Way of Life Part 3

SR No.: 006515
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 348
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Religion
File Size: 18 MB

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DISCOURSE 34
office at about ten o'clock and throughout the day, the wife had to be alone in the house. The servants used to go away at about 12 noon; and would come back in the evening. They had two cars; one for the husband and the other for the wife. Each car had a chaffeur.
One day at about 2 p.m. someone knocked on the door. The lady noticed that it was the chaffeur who had knocked on the door. She opened the door; and asked him, “Why have you come now ?" The driver straight entered the flat; and said "I want to drink water". He went straight to the kitchen. The lady also followed him fearfully. Just then two other men suddenly entered the flat. They tried to cover the mouth of the lady; but she began screaming loudly. Fortunately, the door of the flat was open; and her screams were heard by the people living in the flat downstairs. Those people came up running. Those three rogues jumped out of the back-window into the sea. Two of them ran away; and one was caught. The lady narrowly escaped a great danger. What would have happened if the dacoits had shut the door of the flat? The robbers would have killed the lady; and would have robbed lakhs of rupees worth jewels etc.
Now-a-days, in cities and towns, wealthy people build their houses away from the city in the fields where there are no other houses; and they live there. They build a large bungalow in a vast field. Of course, they keep a watchman also there; but the watchman himself may turn a robber. If the watchman entertains evil designs he can cause danger to the family. Who does not get caught in the snares of the temptation of wealth ? The watchman may come to know that the Seth has with him on a certain day two lakh rupees which he wants to deposit in the bank, the next day. The watchman may have in his possession a gun or a revolver or some other weapon. Supposing he attacks the Seth in the night, what can he do ? Even if he raises a hue and cry who is there to hear his screams and to come to his rescue ?
In olden days kings and emperors used to get bungalows built in forest areas or on the tops of hills and mountains. But