The Three Wishes of the Great Greek King Alexander - මහා ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩ්‍ර‍ර් ‍ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ නායකයාගේ අවසන් ඉල්ලීමි 03

The Three Wishes of the Great Greek King Alexander

මහා ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩ්‍ර‍ර් ‍ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ නායකයාගේ අවසන් ඉල්ලීමි 03

"My first desire is that," said Alexander, "My physicians alone must carry my coffin." After a pause,

රාජකීය වෛද්‍යවරැන් විසින් මාගේ දේහය සොහොන් බිමට රැගෙන ආ යුතුය.

he continued, 

"Secondly, I desire that when my coffin is being carried to the grave, the path leading to the graveyard be strewn with gold, silver and precious stones which I have collected in my treasury.

දෙවනුව, මගේ  දේහය සොහොන් බිමට රැගෙන යන අතර මග මාව්සින් රැස්කරා වු මාගේ භාණ්ඩා‍ගාරයේ ඇති සියලු රන් රිදී හා වටිනා දේ මග දෙපස දැමිය යුතුය..

"My third and last wish is that both my hands be kept dangling out of my coffin." 

තුන්වනුව, මා මිය ගිය පසු මාගේ දෑත් එක්කොට නොතබන්න එය ‍දෙපසට කර තබන්න.

He explained the reason briefly.

එසේ කීමට හේතු පැහැදිලි කල මහා ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩ්‍රර් රජු,

"I would like the world to know of the three lessons I have just learnt. I want my physicians to carry my coffin because people should realize that no doctor can really cure anybody. They are powerless and cannot save a person from the clutches of death. So let not people take life for granted".

මම මේ මෙහොතේ අවබෝධකර ගත් කාරණය මට මේ ලෝකයට ප්‍රකාශකර යුතුයි. පළමුව මා ‍මාගේ දේහය රාජකීය වෛද්‍යවරැන් විසින්ම රැගෙන යා යුතු බව කීවේ රාජකීය වෛද්‍ය වරැන් වීත් ඔවුන්ට මාගේ ජීවිත බේරා ගැනීමට නොහැකි වූ බව ඒත්තු ගැනිවීමටයි.. වෛද්‍යවරැන්ට මිනිසුන් සෙහොන් බමි කරා යන ගමන වැලැක්වීමට නොහැකි බව ඒත්තු ගැන්වීමටයි..

The second wish of strewing gold, silver and other riches on the way to the graveyard is to tell people that not even a fraction of gold will come with me. I spent all my life earning riches but cannot take anything with me. Let people realize that it is a sheer waste of time to chase wealth.

දෙවනුව මා ජීවිත කාළයේ රැස්කරා වු මාගේ භාණ්ඩා‍ගාරයේ ඇති සියලු රන් රිදී හා වටිනා දේ සියල්ල මග දෙපස දැමිය යුතුය යන ලෙස කීවේ මා රැස් කල එක් ‍හෝ දෙයකින් අවසන් මොහොතේ මාගේ ජීවිතය බේ‍රාගැනීමට නොහැකි වුනා, ජීවිත කාළයේ රැස්කරා වු කිසිම වටිනා දෙයක් අවසානයේ අවශ්‍ය අනවශ දේ බවට පත්වන බව ලෝකයාට පැහැදිලි කිරීමයි...

And about my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I wish people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world."

තෙවනුව, මා මිය ගිය පසු දෑත් එක්කොට නොතබන්න එය ‍දෙපසට කර තබන්න.. මම මේ ලෝකයට පැමිණියේ හිස් අතින් බවත් ලෝකයෙන් සමු ගන්නේ හිස් අතින් බවත් මිනිසුන් හට වටහා ගැනීමට ඉඩ දෙන්න.. අවසානයේ මා කිසිවක් එක් රැස් කල කෙනෙකු නොවන බව මිනිසුන්ට අවබෝධ කර ගනීමට ඉඩ දෙන්න..

Posted & Translated by Kasun Gayasri 

The Road to Happiness

When I travel on business, I like to talk to the taxi drivers who take me from the airport to my hotel, or to a convention center, or to a restaurant. Taxi drivers are often immigrants with interesting personal histories and unusual cultural backgrounds. I ask them how long they've been in America , how they chose which city to live in, and what they like best about where they live. Of course, I also ask them for advice on good local restaurants and any special attractions they'd recommend to a visitor. I've had some great experiences on my travels, thanks to the advice of taxi drivers!

 

On one trip about ten years ago, I was making conversation with the taxi driver, asking him my usual questions about how he came to live where he lived. Then I asked him a hypothetical question: "If you could live anywhere in the world-and if money was no object-where would you live?"

 

Without hesitating even for a second, he replied, "I live in my heart. So it really doesn't matter where my body lives. If I am happy inside, then I live in paradise, no matter where my residence is."

 

I felt humbled and a little foolish for my question. Of course he was right;happiness is an inside job. He had reminded me of something I already knew, but had forgotten. If you can't find happiness inside yourself, you'll never find it in the outside world, no matter where you move. Wherever you go, there you are. You take yourself with you.

 

I am grateful for the wisdom of that taxi driver. And I'm grateful for all the wisdom others have shared with me about how to be happy.

 

Extract from Internet  

By Kasun Gayasri

What a nice information about Japan People

What a nice information about Japan People

1 - Did you know that Japanese children clean their schools every day for a quarter of an hour with teachers, which... led to the emergence of a Japanese generation who is modest and keen on cleanliness.

2 - Did you know that any Japanese citizen who has a dog must carry bag and special bags to pick up dog droppings. Hygiene and their eagerness to address cleanliness is part of Japanese ethics.

3 - Did you know that hygiene worker in Japan is called "health engineer" and can command salary of USD 5000 to 8000 per month, and a cleaner is subjected to written and oral tests!!

4 - Did you know that Japan does not have any natural resources, and they are exposed to hundreds of earthquakes a year but do not prevent her from becoming the second largest economy in the world? -

5 - Did you know that Hiroshima returned to what it was economically vibrant before the fall of the atomic bomb in just ten years?

6 - Did you know that Japan prevents the use of mobile in trains, restaurants and indoor

7 - Did you know that in Japan students from the first to sixth primary year must learn ethics in dealing with people -

8 - Did you know that the Japanese even though one of the richest people in the world but they do not have servants. The parents are responsible for the house and children -

9 - Did you know that there is no examination from the first to the third primary level; because the goal of education is to instill concepts and character building, not just examination and indoctrination. -

10 - Did you know that if you go to a buffet restaurant in Japan you will notice people only eat as much as they need without any waste. No wasteful food.

11 - Did you know that the rate of delayed trains in Japan is about 7 seconds per year!! They appreciate the value of time, very punctual to minutes and seconds

12 -. Did you know that children in schools brush their teeth (sterile) and clean their teeth after a meal at school; They maintain their health from an early age -

13 - Did you know that students take half an hour to finish their meals to ensure right digestion When asked about this concern, they said: These students are the future of Japan

Extract from internet

Thank for the original Writer

By Kasun Gayasri