It is often said that, "We people, are doing or achieving things as per our carved Fate or Destiny". But, now the big question is, who carves our destiny? Is it the Almighty or We, ourselves define what to do & what not to?
This
has been an ongoing debate for almost like centuries & I’m no one to make a
clear cut distinction between them. But I've been trying to convince
people around me to believe in their KARMA instead of praying to someone who
may or may not exist. There is short story which may pour some light on this
topic.
Once, A
great Japanese warrior named Nobunaga decided to attack the enemy. Although, he
had only one-tenth the number of men the opposition commanded. He knew that he
would win, but his soldiers were in doubt.
On the
way he stopped at a Shinto shrine and told his men: “After I visit the shrine I
will toss a coin. If heads comes, we will win; if tails, we will lose. Destiny
holds us in her hand.”
Nobunaga
entered the shrine and offered a silent prayer. He came forth and tossed a
coin. Heads appeared. His soldiers were so eager to fight that they won their
battle easily.
“No one
can change the hand of destiny,” his attendant told him after the battle.
“Indeed
not,” said Nobunaga, showing a coin which had been doubled, with heads facing
either way.
Well,
one can still say that, "it was his destiny to have a double-headed
coin". But, it was the KARMA of Nobunaga & his soldiers
that helped them win the battle.
