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Buddha use to give courses daily to his followers. People from far and wide used to come to listen to his courses.
Buddha used to tech people t live life with simplicity and keeping themselves away from lust, attachment, greed, jealousy and ego.
A person use to come every day to listen the course of Gautama. He used to listen very carefully to every word of Buddha and return home when the course was over. For about a month he continued to come to listen to the course of Buddha.
One day even after the course was over, he stayed there. After everyone left, he went to Buddha and said, lord, I went to ask you something. I have been listening very carefully to your teachings very day for a month. I remember everything you said. But those teaching are not having any effect in my life.
I am not finding any change in my life I am starting to wonder if there is something wrong which I lack. And if not so, then why your teachings are not having any effect on my life.
Buddha asked, my friend, where do you live? The man relied, sir I live in Sharvasti. Buddha asked, how far is Sharavsti from here? The man said, sir it is four miles away from here. Then Buddha asked, How do you come here from Sharavsti? The man said, sir I come here sometimes by walking, sometimes by horse cart and sometimes by bullock cart. Buddha said, well, tell me, whether you will reach Shravsti by setting here. How can I reach Shravasti by setting here. The man said, sir how is this possible. How can I reach Shavsti by just sitting here. I have to walk to get there. And if not by waking, then I would need a means such as a bullock cart or a horse cart to reach there.
Buddha said, one has to walk to reach the destination. The situation cannot be reached without moving. Similarly to bring good this into life. One has to follow them. Those thing are not effective in life just but listening. They also have to behave accordingly. Apply my teachings in your life, follow the path shown by me, only then you will see a positive change in your life.
Listening to these word from Buddha, the person understood the words of Buddha. Then he decide that now he would follow the Buddha’s teachings, follow the path shown by him and make his life better.
If we see in our lives then we will find that we hear so many good and bad things in a day. We listen to some things and ignore them. Some things remain in our mind for some time and after sometime we forget them. Some things get preserved in our subconscious mind in the form of memories. But the things that we start following. They affect our lives. They gradually become ingrained in our habits and eventually become a part of our personality but getting involved in our nature. If you want to bring a positive change in your life then do not just listen to the good things but follow them too. It is said that you cannot change your future but you can change your habits. And surely your habits will change your future. Therefore, if you want to make your life better than before adopting any habit in life, think about it wisely and bring only those things in your life which will bring positive change in your life. And make your life better.
