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By : Suryanarayan Murthy, Asst Vice President (Corporate Finance), A Hydro Power Project
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A Sufi Story

Once upon a time, a fox that lost its legs lived in a forest. A forester who used to hunt saw the animal and wondered how it got its food. One day, he noticed a tiger approaching. The beast was dragging a fresh kill behind. It lay down on its favorite spot – incidentally, near the fox hole – and gorged on the meat. After its belly was full, it got up and rambled away. The fox ate the rest.

This happened repeatedly.

The man thought: “This is indeed mysterious. It must be the god that instructs the tiger to bring the fox, food. I’m a staunch believer in god and if I sit in a corner without hunting, I’m sure I will also receive divine kindness”.

Days passed and he starved and became skin and bones. As he was dying, he heard a voice:

“See the Truth! Why didn’t you follow the example of that tiger instead of imitating the fox”

(And Rumi said “You have feet; why pretend that you’re a lame?)

 

Source: Indian Express dated 18th Sept 2011

 
9 comments on "A Sufi Story"
  Commented by  Nagpal Singh, Sales and Business Development, Babel Group of companies    | 08 21 2012 12:52:10 +0000
Good one ... my son and my nephew listened it attentively and hailed the moral ...
  Commented by  MANISHA MANSATA, Software Specialist, eCinicalworks    | 04 18 2012 06:00:51 +0000
very nice and inspirable...
  Commented by  Srinivas suravajhala, Asst. Manager.    | 04 18 2012 05:28:43 +0000
Amazing sir.  How we interpret is important, here the forester misinterpreted.  The misinterpretations of the religious preachings ruining the world today.  
  Commented by  Brigadier (Retd) Sunil Chadha,, Retd    | 04 17 2012 07:58:45 +0000
saw this nice story today. man's nature - path of least resistance - one tends to see what one wants to see. thx murthy sir - this one is truly tremendous.
  Commented by  ujjval jain, Retail, Retail    | 09 21 2011 08:41:43 +0000
Right said friend....
  Commented by  Nitin M Aras, Head/VP/GM-Tech. Support, ODTIN Food Solutions Pvt Ltd    | 09 19 2011 11:24:58 +0000
Fantastic...
  Commented by  Namrata Chauhan, IT recruiter, Pinaki Consultant    | 09 19 2011 09:33:22 +0000
thank u so much or sharing murthy sir it's really very nice 
  Commented by  S. Muralidharan, Head, Project Planning/Strategy, Knowledge Foundation    | 09 19 2011 09:19:52 +0000
Good one, sir.  Thanks for sharing. 
  Commented by  Virag Shah, Confidential    | 09 19 2011 05:55:08 +0000
Yes, sir very nice story and conclusion part. But, today's time very difficult to find in real way or it can say that we may never see such thing also.

Thanks sir for referal..
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