Hate and jealousyHate and jealousy

• There was a poor man who meditated long and hard for years and years and one day he heard a spiritual voice.

• The voice said 'ask for anything and your wishes will be fulfilled'.

• The poor man was overjoyed, then the voice was feeling generous and said 'not only will your wish be fulfilled, but your neighbour will get double everything you ask for'.

• The poor man said 'that's fine with me as long as I get what I want it doesn't make any difference what my neighbour get'.

• So he asked for his first wish, 'I'm sick of living in this little hut, I want a beautiful palace' Lo and behold a palace appeared, he was very happy then he noticed that his neighbour had received 2 palaces.

• The poor man thought 'all these years I've been meditating long and hard, I should get all the rewards and my neighbour should get nothing.

• He spent all his time enjoying himself while I was being a hermit - he deserves nothing.'

• Jealousy and hate was welling up inside.

• . He asked the voice,' I want you to build a moat around my palace'.

• A moat appeared in front of his palace and 2 moats appeared around the neighbours' palaces. The poor man was fuming - jealousy was eating him away.

• Then he thought I'll teach my neighbour a lesson.• He said to the voice ‘ I want you to take back

everything and remove one of my eyes' • He chuckled to himself as only one of his eyes

would be lost but his neighbour would be totally blinded!

• He became poor again and blind by one eye

Moral :Moral :

No matter how much we pray and meditate it's all in vain if we haven't cleaned away

the 5 enemies (Anger, ego, lust, greed and attachment).