkey medicine that, the king should not think about monkeys while taking the medicine.

    The king tried not to remember monkeys, but the mere thought of medicine itself made him remember monkeys. It became impossible to him to not to think about monkeys, not only while medication but all day he thought of them. He was not able to take the medicine.  He understood that this is the plan of the doctor. He realized his mistake and released all the doctors. 

This story tells us two things, 
first- every problem has a solution
Second - mind is like a monkey, it jumps,hops and roams around
It always does whatever you did not want to do

Have control of your thoughts !

       If you do not have control on your mind or thought then you are living life at the probability of randomness of your thoughts.  Train your mind to think about what you need rather than wandering off. Thinking and Non-thinking must be governed by your will.

Thoughts and desires transform into words.... and words result in actions.  When a person has a lot of negative thoughts, it may lead him to stress, anxiety, depression, negative actions and violent behavior. Controlling you mind keeps you away from such negative impacts.

An organized, controlled thought will give you success. Meditation is the best way to gain control of your main.