Fortunate people love and are loved.
But material fortune is flickering. This story is all about it.
Ramdas was a rickshaw driver in Vraja. But the business collapsed. It made him feel bad. He says: »What a misfortune!«
His father replies: »Fortune or misfortune, we will see.«
Ramdas moves to the small village to spend more time with his father.
He likes the fresh air and his caring father.
Often, he goes into the forest to gather 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 the 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 into 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 will have enough milk!« says the son.
Father wisely adds: »Fortune or misfortune, we will see.«
After eight days, the calf falls into a nearby river. Ramdas saves her, but unfortunately injures his arm.
»What misfortune befalls 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 in 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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