Some time, all of the sudden, the horse
stopped and, despite prodding, would not budge even an inch. When he got down
to see what was wrong, he noticed that the horse was actually a mare. She had
been pregnant and had just given birth to baby horse. And due to her natural
maternal affection for her offspring, she was not ready to leave it.
Perplexed, the sadhu wondered how
he could make the horse move. Suddenly, an idea stuck him and he picked up the
baby horse and started walking. Being attached to her offspring, the mare
quietly followed him. The sadhu was very pleased with himself, “just see how
clever I am! I have tricked the horse into walking.”
But just a few steps he started
panting due to the weight of the foal. He then started thinking, “Hey! Wait a
minute! I wanted a horse to carry me, but I have ended up carrying horse! I was
much better off earlier; at least I did not have burden to carry.”In this way
we sometimes increase our facilities in order to enjoy life but later we see
that facilities become sources of trouble; we become slaves of those
facilities.
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