Motivation

Today I am going something that motivates me to study.

I hope you know Gautam Buddha, the enlightened one. When he was young, he wanted to find the cause of all pain and sufferings like ageing, illness and death. He believed that all the sufferings of life were rooted inside the man himself. So he set his goal to explore his inside, his mind through meditation. For this Gautam, the then crown prince of Lumbini, left his palace and his family, and turned to ascetic life in the lonliness of forests.

When he first sat down under a tree for meditation, he could not concentrate... Sometimes the sun was burning his skin, sometime the bugs were exploring his face, someday the weather was too cold. In this way, he could never carry-on with his meditation. So he thought he had enough of it and something needed to be done..

So what he did the next sunny day was that he sat all day in the hot sun. He continued this suffering until he stopped feeling the most extreme heat of the sunlight. Similarly, next day, he walked continuously through a bush full of thorns. He walked until he stopped feeling the sharp thorns. Likewise, he continued with sitting in the cold icy environment and several other 'exercises'. This was his preparation for his meditation.

Finally, when he sat next time for meditating, nothing could disturb him and he could concentrate for days and months alike. And we all know the end result - he got Enlightment. This story motivates me to study every boring or maybe difficult concepts in maths or chemistry with extreme devotion. If you give enough time to such topics you can understand its importance and start enjoying it.....

Wishing All The Best to you...