Family Day By Day : หน้า 132/216 This section discusses the importance of patience and favorable conditions in realizing the outcomes of good deeds, using banana cultivation as a metaphor.
Part Five: Truth for the Family
But does that mean that we should not put in the
effort? Not exactly. It just means that it may take time
to bear fruit someday. After three or four months,
although there is still no banana to consume, there
will be banana leaves that we can use for wrapping.
After eight or nine months, there is yet no banana
to eat, but there will be banana blossoms to eat with
condiments. After we have been watering and turning
the soil for a year, then we get to enjoy bananas.
Ah The Sweet taste of success! A banana plant is
one of the easiest plants to grow, and yet it takes 12
months before we can enjoy the yield. Similarly,
favorable outcomes of good deeds also take time to
come to fruition. So when someone complains that
he has pursued the right objective, exerted the fullest
effort, and kept within bounds, and yet has not seen
the fruit of his good deeds, then he must be told to
be more patient.
2. Locality. If we plant two banana trees, one next to
a big watering area and the other inside a dry room,
the seedling that gets the water will be much more
productive. The one next to the watering area will
receive water each morning as people wake up, wash
their face, take a drink, water the flowers, or wash
clothes. Whenever the water is dumped on the ground,
the tree benefits. It will grow faster than others since it
happens to be near a water source. It is the same when
we carry out good deeds. If the locality is conducive,
then the outcome will materialize sooner than
somewhere else less favorable. But here is a word of
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The Law of Kamma