The Lawyer’s Well-Being Brief

The Buddha looks for food at a village and teaches a lesson or two!

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”- Thomas Edison

Once upon a time, Buddha and his disciples went to a village that they hadn’t been to before. Buddha and his disciples never stay in one place for a long time. Staying for a long time would be considered a burden to the villagers as Buddha and his disciples depend on villagers for their food.

The day Buddha arrived at the village he had never before, he knocked on the door of one of the houses in the village with his begging bowl.

After some time, a lady came out and she became furious to see a monk with a begging bowl in his hand.

The lady started abusing Buddha, “You are looking fit enough to work. Then you want to have food without working”.

And she kept on abusing him. But Buddha stood still listening without any reaction and waiting for her to finish.

She paused to catch her breath. Then she asked, “Why are you simply standing like a stone? Say something.”

Buddha said, “Mother If an offer has come and if it is not accepted, to whom does it belong?”.