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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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In the morning he witnessed a dreadful sight in his front. A black cobra was lying dead bleeding. The minister realised that his life was saved by this creature and the shop-keeper's advice turned out very valuable. Now he was determined to act upon the advices given by the shop-keeper selling words of wisdom and intelligence.
At night he arrived at some village. He slept along with some people but when he awoke in the morning all had left except one fellow, who was on examination found dead. Now for the funeral ceremony of his dead body he was requested by the group of villagers. The minister remembered the shop-keeper's instruction to act according to the advice of a group of people and he took the dead body to the cemetery ground for funeral ceremony. He found a wooden pipe packed with golden coins tied to the waist of the deceased. He took it and realised the benefit of acting under the words of wisdom purchased from the "shop-keeper."
Now for bath, he went to a river bank where many people had assembled for bathing. He left them for a lonely place as per instruction of the shop-keeper, took bath and returned to the market. There he found that the wooden pipe containing golden coins was missing. He was worried and he returned to the river bank in hurry. Fortunately, he found the pipe as it was. Thus he was benefited by acting under other words of wisdom viz. "Bathe at a solitary place." He heartily thanked the wisdomvendor.
After a few days he reached home and out of enthusiasm he narrated all the incidents to his wife. He also handed over those seeds of musk-melon to his wife.
Next day he went to the king's assembly and greeted the king. The new minister, former deputy was highly envious of the minister who visited the assembly. The ex-minister said to the king, "Your majesty, the world is full of miracles and one can show miracles.' Thereupon the present minister said, "It is all humbug. There is nothing like miracle in the world. It is all a way of defrauding people."
The minister challenged to prove and show a miracle. A condition was also laid down that the winner would lay his hand on whatever he chose and would own the property belonging to the
| SR No. | 023322 |
| Book Title | Atmatatva Vichar Or Philosophy Of Soul |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Vijaylakshmansuri, Ghanshyam Joshi, Kirtivijay Gani |
| Publisher | Mohanlal D Mehta |
| Publication Year | 1963 |
| Total Pages | 568 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 39 MB |