Sai Baba Gita - The Tree, the River and the Cow

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The Tree, the River and the Cow

There are three important aspects of nature which are very useful to man. These

are the tree, the river and the cow. Without trees, rivers and cows, humanity

would not be able to function very well. Whatever violence is done to a tree,

however much trouble is given to it by cutting its branches and taking some of

its wood, the tree continues to give protection from rain and sun to any person

who takes shelter under it, and it will try to continue to give that person joy.

Trees have been doing good for people by giving fruit, flowers and fuel, even

though in return, people may have been doing harm to them.

In the case of rivers, however much the rivers are polluted by people, in

whatever way people may use and abuse them without showing any gratitude

towards them, they will still continue to serve humanity by bringing the fresh

waters from the clear mountain sides. And even as the rivers serve all, their

concentration is on reaching the ocean which is their home and goal. The waters

of rivers give life to humanity. Whether you put their pristine waters to good

use or bad, the rivers do not mind. They will continue to serve as they return

home to their ultimate source.

Then there are the cows who deny milk to their own calves in order to provide

milk for humanity. They freely give such a fine and nourishing food to mankind.

Whatever troubles you might give a cow, it will always give you sweet milk, not

bitter milk. So cows also have been doing only good for humanity, whereas

humanity may be giving all kinds of troubles to cows. Men may beat or encage

them, they may starve them or abuse them, but cows retain their peaceful inner

disposition and continue to serve, under all circumstances. These three, the

tree, the river and the cow are good examples of this sterling quality of

forbearance.

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