Many a times, the path of Dhamma seems to be very hard to follow, but the pain taken on this path is so worthwhile as it leaves one with abundance of wisdom that one can use to his advantage. That is why, also Dhamma is the highest refuge for the one who is truly, diligently surrendered to it. This story is the biggest motivation to continue the journey of self discovery following the principles of Dhamma. In addition to it, seeing the truth is so crucial rather than hearing to what we want to hear, is again, a very important pointer as far as not falling into the trap of illusion is concerned. All those people who manipulate others, for me, Yakkha symbolises them in this story. And only the wisdom cultivated within can be a refuge to prevent ourselves from Yakkha symbolising negative entities. One wise man = Protection of the entire community surrounded by him, like an auspicious presence of just one tree from whom not only the one who planted it but also every single passenger, traveler, stranger gets benefited. Thank you for the Jataka tale.✨🌟
This is actually a story that reflects real life. There's a lot of people who always go to certain people who always says what they wanted to hear and see them as a "Nice, trustworthy person" As a result, those people can be easily manipulated. They can be fooled to do the things those "nice people" wanted them to do. And that is how narcissists thrive and use people to their advantage As someome who has been bullied and have asked people for advice for it to stop, I'd rather have someone who call out my flaws to my face, rather than someone who tries to hide the truth to keep my feelings
This Jataka realising the value of truth and this will lead to enlightenment 🙏🙏Many thanks to share the real teaching of Buddha which is really awakening our mind to follow the path of truth 🙏 Really honoured to have teaching of Buddha🙏🙏 Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu 🙏🙏🙏
