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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
frogs proceed to a pond overflowing with water and the birds fly to a lake, all forms of prosperity spontaneously flow to the abode of righteous acts. Some say that with religious mind we cannot earn money and that is why we have to resort to immorality, injustice and even sins, but this belief is merely an illlusion, and we shall prove our contention with the help of a tale of Dharmabudhi and Papabudhi narrated hereafter.
TALE OF DHARMABUDHI AND PAPABUDHI
Two Banias (Businessmen) named Dharma Budhi and Papabudhi stayed in a city. They had formal intimacy. They helped each other's cause and so they contracted friendship.
One day both the friends thought, "We could earn a million. We should undertake some business venture abroad. None would make fortune unless one travels abroad". With this thought they left for a foreign country and amassed large fortune in business risks. Then they returned home.
When they approached their native place, Papabudhi entertained evil thought in his mind". If, by some means I deprive this fellow of his wealth, I would multiply my wealth immensely. Let me therefore, make some plan". He said to his friend, "Brother, with great difficulty we have amassed this fortune, if we take it home, our relatives will make a demand of our wealth and we shall have to part with major portion thereof. Let us therefore, store underground major portion of the wealth under some tree and carry home only as much is essential. We shall dig out later when necessity would arise".
Dharmabudhi was simple-minded and innocent. He agreed to his friend's proposal and both of them stored their major portion of wealth underground near the roots of some tree.
Papabudhi was all the while worried about the wealth underground as he thought perhaps his friend might dig out the wealth stored underground. A sinful man's mind is always under various doubts. One night he went to the spot, dug out all the wealth and returned having packed up the pit as before.
Now after a few days Dharmabudhi, feeling need for money went to the spot along with Papabudhi. On digging, when nothing
