One day, all the students went to their master and said, "Master, Master, we all are going on a pilgrimage. The master said, “Why do you want to go on a pilgrimage trip? So that we can improve our devotion said the students.
The Master thought for a second and then said, “OK. Then do me a favor. Please take this horseradish root along with you and wherever you go and whichever temple you visit, place it in the altar of the Deity, take the blessings, and bring it back. So the students and the horseradish root went on the pilgrimage, from temple to temple.
When they finally came back, the Master said, "cook that root and serve it to me.” The students cooked it and served it to the master. After having the first bite, the master said, “How Surprising”!!!!! “What is so surprising” asked the students. The master smiled and replied, “Even after the pilgrimage to all those temples and all those blessings the horseradish root is still bitter. How come”? All the students replied, “That is the nature of that root.”
The master sat his students down and explained, “That’s exactly the point. Unless you change your nature, the pilgrimage will not make any difference. So, you & I, if we do not change ourselves, no teacher, guru, holy books, or any pilgrimage can make a difference in our lives.”
Moral: If you think positively, sound becomes music, Movement becomes dance, Smiles become laughter, Mind becomes meditative and life becomes a celebration.