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This story is being narrated on the basis a current- me
incident appeared in an American magazine named 'Physical
culture'.
4. Two Americans A rich American came to roam around a sea-coast.
Actually, he was a miser and it was night me, so what was the
need to show off? So he came dressed in simple night garbs like
t-shirt and pantaloons.
Snake bites back the generous giver who feeds him milk Some mes, some richies are very contented in
while human overflows with thankfulness and gratefulness pleasures. So, when the common people want to do much
towards his benevolent saviour and yearns to repay his pomp and show, they want to relish rich eateries, then this
kindness. Here is a sen mental and heart-rending story of a sa sfied richies resort to very simple food and dress! You may
man who sought and cherished the crucial opportunity of ask, how does it happen! But look at nature-
repaying the kindness of the other man. He experienced a 1) The nkling of a bronze dish is more while the gold
revolu onary and remarkable change when the other man dish doesn't sound much.
showed kindness towards him. It was the richness of his outlook 2) Clouds that are not raining make many thundering
that made him infer the scolding man as a graceful person, as a
sounds while the raining clouds calmly and efficiently perform
life teacher in disguise. The incident is like a diamond in a coal their duty.
mine. An illustra on of exemplary gratefulness in a spiritually
3) A small river overflows and over floods on all four
downtrodden country like America.
sides on a bit rainfall while large watercourses like Ganga don't
Gurudevshri cleverly showed the path of charity by show such false pomp. On the other hand, a sea doesn't
pain ng the psyche of an addicted donor. A donor in true sense overflow even if large rivers submerge in it.
experiences joy in giving and distribu ng wealth while sorrow Similar was the case for this Richie. On reaching the sea-
in not giving, just as one feels uneasiness in withholding the coast, he got out from his car and kept his car parked far away.
excreta while experiences freshness in releasing it. It's rightly Strolling on the sea-shore, he went and sat on a bench. The cool
said, 'Wealth is the dirt of hand.' One should always intend to
wind was breezing. The crowd was slowly disappearing. The
wear it off. Pujyashri has explained the philosophical truths in a
place was growing solitary and quiet. Staring at vast sea,
very easy and excellent manner like, 'If one wants to experience
sea ng on the bench, the American was lost in deep thoughts.
tremendous bliss in a aining Bhagwan, one should bring in the
It so happened that an another rich man arrived at the
mind and feel the boundless sorrow and pain of being jailed in
same me. He stopped the car, got out and loitering along the
the mundane world'. Let's relish the sympathe c incident in the coast came over there. He told his driver to keep the car behind
words of classic author Gurudevshri himself…!
slowly. Then he came exactly behind the first American. At that
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