The Foolish Disciple

A great Sage once had a group of disciples.
They were all very bright and eager students
and the sage had all reason to be proud of them.
One day,
the sage realized that he had imparted,
enough knowledge to his disciples.
Now they were very learned.
There was only one thing
that the sage had not taught them.
And that was the special verse
that could bring the dead back to life.
The sage knew,
that such knowledge was too wonderful and
could prove to be a dangerous thing
In the hands of someone who was not very wise.
The wise sage pondered over this for a long time.
But he also knew
that if he did not pass on this secret verse,
it could die with him.
So, at last he called his cleverest disciple aside and said
I am going to teach you a very special verse.
If your chant this,
you can bring life into any dead person, or animal.
Use it only when you need to
and never misuse or test your powers vainly.
The sage called all the disciples together, and said
I am sending you all into the forest for 40 days.
Go together, and come back together.
Each one of you has to help,
and guide one another to do good things.
Yes, Guru Ji.
So, the disciples started out together into the forest.
They were all united.
But the clever disciple who knew the special verse
wanted to show how he was better than the others.
As they walked into the forest
they came across a dead tiger in the way.
It was huge and looked fierce even when dead.
Now,
I am going to show you
what our teacher has taught me alone.
How to bring Life back into the dead.
I will prove it to you by bringing this tiger back to life.
Please don't do anything to prove yourself vainly.
Moreover, if you put life into this tiger,
it will only turn on us and kill us all.
This will not be a wise thing to do.
But the Clever disciple had decided to prove his skills
and prepare to recite the verse.
But before he did so, the other disciples
scrambled up to the topmost branches of a big tree nearby.
the disciple then recited the magical verse.
First there was nothing.
And then slowly, the tiger began to breathe.
The Tiger opened his eyes
and saw this tiny human
jumping and shouting in front of him.
Roaring loudly,
the tiger pounced on the poor disciple and killed him.
After some time
the disciples came down
and took the body and went back to the sage.
What happened to him!?
Guru Ji,
He gave life to a dead tiger.
And he was killed by the same tiger.
The sage uttered the Magic verse,
and brought the Dead disciple back to life.
Oh Guru Ji.
Please forgive me.
My dear child,
Do you understand the consequences of misusing your power?
I understand Guru ji.
I will use my knowledge
and power only for good things.
Let this be a lesson to all of you.
And now,
I will teach the verse to all of you.
The sage taught the verse to all his disciples
and sent them into the world to do good.
He was sure,
that after such a lesson,
they would all be wiser, and used their knowledge, and learning
only for doing good.
So my dear children,
whenever you acquire power, or you have power in your position,
Please do not misuse it.
Always
Knowledge and power, should be handled in a very right way.
As children, You may not know.
but please take the advice of elders.
And always use your power in a positive way.
The moral of the story is,
Use your knowledge and power in a positive way.