Squirrel Inspirational - Every task should be given importance, however small it may be.

The story of a Squirrel from the Great Ramayana.

Lord Rama with a squirrel. ( A moment from the Great Ramayana.)

Squirrel : “Tiny, I am, Lord, and so I carried only pebbles.”
Lord Rama : “Tiny, you are, and yet you did the giant’s work.”

📖 Story Explained below 🚩 “ The Squirrel was blessed and because of its good virtue, could attain moksha by Lord Rama’s touch. ” Lord Rama and his army of monkeys were preparing for war with Ravana. Rama asked his army to build a bridge over the sea, to reach Lanka ( to get his wife Sita, who was abducted by Ravana and was held captive in his Kingdom). « Work began at once to lay a stone bridge. The monkeys pulled out rocks and heavy stones from the mountains and carried them to the sea. The stones were cut into desired shape and they began the bridge construction. • Thousands of monkeys worked day and night, as it was not an easy task to build a bridge on the sea.

Vanaras writing the name of Lord Rama on stones, to float them on water.

« One day, Rama saw a small Brown Squirrel. He was going up and down the seashore with little pebbles in his mouth. The little squirrel could carry only little pebbles at a time , as he was a very small creature. He carried the pebbles from the seashore and dropped them into the sea. A big monkey was carrying a heavy stone on his back , and the Squirrel came in the monkey's way. The monkey was about to step his foot on the Squirrel , and steps back and shouts at the Squirrel “ you are such a small creature, what are you doing here “?? The little squirrel looked at the giant monkey and says , “ I'm sorry, that you were about to fall, because of me, brother. I'm helping my lord Rama build the bridge , and I'm working hard for him”. Hearing this , all the monkeys burst out in laughter. All the monkeys start to make fun of the Squirrel , teasing that , they have never heard such a funny story. Then the Squirrel explains, “ I can't carry mountains or rocks. God gave me only a little strength , I can carry only pebbles. I will do my level best for my Rama “. « Then the monkeys say," dont be foolish, do you think we can build a bridge with pebbles “? The Squirrel least bothered about the monkeys remarks , start to do his work of carrying the pebbles. The monkeys become angry, and one of the monkey picks up the squirrel by his tail and throws him away. « The Squirrel, crying out the name of Rama, falls into his hands ! « Then Rama holds the squirrel close to him.

The touch of Lord Rama.

He says to the monkeys, “ we should never make fun of the weak and the small. What matters is the love , with which we accomplish any task, and it doesn't depend upon the strength or what work we do ! o LORD Rama further says “you are laying the bridge with huge stones, but did you realise that, the huge stones are binded together only because of the small gaps between them, being filled by the tiny grains of sand, got by the squirrel? “And due to this, the huge stones on the structure, have become strong “. And yet you are scolding this small creature!”. « Hearing this , all the Vanaras become shamed and bow down their heads. « Rama then turned to the Squirrel and thanked him for the help, and saying this he gently stroked the back of the Squirrel with his fingers , and thus three lines were formed, where the Lord Rama's fingers had touched the Squirrel. ☝️ What we learn from this story : 1. Every task should be given importance,however small it may be. 2. Have confidence in yourself. 3. Never give up in life. 4. Don't care for what people say, do your work with dedication. 5. Trust yourself and God.

Banyan Tree Learning Motivational Information

                        

You must have all seen a banyan tree. Have you ever seen a seed of a banyan tree? The size of the seed of a banyan tree is very small even smaller than a mustard seed. It is one of the great big trees in the world. 

Initially when it is just planted and born it does not have the many leafs or the branches but With time when it starts growing the many leaves and many branches and has to pick up the increasing weight of them. These branches start reaching the ground and provide support to the banyan tree. 

This is a very important teaching lesson of life. Without any self interest keep doing the good deeds tasks, help other people around in the community. Slowly with time those that you have provided support help will become your supporters and make your roots and base stronger, give it the big shape and increase the lifespan. Lifelong the selfless work and support to others will help you stay alive forever, remembered even when your gone. 

In the Gujarati language, banya means “grocer or merchant”, not “tree”. The Portuguese picked up the word to refer specifically to Hindu merchants, and passed it along to the English as early as 1599 with the same meaning. By 1634, English writers began to tell of the banyan tree, a tree under which Hindu merchants conducted their business. The tree provided a shaded place for a village meeting or for merchants to sell their goods. Eventually, “banyan” became the name of the tree itself.