Guest guest Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Found athttp://www.yogamalika.org/ An ascetic finished his night prayers and retired for the night under a tree near a village. In the middle of the night, a farmer came rushing up to him and panted, " Where is it? The precious stone! " Seeing the bewildered look on the ascetic's face, the farmer explained, " God appeared in my dream just now and directed me to this place and said that I would find an ascetic who would give me a precious stone that would make me rich forever. " The ascetic looked puzzled for a minute and then took out a large stone from his tattered bag saying, " This is all I have. I found it nearby a few days back. Take it. " The man was stunned. It was a diamond, larger than any he had ever seen before.He grabbed the diamond and ran home. All night he paced about in excitement and when he lay down awhile, he could hardly sleep. At dawn the next day, he rushed back to the ascetic. He returned the diamond to him and said, " Give me the wealth that makes it possible for you to give away this diamond so easily. " Dear children, What did the farmer learn? That the ability to give is a far greater wealth that the need to take which everyone has anyway. He realized who the real " crorepati " is - not the one who earns a crore but the one who can give a crore! What you get will be spent in time but what you give remains in the mind as a joy that lasts and lasts. Try it! GOMU gokulmuthu narayanaswamy <gokulmuthu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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