Sai Prem
This podcast is dedicated to our spiritual Master sharing His universal teachings of Truth, Love, Right Conduct, Peace and Non violence through human value and moral stories . Stories connect with any age group people. Profound messages can be conveyed through simple stories. This is our humble attempt to spread these values through stories and experiences sharing. These are collection of stories from various resources which are collated in our blog Saibalsanskaar. (http://saibalsanskaar.wordpress.com) Most of the stories will be in English and from time to time we will be sharing in other Indian languages as well. Looking forward to all your support.
Sai Prem
Hearing Both Sides
In life, we go through many ups and downs but if we lead a life of being righteous, it will have a rippling impact on the environment we live in and the society at large.
Thereby, people will be in constant awareness to do justice in every act they do because constant awareness will guide them to differentiate between the good and bad. We need to be conscious of our duties not just to our family but also to society.
(https://saibalsanskaar.wordpress.com/2022/11/05/hearing-both-sides/)
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Value: Truth, Righteousness
Sub-Value: Justice, Compassion
An Indonesian judge by the name of Marzuki was sitting in judgment of an old lady who pleaded guilty of stealing some tapioca from a plantation.
In her defense, she admitted to the judge that she was indeed guilty of the crime because she was poor and her son was sick while her grandchild was hungry.
The plantation manager insisted that she be punished as a deterrent to others.
The judge went through the documents then looked up and said to the old lady, “I’m sorry but I cannot make any exception to the law and you must be punished.”
The old lady was fined Rupaiyah. 1 million (USD 100) and if she could not pay the fine then she will be jailed for 2 and a half years as demanded by the law. She wept as she could not pay the fine.
The judge then took off his hat and put in Rupaiyah, 1 million, into the hat and said, “In the name of justice, I fine all who are in the court Rp 50 thousand (USD 5.50) as dwellers of this city for letting a child starve until her grandmother has to steal to feed her grandchild. The registrar will now collect the fines from all present.”
The court managed to collect Rp 3.5 million (USD 350) whereby once the fine was paid off, the rest was given to the old lady including the fine collected from the plantation manager.
“Justice cannot be for one side alone but must be for both sides,” Eleanor Roosevelt.
Learning
In life, we go through many ups and downs but if we lead a life of being righteous, it will have a rippling impact on the environment we live in and the society at large.
Thereby people will be in constant awareness to do justice in every act they do because constant awareness will guide them to differentiate between the good and bad. We need to be conscious of our duties not just to our family but also to society.