Fortunate people love and are loved.
But material fortune is flickering. This story is all about it.
Ramdas was riksha driver in Vraja. His company collapsed. It made him feel bad. He says: » What a misfortune! «
His father replies: »Fortune or misfortune, we will see. «
Ramdas moves to a small village to spend some time with his father.
He likes fresh air and his caring father.
Often he goes to the forest to get some wood.
There he notices a lonely calf. Ramdas carefully pets her and looks for her mother cow. He can´t find the cow. While returning home, he notices a little calf following him.
Son tells his father: » Look, what a fortune! When the calf grows, we’ll have plenty of milk! «
Father continues: »Fortune or misfortune, we will see « and he feeds the calf.
The very next day the calf disappears.
» What a misfortune! « laments the son.
His father says: » Fortune or misfortune, we will see. «
In the afternoon Ramdas goes to the forest. He sees the same calf resting with her mother cow. Finally, the cow and calf follow him back into the village.
Father makes some extra space for the calf and cow.
» This is our fortune! Now we have enough milk! « says the son.
Father wisely adds: » Fortune or misfortune, we will see. «
After eight days the calf falls into the nearby river. Ramdas saves her but unfortunately hurts his arm.
» What a misfortune for me! « screams the son.
His father replies: » Fortune or misfortune, we will see … «
The situation of material fortune and misfortune is ever-changing.
The appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance due course arise from sense perception.
They come and go like the summer and winter seasons.
One must learn how to tolerate them without being disturbed.
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