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was trying to clear off his doubt. But the businessman didn't
even feel so in his mind. Then why did he say “This can't be
mine?” Now listen to businessman's clarifica on
The businessman said, “But hey noble! I'm not saying,
you are giving me cheap and duplicate necklace instead of the
precious one. Instead, I'm saying, my necklace isn't lost.”
The thief was spellbound on listening to this! He feels,
'Oh ! What is he telling? May he have really forgo en? Even one
can't immediately forget an ordinary thing just lost then this is a
the of a precious necklace! How can it be forgo en? Even
then, let me remind him' A er thinking, he said, “O great
Master! See, last night while in the Pra kraman I stole your
necklace and this is it”
”Ah! No, no, sorry, sorry, what did you tell? You stole it!
No, not at all, Sadharmika brother can't commit a sin of the .
Our necklace isn't lost at all.”
There the mistress arrived. That shravak told her, “Look
sister! I stole your necklace and am now returning it back. But,
the master is refusing it. Tell him something.”
But this lady was altogether different. She favoured the
talks of the merchant. She told the thief, “He is speaking the
truth. Our necklace is not at all stolen and can you steal? No,
No, Never. Therefore, please don't tell this again.”
Look at this couple – husband and wife. It seems like one
soul and two bodies! So both have the same one kind of ideal,
the same one kind of desire and the same one sort of belief.
This is not surprising because thousands and lacs of humans
following the Bhagwan's path have the same one ideal of
Moksha (Salva on). Also, they have the same one desire of
religion of pure Samyag darshan (Right belief), Samyag Gnan
(Right knowledge), Samyag Charitra ( Right conduct) and
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Samyag tapa ( Right penance) and of same one belief in the
scriptures propounded by the omniscient Bhagwan devoid of
delusion and aversion. Whereas this is a ma er of just 2
persons. They both are of such a similarity in their opinions that
the thief is con nuously staring at both of them, but they seem
to be u erly unaware of the necklace! On comparing the
generosity and nobility of their heart with his extreme
meanness and vileness, the thief's heart highly trembled. His
heart and soul was whirling with emo ons. He stood up and fell
in the feet of the businessman and burst into crying and
lamenta on. He said, “My Master! I know I've stolen your
necklace, but it is your vastness of heart and nobility that is
showering a downpour of grace and benevolence on me! My
Lord! It is easy to offer even this precious jewel necklace in
charity but when the culprit is returning the stolen necklace
back, then to say, 'My necklace isn't stolen at all!' is possible
only for a Godly person like you! Really, you opened my inner
eyes. Since today, I solemn to abandon the even of a ny thing
all my life! Now take your necklace back.
In a superior incarna on of human, where is the
meanness of stealing a thing of a religious, noble soul under
the pretext of religion and where is the immense generosity
of let going one's own stolen precious valuable! Anyway,
Master, I'm going to leave your necklace over here, but I didn't
understand the secret of your hi-nobility.”
The businessman said, “Gentlemen! In front of the
nobility of past lionmen, shining before my eyes. I feel myself
extremely mean. Even though Jain's houses were filled with all
requirements, the lion-men use to feed a meal to even these
generous donors for en re twelve months and 360 days on a
daily basis. Today I'm not having the generosity of serving the
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