Tales From Masnavi

   

It is not only the modern societies who are aware of the power of negative speech. Our past saints were also very conscious about this. One of the stories in Hazrat Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi has a meaningful speech.

A village madrasah. The master of madrasah had a good health and less infected by disease. He lived beside the madrasah and went there regularly. So the students also had to come to madrasah regularly. As the master was less affected by any disease so there was no additional or sudden leave in madrasah. Everything was going well. But regular classes became a boring matter for some students.

One day a leader  among the students made a plan with them. According to leader's advice, the students started working the next day.

Like every day the master entered the madrasha. after some time, a student said, 'Assalamu alaikum mastarji! Are you well? How do you feel!’ Hearing this masterji rebuked him and told him to prepare his lesson. Then another student came. The second student also greeted him saying, ‘How do you feel teacher!Is your health good?’ Masterji rebuked him too and told him to make lesson. But in the mean time he disturbed a little bit. Then the third student also greeted him and said, “Masterji! Do you have a fever? Your eyes look  redish!” Master also rebuked him too. But seeing the behavior of the students, he was getting excited with anger inside.  And due to anger he started feeling a little sick. He ordered the students to make their lesson. Then he came back to home. When he left, the student leader told the students to read even louder.

The most annoying thing to the sick people is the noise. Their master also became annoyed with their sound. Then he told them to leave the madrasa for that day. The students were also expecting these. They left the school with joy, went to the field and started to play. Their plan was succeeded.

Now think, with the power of negative speech, if a few students can make their healthy teacher ill, then how bad it will be, when a wise person do the same? Think about it!

Source:
Quantum Method, Mohajatok