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Just as the worldly people are forge ng the imminence
of human life which is very beneficial and useful for the soul
and running behind pampering and nourishing of one's body,
family etc. which is harmful to the soul, the same way, are we
forge ng imminence of human life? Are we blindly running
a er the people? We should deeply ponder upon this. People
are ignorant. Their path doesn't lead to the soul's benefits.
Even then, we are blindly rushing behind them, and as such,
centuries and ages have elapsed. Today, we are s ll unhappy
and dependent. This shows that the race was blind. So stop
now. Examine life. Conquest for truth and let us strive to a ain
the real specific richness of this human life.
The businessman happened to go to the minister's
place. The ministers saw the hairless, bald head of the
businessman and asked, “Nobleman! What happened today?
Has someone died in your family?
The Businessman said,”Wow! Great minister! Don't you
know? The great saint 'Jogeshwar' has died and you are
unaware?”
So the minister asked him, “So have I to do something?”
The Businessman said,”Whatever you do for the noble
soul is insufficient. At least this…..”
The minister said, “Ya, Ya I got it. If we don't do even this,
it shows lack of honour and affec on in one's heart for the
noble soul” Even the minister tonsured his head.
Then it was the chance of the king. But the king was not
such fool and crazy. So he asked the minister looking at his
tonsured head, “Why? Noble! What is this?”
“It is because that saint 'Jogeshwar' died!”
Till then everyone was asking “What should we do?” But
the king asked, “Which 'Jogeshwar' Saint?”
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What would the minister reply back? Then the car took a
reverse turn.
The minister said, “I don't know, who was he. That
business tycoon may be knowing?”
The business tycoon was called.
The businessman said, “I don't know. XYZ person told
me. Likewise, the name of the merchant was given.
The merchant was called from the market. The
merchant said,”I don't know. That priest may be knowing this.
He is the main source.”
King called the priest and asked, “Oh learned! Which
'Jogeshwar' saint died? Where is his monastery? Which
spiritual prac ces he did? What are his spiritual achievements?
How many are his disciples a er him?” The king a acked him
with serial arrows of ques ons.
What is the answer for this? This poor innocent priest
replied, “Majesty! Saint 'Jogeshwar' was not human but a
donkey. The lo y, noble soul was in possession of a po er. He
used to bray and accompany me every day while I recited the
'Gayatri' hymn. It seems he may have come from a noble past
life and may have gone in a noble future life!'’
Everyone was present during the clarifica on of the
priest. Minister, businessman, ci zens and merchant.
Everyone's face bent low and pale. Why? Because blind race
ends in repentance.
For the same reason, the knowledgeable souls advise,
“Stop and wait a minute! Think…. Why do such births and
deaths happen in the world? Why do we change new bodies
now and then? Why do we arouse new and new desires?' If one
explores and digs deep, he may see. One has forgo en the true
gli ering shine and specific richness of the human life(soul)
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