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