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“Such a great favour in return of just two dollars!” were filled and brimmed with tears. He felt, 'What is this? Is this
“No, I'm in no state of returning and repaying the grace
you bestowed for the great life-lessons of peace and generosity
through the two dollars. Now don't delay, tell me, how much is
the crisis?”
He said, “3 crores, forty lac dollars.”
“Would the company get into a smooth flow a er
ge ng this amount?”
“No, not at all, this would just only repay the debts
because a er ge ng recovered from the loss, the company
would be le with zero capital.”
Just imagine, how can one even hear it? It feels like
saying sorry “Brother! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you this.
If you want, I'll surely send you the meal expenditure, but this
is… Oh my God, How big? This amount is really a monstrous,
giant amount! I can't reach, it's like touching the sky..” This man
didn't say any such thing. When this man got overflowed with
such ample love for his countryman, who gave him just two
dollars! Then how much love and affec on should be
overflowing in our heart towards a Sadharmika! What is
sadharmika? The whole Jain shashan lies in it! He may
become a monk(sadhu) and upto Acharya. He may earn the
merit of becoming Tirthankar and may really become thus.
Devo on towards Bhagwan and Guru, vows, pledges,
celibacy etc. lie in sadharmika.
On listening to this, He said,” Ok that's it? Ok then take
this cheque of three crores, forty lacs and secondly, an
invita on for partnership in our company!” Saying so, he wrote
and gave a cheque and also a partnership offer.
That American who was in crisis was completely
astonished, seemed an unbelievable thing to him! His eyes
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reality or a dream? Am I under some magic spell? Such a
boundless grace showered on me! I've no words to say
'Thanks'! My two dollars have no worth in front of his graceful
generosity of crores!' He got up and just ghtly embraced him.
With tears streaming from the eyes, he said, “How can I take
this? But today it is a cri cal condi on, a ques on of life or
death for me, so I'm helpless, I've to take it. But I can't just
imagine the skyscraping height of your benevolence. You said
you learnt generosity from me, But I think in such condi on I
couldn't have shown such benevolence. You just newly learnt
generosity and today you have done a heroic and valiant feat.
You've not only saved my down-se ng pres ge but instead
boosted it extremely high. You have set a new inspiring ideal, a
wonderful example of unmatched generosity today in this
country and this world. By giving such a big sacrifice, you're
really inspiring and mo va ng, encouraging others to imbibe
such vast hearted noble generosity. How would I return your
favour?” Saying so, he stood there crying, repressed and
lowered by the exhaus ve weight of gra tude.
“Please, don't oblige me, Please don't feel embarrassed.
You had done a great favour on me at that me. I can't pay even
the full interest of it. Now take this and your secretary and
gra fy the environment.” A er having a heart-rending
conversa on, they came out with enormous ecstasy. He went
to the bank with the secretary, encashed the cheque came back
to the office and returned the debt of everyone in liquid cash.
Both companies joined hands and came together. Both owners
became Business partners. If we have a live and bea ng heart,
we can learn many lessons from this incident of exemplary
benevolence and apprecia on. What are the unimaginable
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