One day a meeting of parrots took place on a
tree. The topic of discussion was – from where did we parrots get into the
habit of learning by rote and then constantly repeating it? Because, we repeat
the word quite easily, however,
we don’t understand its meaning. We have no connect with the word. Then
why is it, that barring us,
no other animal does this foolishness?
There were many questions and finding
answers to all of these was difficult. However, when the intentions are strong,
the answers will definitely be found. After brainstorming
for an entire day, they found a very simple answer to their problem. A sensible
and elderly parrot had read somewhere that all this was nothing but the result of
the habits of our
past-life. In our past lives we all were pundits, maulvis or priests
and thus in our next life i.e. this life, we are born as parrots. And just like
our previous birth, where we would learn by rote without understanding the true
meaning of scriptures...today
as well, as parrots we
are compelled to do so. Just as we had kept our garb and attire different from other
human beings during those times, revengefully, Nature, in this life, has given us a green-coloured body and a red coloured
nose, thus differentiating us
from the rest of the bird species.
...This means, today we are suffering
because of our habit of chattering
without understanding. We have been demoted from human beings directly
to the level of being parrots. Such things happen; who has ever been able to
escape the consequences of his karma?
-
Deep Trivedi
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