The Master and his Dog

In Switzerland, at a small station, there is a statue of a dog. The dog belonged to a man who used to go every morning to work in the city; he lived in a small village. His dog used to come to give him a send-off every morning, and when he would return in the evening, the dog would be waiting on the platform to welcome him home.

But one day the man went and never returned. There had been an accident, and he died. But the dog waited. The train came; the dog went into every compartment, tears in his eyes, looking for his master. All the passengers left, but the dog would not leave. He waited for the next train, perhaps hoping the man might had missed the train.

He would not eat anything and he would not drink anything, and he was sitting in the same place continuously for seven days. At first the station master and the staff tried to chase him away, but by and by, they felt that they were not doing good. With a continuous flow of tears, he was checking every train, day in, day out. Not a single train passed that he did not go into and look in every compartment. And on the seventh day, hungry because he used to eat with his master he died in the same place, waiting.

Can we state say this dog was not religious? He knew what love is, more than human beings. He knew what friendship is, he knew what dedication is. And the village and the station master realized the fact that they had been very cruel in chasing the dog away. Just as repentance, they made a statue of the dog,who is still waiting, eyes fixed upon the same compartment from which his master used to come out to meet him. If nothing surprises us and nothing fills us with wonder, we are like dead; otherwise, the whole existence is our temple.Trees are meditating, birds are praying, animals are showing their gratitude & faithfulness, stars are continually moving around a center which science has not been able to find yet; Each existence on earth soul has life, love them, nurture them