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People asked her, Where did you lose your needle? The old woman said, "I lost it in my house".
'Why don't you search for it
People asked her: in your house?"
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The old woman said,
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There is no light in the
house ".
We may laugh at the foolishness of the old woman, but we are not less foolish than that old woman because we go out in search of happiness to find it in outward objects, when it lies within us.
Mental peace lies in patience and forbearance. certain man, in his attempt to provoke an enlightened man was uttering abusive words. He was making all sorts of accusations against him; and was condemning him. But the enlightened man remained patient. When he stopped shouting, the enlightened man gave him a vessel full of water, and said, Brother, please drink this water. You have been delivering a lecture for a long time and your throat has gone dry".
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Hearing this, the man perspired with shame. After drinking the water, he thought that this was a trick to defeat him. He thought, "Why should I fall into his trap?".
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In consequence, he began shouting with greater The enlightened man kept smiling. The sun
vigour. set.
That man stopped shouting when he was tired.
