Once upon a time, there was a man who had a burning desire to seek answers about his future from Buddha. As he embarked on his journey, he encountered various characters along the way.
First, he met a tortoise. “Where are you going?” asked the tortoise. “I’m on my way to meet Buddha,” replied the man. The tortoise expressed its desire to transform into a dragon but felt stuck. “When will I succeed?” it asked the man. Noting down the question, the man continued his journey.
Further down the road, he encountered an old man who inquired, “Where are you headed?” “To find Buddha,” the man responded. The old man sought answers about his daughter’s silence, asking when she would speak. Making a note of this question as well, the man pressed on, eager to find enlightenment.
As he journeyed on, he came across a magician. “Where are you off to?” asked the magician. “I’m on my way to see Buddha,” the man replied. The magician confided in the man, expressing his desire to enter heaven but feeling incapable. “When will I go?” he asked. The man noted down the magician’s question, feeling a sense of responsibility to help.
Finally, the man reached Buddha. However, Buddha laid down a rule: he could only ask three questions. Feeling torn, the man sacrificed his own query, realizing that the others’ concerns were more pressing.
Buddha answered each question with wisdom:
- The tortoise would become a dragon when it shed its shell.
- The magician would find heaven when he relinquished his magical stick.
- The girl would speak when she found her life partner.
The Man return with answer and meet first with Tortoise and give him the answer :
Buddha tells that “the tortoise will become a dragon when it lets go of its shell”, tortoise left its shell and become a dragon, in tortoise shell there is many gold pearl coming and man will take all of that and proceed further.
He met with magician and give him the answer: “the magician will free himself when he drops his magical stick and he can find heaven”, he thanks the man and gives his magical stick to him, and suddenly he found the heaven.
Finally, the man reached the old man and shared Buddha’s answers. Both of them were confused at first. But suddenly, the old man’s daughter appeared and surprisingly asked the man “why all of you are so confused”, The old man understood the answer and decided to marry his daughter to the honest man as suggested by Buddha.
every body is left something and find something, but the one who leaves nothing for hims self gets everything.
It’s a reminder that sometimes letting go of our own desires and attachments can lead to greater fulfillment and abundance in life.
