MySAR for 4th May

Buddha Pournima,......the day of Gautama Buddha's enlightenment How to Respond to Evil with Good… This post is based on some words about Buddha that I came across a while ago. These words tell us how to respond to evil with good http://youtu.be/UnM9pfxVWkA Buddha was well known for his ability to respond to evil with good. There was a man that knew about this reputation and he travelled miles and miles to test Buddha. When he got in Buddha’s presence he verbally abused him, he insulted and offended him. - Buddha was unmoved. He simply turned to the man and said: “May I ask you a question?” The man agreed and said: “Well what?” Buddha continued: “When someone offers you a gift and you decline to accept it, to whom then does it belong?” The man replied: “Well then it belongs to the person who offered it.” Buddha smiled: “That is correct.” And then he said: “So if I decline to accept your abuse, does it not then still belong to you?” The man was speechless and left… Buddha Song https://youtu.be/lzrCRDGctNE Buddh Hai Prabuddh hai, Shuddh hai, Uski katha jo Buddh hai The Enlightened One, the Pure One, The story of the One, who is Buddha Har tarah ka thha vilaas, par nahi bujhti thhi pyaas, Raaj-bhog pramaad thhe par manah-shaanti ka thha hraas Pleasure of every kind there to take, but the thirst it could not quench or slake, Kingly pleasures there were it is said, but peace of mind would falter and ebb Isi bhogi zindagi mein ek din Gautam chale Teen drishy dikhey, unhe tab isi ambar ke tale In this life of pleasure, one day Gautama went walking, When under the skies, he saw three sights come stalking Ek rogi, ek vriddh, ek shav ko dekh ke, Raja Gautam bhikshu ban, Samaan ho bas chal pade One ill, one old, one corpse he did perceive, King turned beggar and as Samaan he did leave Khojte phirte chale uss gyaan ko jo gupt hai Prabuddh hai, Shuddh hai, Uski katha jo Buddh hai Seeking and searching for that knowledge which was hidden, The Enlightened One, the Pure One, The story of the One, who is Buddha Ek shaakha par latakti zindagi ko thaam ke, Kee Niranjana paar aur phir baithhe mann mein thhan ke Grasping for life on a branch in the river, Crossing the Niranjan he sat not to be deterred Ya toh srishti se pare ki jyoti mujhko dikhegi, Ya isi Bodhi tale meri ye kaya mitegi The light beyond creation either I must see, Or my body will fall here under this Bodhi tree Usi pal, is kshitij mein ek poorn chandr udit hua, Usi pal, is jeev mein ek poorn Soorya vidit hua At that moment a moon rose on the horizon, At that moment within a sun did enlighten Isi Bodhi ke tale ek Raja Gautam mrit hua, Aur isi Bodhi tale Prabuddh Buddh-avtarit hua Under this Bodhi a king Gautama did perish, Under this Bodhi Buddha was there to cherish Upanishad ke saar se inki katha santript hai Prabuddh hai, Shuddh hai, Uski katha jo Buddh hai. With the essence of the Upanishad his story is replete, The Enlightened One, the Pure One, The story of the One, who is Buddha http://youtu.be/t4AJFyK63Hg  ----------------------------------------------------