Way of Life Part 2

SR No.: 006514
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 362
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Religion
File Size: 18 MB

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THE WAY OF LIFE
standard of living can never improve. We have to live in poverty only". This is what the young woman thought. She visualised happiness only in abundant wealth. She could not distinguish between lawfulness and unlawfulness; between morality and immorality. She was not concerned with honesty.
That young man agreed to earn money by immoral methods. He went to his office. He received a bribe of Rs. 200 from a gentleman. He put the money in his pocket. He was very unhappy. He was haunted by the fear of some inauspicious occurrence.
HE RECEIVED A BRIBE BUT HIS SON FELL DOWN FROM THE SECOND STOREY
When he returned home in the evening, he found that the door of the house was closed. He asked the neighbours where his wife had gone. They said, “Today, at noon, your son fell down from the second storey. Your wife has taken him to the hospital".
The young man went straight to the hospital on his bicycle. His wife was standing at the door of the hospital. He asked her, “How is the boy ?" His wife began to weep. While weeping bitterly, she said, “The doctor told me, "Only the grace of the Almighty can save the boy's life. We are doing all that we can; but.."
WHO SAVED THE CHILD?
The young man thought for a while. Then, he said to his wife, "You need not worry. You be standing here or you be near the child. I will come back in a few minutes". He sat on his bicycle and rode away. He went to the house of the man from whom he had taken the bribe of Rs. 200 and returned the money to him. Then, he came back to the hospital, without delaying even for a moment. On returning to the hospital, he asked his wife, "How is our son ? Has he recovered his consciousness ?” The young man closed his eyes and sought the forgiveness of the Paramatma. His wife could not understand anything of it. The doctor said, "You can take your son home. The Paramatma has saved his life".