How it benefitted others in the good way.

Someone thinking they're right but they may not always be right...read this short story!

It had happened after Swami Vivekananda had returned after his great address at world parliament of religion and everyone in country knew about him.

Vivekananda was wandering near Himalayas and came across a river. There he saw that boat had already left the bank.

So he sat by shore to wait for boat to come back. In meantime, a monk came.

He saw Swami Vivekananda sitting there, he approached him and said, “Why are you sitting here..?”

Swami Vivekananda replied, “I am waiting for boat..”

Monk questioned, “What’s your name?”

Swami Vivekananda replied, “I am Vivekananda..”

Monk replied in mocking tone, “Oh..!! So you are famous Vivekananda, who thinks that just by speaking in foreign, he can become a great sage..”

Swami Vivekananda didn’t said anything.

Then Monk demonstrated his power by walking few meters on river and then said, “Can you cross the river like I did?”

Swami Vivekananda showing respect humbly said, “Indeed it’s a great power.. But can you tell me how much time it took you to gain such great power?”

Monk proudly replied, “It’s was not easy. I did twenty years of extreme meditation then i got this power..”

Saying this Monk seemed very proud.

Seeing this Swami Vivekananda replied, “You wasted 20 years to learn something that a boat would help me do in 5 minutes. You could have devoted these 20 years serving the destitute the poor. You wasted 20 years to save 5 mins, its not wisdom.”

Monk was left speechless..

Moral is :

 

Its not how we used our time all the way but its for what we used it all the way and how it benefitted others in the good way.