Chanakya Niti - Important lessons for life
So before starting I would like to tell you a story that, once in village there was a very poisonous snake who would bite everybody who came in front of him.
One day, a priest or in indian words a pujari was walking through the road where this poisonous snake was living, he saw the snake and cursed him that if further he done any harm to villagers with his poison, he would die at that moment.
Few months later, the same priest who cursed the snake was walking through that road where the snake was troubled by the children, the snake told the priest, '' Once this people who are troubling me now were so feared that they were not able to walk from this road''.
On contrary, the priest said that I cursed you not to bite anyone but I have not told you that you can't also fear them. This is an imaginary story .
But in Chanakya neeti, there is a famous line that if,''A snake is not that poisonous, then he should pretend that he is very poisonous.''
From this line Chanakya want to tell that if you are a good person then to at times you should show people that in difficult time, you are able to defend your family members anf if you not, then you will be the first person who will be sacrificed.
Next principle tells us that if you are talking to a fool or giving him a free advice at end you will only get sad. This same principle is explained in Dal Carnegi book, ''HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE'' .
In this book, Dale Carnegi told that once he and his friend gone to a party where a person was making other people laugh after that he told them a quotation''THERE IS A DIVINITY THAT SHAPES OUR ENDS / ROUGH HEW THEM HOW WE WILL'' , this quotation was from Shakespeare
play ''HAMLET'' but he told that it is from bible.
Dale Carnegi knew that the quotation was from Shakespeare play, now to show his superiority Dale Carnegi got into that conversation and told that person that it is not from bible but from Shakespeare play.
Now the person got angry and told that '' I have read it and I knew that it is from bible '' so Dale Carnegi's friend who were sitting beside him told that''Carnegi the quotation is from bible'' by hearing this Carnegi sat quite in his place.
While walking to the home Carnegi asked his friend that you knew thequotation is from Shakespeare and not from bible then his friend told that yes it was from Shakespeare play but then he told Carnegi that '' What would you get from it , one is either you will lose and turn wrong and your reputation will get hurt or that to whom you were opposing will get hurt and when he will get opportunity he will take his revenge from you.''
The third principle tells us that in this world every friendship is done with some own desire and this a noble truth but a wise person can't ignore this thing.
The fourth principle tells you that a person has find heaven on easth whose son is obedient, whose wife is loyal and who is satisfied with his money.
The fifth principle tells us that you should be aware of such persons who talk sweetly in front of you but at your back are planning to destroy you, such person are similar to pot of poison whose upper layer is like milk.
The sixth principle is very important which tells us that you should never trust on your enemy but Chanakya tells you should also be aware of your close friends because if he got hurted then he can disclose all your secret which can destroy you.
The seventh principle is ''Those parents who are not educating there children, they are the biggest enemy because when he go to talk with educated persons, he will be insulted. ''
The eight principle is '' A person who is seprated from his wife, a person who is insulted from his family, when in fight enemy is saved, serving a bad king, poverty and mismanaged assembly, all this things can destroy a person from inside.''
The ninth principle is '' A person should not tell this things to anyone such as he as lost money, the bad behaviour his wife has done to his him, he is angry, he is guilty and he had been given bad wordsby people.''
Last principle is '' A person should never feel shy in these four things which are food, business, money deal, learning.''
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