The Blessed Monk

It was a nice and pleasant day in the Himalayan valley. Birds were chirping and the sky was clear. You could hear the streams hurry down and flow about the monasteries. Learning in that same monastery was Sam, a devoted lad he was, always listening to the other monks.

One day during the preaching time a thunderous rainstorm struck over the monastery. Lightning filled the sky and rain flooded the lands. The preaching had to be stopped and everybody ran in except one, Sam.

He sat there preaching in spite of the floods all around him. His gurus tried numerous efforts to get him back in but all went in vain. Then suddenly a bolt of lightning struck poor Sam but to his surprise, he sat there preaching as both, the sun and moon sheltered him from the lightening. The storm was over and so was his preaching.

Everybody was left in awe about what just happened. After this act of Sam's devotion, everybody called him 'the sun moon lover' as his preaches to the sun and moon showed his love which protected him.