We often say that the soul does not die. And the physical body dies and then when the body dies, the soul continues it's journey to Astral world and then is reborn. We also believe that the soul is same even when it is in animals. In fact we progress from animal to human beings. But in spite of knowing this or believing in this, we don't treat other human beings with respects and animals - forget about them.So our behavior is not good . This is the not so when it comes to saints and evolved souls who act as they preach.
Ekanath was one of the saints who was devoted to God and it showed in his behavior. Many Hindus believe in purity of RIVER GANGES or Ganga. One who bathes in it his sins are washed out. One also keeps water from the Ganga in house . There is a custom that when someone is about to die, putting water from Ganga leads him to Nirvana. So Ekanath traveled to the Ganga and bathed in it and then got some water from it and was going home .While he was walking away from the river he came across many other devotees who had done the same thing and were also carrying the water from the Ganga. It was noon and it was summer and so the temperature was high . As he was walking he saw a donkey lying down and it was thirsty and was suffering with thirst. The other devotees were passing buy.they did not pay any attention to the dying donkey. They had water but they had carried the water but they wanted to take it home and not give it to donkey. Ekanath stopped and without thinking for a second, he sat down on the road in dirt and opened the donkey's mouth and poured the water from the Ganga . For him saving a life of donkey was more important than having water in in his home.He believed that the soul in donkey was the same soul that human beings have.
Many of us believe in Law of Karma ,but we don't realize that when we do not ACT ,it is still an ACT or Karma . When people did not do the Right thing or anything, they did Create BAD Karma . So Lack of Karma or action is actually a bad action in this case.
Ekanath was one of the saints who was devoted to God and it showed in his behavior. Many Hindus believe in purity of RIVER GANGES or Ganga. One who bathes in it his sins are washed out. One also keeps water from the Ganga in house . There is a custom that when someone is about to die, putting water from Ganga leads him to Nirvana. So Ekanath traveled to the Ganga and bathed in it and then got some water from it and was going home .While he was walking away from the river he came across many other devotees who had done the same thing and were also carrying the water from the Ganga. It was noon and it was summer and so the temperature was high . As he was walking he saw a donkey lying down and it was thirsty and was suffering with thirst. The other devotees were passing buy.they did not pay any attention to the dying donkey. They had water but they had carried the water but they wanted to take it home and not give it to donkey. Ekanath stopped and without thinking for a second, he sat down on the road in dirt and opened the donkey's mouth and poured the water from the Ganga . For him saving a life of donkey was more important than having water in in his home.He believed that the soul in donkey was the same soul that human beings have.
Many of us believe in Law of Karma ,but we don't realize that when we do not ACT ,it is still an ACT or Karma . When people did not do the Right thing or anything, they did Create BAD Karma . So Lack of Karma or action is actually a bad action in this case.
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