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heartedness! We don't have anything else, or else we could that soul was? At least, you need to surely tonsure your head.”
have offered dona ons and erected a bird's grain-feeding A er listening to the talks of the priest even the merchant aped
tower on his name. At least, we should tonsure our head and him.
bath in the river “Thinking thus, the scholar shaved his head In the mean me, many customers stepped the shop.
and bathed in the river. When he was returning back in the They pointed the merchant's bald head and asked, “What
market, a merchant pointed to his bald head and asked him, happened gentleman! Has someone died today?”
“What happened? Learned man! What is this? Has someone “Oh, my brother! The demise occurred is not of a
died today? common man. Actually, that great saint 'Jogeshwar' has died!”
“Hey, good man! Don't you know? That 'Jogeshwar “Really? The saint has died? So do we've to do
Maharaj' has died!” something?”
Now see the blind race of the worldly people! What is “Oh, venerable! It's not enough as much as you do! Lo y
our specific richness as a human just like the diamond's sharp soul! Should we remain without tonsuring our heads?”
gleam, pearl's exquisite beauty, swi ness and valour of a horse As such, many people tonsured their heads! It spread
etc.? We just don't think about it…. We do useless and fu le through-out in the market.
things which neither suits our dignity nor is our duty. Those There, a prominent business tycoon arrived. He saw
things are body's pamper and nourishment, smoothening the everyone's heads tonsured. He asked, “Why? Brother! What
skin, pomp and show off of designer ou its etc. We become happened today? Everyone…..?”
mad and crazy in ge ng the speciali es of each place but not in “Oh, sir! Don't you know? A terrible incident occurred in
case of human life. So we lose our rich pres ge as a human kind
the city! Really terrific! That… great saint 'Jogeshwar' has
and look low in the eyes of highly knowledgeables and become
died….”
a prey of slaps and thrashes by karma and me! We were “What are you saying? Oh, poor fate! Very less noble
stricken and slapped, infinite mes in the past, even then it
souls take birth while the noble oldies are dying. Then the ones
feels like surprising that the worldly people are not stopping
like me should tonsure the head first!” The businessman played
being stupid and foolish! Along with ignorance, even this ill- a trick and made himself secured. So he doesn't have to make
a tude is the reason, that the worldly people are running any charity. The world is very cunning.
blindly, even let us run behind them!
Even the business tycoon tonsured his head. Look, Look,
The merchant asked, “Oh! The saint 'Jogeshwar' has is anyone asking,” Which great saint?” No, why would they ask?
died. So do I've to do something?”
Everyone is doing that, so blindly accept it without using our
“Obviously you have to. What is the need to ask in this?”
minds! Are we not commi ng the same mistake in the ma er
The priest con nued “If you sell your whole shop and of benefits and harms for our Immortal soul?
offer in charity, even then it is meagre and insufficient! So lo y
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