Once upon a time, Buddha was passing through the jungle with his pupil Ananda. They were in hurry and walking fast Before sunset they wanted to reach town Buddha was quite old now and Ananda was even older than Buddha They were tired Ananda was worried that they won't be able to reach town before sunset And perhaps they will have to spent night in the forest.
They saw a farmer on the way He was working in his farm They asked him "How far is the town from here?' The farmer said, "Don't worry, the town is not too far from here Town is two miles from here at the most you will reach there Buddha smiled That farmer smiled But Ananda couldn't understand the reason for their smile But he kept quiet and followed Buddha Two miles had passed but there was no sign of town Now they were even more tired just then they saw an old women she was collecting pieces of wood Ananda asked her How far is the town from here.
The old women replied " Not too far" "you will reach there soon" 'Town is two miles far from here at the most' Buddha looked at that old women and laughed Old women also laughed Ananda looked at both of them And said " why are you both laughing" Buddha kept quite And started walking Ananda also kept on following him on the way to town Again more than two miles have passed But there is no sign of town They again ask a third person How far is the Town That person also gives the same reply which earlier two persons had given Buddha again laughed.
That third person also laughed But Ananda got impatient now He leaves his bag on the ground and says I am extremely tired now "I can not proceed further now" "And I feel we will never be able to cover these two miles." We believed thrice on these people "But these two miles are not ending" There was also a question in Ananda's mind He had spent almost forty years of life with Buddha He had learned to live with Buddha He knew that one should not ask unnecessary questions to Buddha But he said Now I don't care whether my question is necessary or unnecessary Unless or until I get the answer to my question I will not be satisfied He ask Buddha,' Master' Please tell me that When that farmer told us that town is just two miles away from here why you smiled And when that old woman told us that town is two miles away from here Then why you laughed.
Your response was same third time also what was the secret behind laughing Neither you knew these people nor they know you. Then what was going between your people? Buddha smiled and said They people were just like me Ananda When they saw me laughing they also understood That this person is like us we belong to the category of people who keep motivating others "Just two mile more and you will reach" In my whole life I have been doing this. I have always been telling people You are not far away from your destination. Just keep going and you will arrive.
And finally, they arrive. If you tell then beforehand that their destination is too far Then they will stop there But by covering two miles and then again two-mile They can cover the distance of hundreds of miles I laughed because I have visited this village earlier. I know that town is more than a hundred miles from here But I kept silent because you were very eager to know how far is town from here I knew that we will not be able to reach town before sunset. Those people were not lying Ananda.
They were very compassionate people. They were just trying to motivate us to proceed further They knew that if they tell us the town is too far from here we will get disappointed. And we can stop proceeding further First that farmer made you cover two miles Then that old lady made you cover two more miles And the same thing was done by that third person You need few more of these type of people And you will arrive your destination But now it seems that You are tired now. And Its ok we can spend tonight under this big tree.
Friends, in our life we need to keep on motivating each other similarly whenever you see anyone demoralized Just tell him that, ' My friend you are not far away from your goal." Just keep on moving And you will arrive at your destination Even if you know he is yet far away from his goal. If we all will keep on doing so Then a day will come when we all will reach our destination.
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