One of the most beautiful interpretations
of karma was sent to me recently. Being in Hindi, I am posting the English
version here.
Translation:
The eyes saw a fruit on a tree. They
desired the fruit. But because the eyes could only see, the feet walked to the
tree. Now since the feet could not pluck the fruit, the hands went up to pluck
it, the mouth ate it and the stomach digested it.
Now, let’s see. The one that saw the fruit
couldn’t go. The one that went didn’t pluck. The one that plucked didn’t eat.
The one that ate couldn’t keep it because the stomach took over.
When the gardener saw this, he beat up the
person with a stick on his back, whereas, the back had not been at fault at
all. But when the back became black and blue, the eyes shed the tears because
the eyes were the ones that had first spotted the fruit.
This is karma.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
