The Story Of The Little Drummer Boy
Around Christmas time, with the traditional hymns you will also hear a popular song that includes herhythmic thump of voices replicaingthe sound of the deep bass drum. Vritten in 1941, 'The Little Drummer Boy', originally titled 'Carol Of The brum', has become a favourite Christnas song around the world. The words of the song, narrated by a ittle boy, tell how he hears from those round him of a newborn King. And of ow they are gathering uptheir finest ifts to bring to the new King to honour im. He knows that he is a poor boy who as no material goods as he was not a vealthy child, and yet he decides th athe as one giftthat he can bring to the King which is his talent to play the drum. In to be true: He gets to see the new born King and the boy begins to use his talent to honour him and is rewarded by his smile of acceptance of his heartfelt gift. The story of the Little Drummer Boy resembles a 12th-century legend that Anatole Franceretold as Le Jongleur de Notre Dame or Our Lady's Juggler. The French legend tells of a juggler, again with nothing else to offer, who juggles in front of a statue of Mary, much to the horror of some monks present, who accuse him of blasphemy. But it goes on to tell how the statue comes briefly to life, and smilingat him throws him a rose, silencing the juggler's accusers. In the Buddhist tradition a story is told of an old beggar woman named Relying and other people making offerings to Buddha, andthere was nothing she would have liked more than to be able to do the same. So one day, intending to make her offering too, she went out begging. But at the end of a whole day all she had was one small coin. The oil-merchant took pity on her and gave her a small amount of the oil. That evening she took it to the monastery, poured the oil into an empty lamp and lit the wick, and made this wish: "Ihave nothing to offer but this tiny lamp. But through this offering, in the future may I be blessed with the lamp of wisdom. May I work to free all beings from darkness, helping them to reach enlightenment. That night the oil inall the other lamp was still burning at dawn, whenBuddha's disciple Maudgalyayana carto collect all the lamps. When he saw thone was stillalight, full of oil and withnew wick, he thought, "There's no reawhy this lamp shouldstill be burningthe day time", and he tried to blow itouBut it kept on burning. He tried to snuout with his fingers, smother it withhrobe, but still it burnton. The Buddha had been watching,said, "Maudgalyayana, do you want put out that lamp? You cannot. The water in all the rivers and the lakes othe world could not extinguish itbecause this lamp was offered with devotion and with purity of heart anmind." He made a prophesy that in thfuture she would become aperfect
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The Story Of The Little Drummer Boy
Around Christmas time, with the traditional hymns you will also hear a popular song that includes herhythmic thump of voices replicaingthe sound of the deep bass drum. Vritten in 1941, 'The Little Drummer Boy', originally titled 'Carol Of The brum', has become a favourite Christnas song around the world. The words of the song, narrated by a ittle boy, tell how he hears from those round him of a newborn King. And of ow they are gathering uptheir finest ifts to bring to the new King to honour im. He knows that he is a poor boy who as no material goods as he was not a vealthy child, and yet he decides th athe as one giftthat he can bring to the King which is his talent to play the drum. In to be true: He gets to see the new born King and the boy begins to use his talent to honour him and is rewarded by his smile of acceptance of his heartfelt gift. The story of the Little Drummer Boy resembles a 12th-century legend that Anatole Franceretold as Le Jongleur de Notre Dame or Our Lady's Juggler. The French legend tells of a juggler, again with nothing else to offer, who juggles in front of a statue of Mary, much to the horror of some monks present, who accuse him of blasphemy. But it goes on to tell how the statue comes briefly to life, and smilingat him throws him a rose, silencing the juggler's accusers. In the Buddhist tradition a story is told of an old beggar woman named Relying and other people making offerings to Buddha, andthere was nothing she would have liked more than to be able to do the same. So one day, intending to make her offering too, she went out begging. But at the end of a whole day all she had was one small coin. The oil-merchant took pity on her and gave her a small amount of the oil. That evening she took it to the monastery, poured the oil into an empty lamp and lit the wick, and made this wish: "Ihave nothing to offer but this tiny lamp. But through this offering, in the future may I be blessed with the lamp of wisdom. May I work to free all beings from darkness, helping them to reach enlightenment. That night the oil inall the other lamp was still burning at dawn, whenBuddha's disciple Maudgalyayana carto collect all the lamps. When he saw thone was stillalight, full of oil and withnew wick, he thought, "There's no reawhy this lamp shouldstill be burningthe day time", and he tried to blow itouBut it kept on burning. He tried to snuout with his fingers, smother it withhrobe, but still it burnton. The Buddha had been watching,said, "Maudgalyayana, do you want put out that lamp? You cannot. The water in all the rivers and the lakes othe world could not extinguish itbecause this lamp was offered with devotion and with purity of heart anmind." He made a prophesy that in thfuture she would become aperfect
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The views expressed in the Article above are Marguerite Theophil kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Marguerite Theophil Speaking Tree,Times of India