Way of Life Part 4

SR No.: 006516
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 430
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Religion
File Size: 17 MB

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THE WAY OF LIFE
mage of your life. This story will illustrate the proper way to carry out the pilgrimage of your life; and it will also teach you the message that you should not carry out the pilgrimage of your life in an unrighteous manner.
MALICE BRINGS ABOUT RUIN
There is a village called Jalahally in Karnataka. A wealthy landlord by name Bhuthayya lived in that village. He was wealthy and he was extremely arrogant. He was the other name for cruelty. He was the lord of all the land in the village. He had become the lord of all the fields in the village. All the farmers in the village had to pay rent to the landlord. All the villagers were terribly afraid of Bhuthayya because he had ruined the lives of some farmers in the village and those villagers were embittered against him.
The village really belonged to the villagers. The villagers were illiterate and ignorant. The flames of anger burnt in the hearts of those people; and they hated Bhuthayya. Yet, they were helpless against him and they were somehow bearing with his enormities.
One day, Bhuthayya died. The whole village was delighted to hear that Bhuthayya had died. There were celebrations and jubilations in the houses of all the farmers in the village. They expressed their joy through those jubilations.
In that village, there lived a young farmer by name Gulla. He gathered all the farmers together and said to them, "Dear brethern! Our village has been cleansed of its sin. That Satan, Bhuthayya has gone to hell. Now, there is his son, Ayyu. We should not give him rent. We should not allow him to exploit us and to oppress us". The farmers had been oppressed by the landlord; they were afraid of him and so, out of fear, they paid the rent to Ayyu but Gulla did not pay him his rent. Ayyu came to know that Gulla had not paid his rent. So, he ordered his men to bring Gulla's cows and bullocks and to bind them in his cattle-shed; and his order was carried out by his men.