Triple Filter Test

One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher Chanakya and said "Do you know what i just heard about your friend?"
"Hold on a minute",Chanakya replied."Before telling me anything i would like you to pass a little test.It is called the Triple Filter test".
"Triple Filter?"
"That is right",Chanakya continued,"Before you talk to me about my friend,it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you are going to say.That is why it is called Triple filter test.The first filter is "Truth".Have you made absolutely certain that what you are about to tell me is true?"
"No",the man said,"actually i just heard about it."
"All right",Chanakya."So you dont really know if it is true or not.Now let us try the second filter ,the filter of 'Goodness'.Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"
"No,on the contrary..."
"So",Chanakya continued,"You want to tell me something bad about him but you are not certain it is true.You may still pass the test because there is one filter left;the filter of 'Usefulness'.Is what you are going to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"
"No,not really"
"Well",concluded Chanakya,if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful,why tell it to me at all?"
moral-Lets use this triple filter test each time we hear loose talk about any of our near and dear ones

Birbal and Brinjal

One day emperor Akbar was having lunch.Birbal too was present with him.Akbar was praising brinjal as the most delicious vegetable.Birbal truely joined the king in his praises and even went to the extent of singing songs in the praise of brinjal.
A few days passed.Birbal was with the king again this time and they were having a meal together.The cook brought a dish made of brinjal.Akbar said "Oh no,not brinjal.It is the silliest vegetable i know.It has only seeds and no taste.Maybe you can serve it to Birbal.He likes it a lot."No ,No", exclaimed Birbal when the cook was about to serve him the curry,"I hate brinjal.It is a tasteless vegetable.I donot like it"."What? Birbal somedays back you sang the praises of brinjal.Now you are saying you donot like it",said the Emperor.
"Your majesty,when you praised brinjal,I joined you in doing so.Now that you say you do not like it,I join you too.I am loyal to the emperor and not to brinjal.Brinjal cannot give me ministership however much i praise it! " said Bribal smilingly.Akbar admired his honesty and intelligence.

Dear Readers,This is a blog exclusively for the stories and fables.I still remember how much as a child i enjoyed reading stories which actually used to inspire me to get up and go and tell stories during free periods in my school days,which had made me quite popular as the story teller!..I intend to continue the tradition as this beautful art is dying these days.Just to keep them alive am making a compilation of the ones i know :)...

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