A Story

sridharo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:38:17 +0000

My dad had this unique way of telling stories to inculcate/teaching ethics and building our ( me and my sis) character.I feel these stories had a profound effect on us. To teach us about the sense of how NOT to compromise your ethics/ morals and your sense of responsibility to the society, he would narrate this ‘short’ story:

The cops had caught an elusive bandit who had looted and killed many people. He was brought before the Judge and was immediately sentenced to death. Hearing this, the bandit asked for a last wish and pleads to allow him see and seek blessings from his old mother. Seeing no harm in this,the Judge granted him this wish.
The next day, the authorities asked his mother to be present in the court. Upon seeing his son in in chains, she breaks down. With great difficulty , he moves across the room and to the shock of the whole court – slaps his mother and says “If only you stopped me when I stole a pencil for the first time at school…”

Here’s another Old Sanskrit saying my dad often quotes.

Know Or Know Not

sridharo — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:06:00 +0000

Hi,

To kick start my blogs,I would quote my dad :

A man who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool,shun him out…

A man who knows not and knows that he knows not,can be taught,guide him(mentor)…

A man who knows,but knows not that he knows,fell asleep,wake him(motivate)…

A man who knows and knows that he knows is a Leader,follow him.

This is an old Sanskrit saying.

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A Story

Know Or Know Not