Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

"Faith in the Guru, practice, and patience are three very important ingredients for our life It was the last day of learning for the disciples in the ashram. A final exam was to be taken that day. If successful in this, they would go back to their home. If they failed, they would have to stay back and get further education in the ashram. Acharya ji (the head master) gave bamboo baskets to all the disciples. He then asked them to fill the baskets with water from the nearby river, and bring to the ashram to water the plants. Some disciples thought that what kind of test is Master taking, water cannot stay in the bamboo basket! Nevertheless, following the orders of Acharya ji, all the pupils took their baskets and went to the river and started filling water. As soon as the basket was pulled out of the river, all the water would flow out from the holes of the basket. Some of the disciples gave up in a couple of attempts, saying it was impossible, and came back to the ashram. Some kept...