The great tree of sorrows

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THE GREAT TREE OF SORROWS

Baba said, "As long as the body remains, samsara remains. None escapes it. How

can you?" (in Baba’s Charters and Sayings #113), and also "Our Karma is the

cause of our happiness and sorrow, therefore, put up with whatever comes to

you" (in Sri Sai Satcharitra Ch.XXXIV)

Once upon a time, people used to complain about their sufferings and pains.

Each one affirmed that "his sufferings were the worst of all, that God had afflicted him most."

Then, the Master, the Zadik told them a story:

On the days of judgement, when all people met before God, God allowed them to be

free from all their sufferings by hanging them on the branches of the "Great

Tree of Sorrows". After that, for a long time everybody was free from pain and

sorrow. They could enjoy themselves to their heart’s content. At the end of

that glorious time, God asked the people to go around the "Great Tree of

Sorrows" and pick up from the tree, any sorrows they would find best to them.

People went around and around the tree. They looked at all the sorrows hanging

from its limbs. It wasn’t easy for them to decide which sorrows to choose.

Finally, when all had picked up the sorrows of their choice, God looked around

and lo and behold. Each one had reclaimed his own.

(Courtesy: East and West Series)

 

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