Jain Lesson I

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: Diwakar Prakashan

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He ran after the monk and brought him back to his home. He asked the monk, if he had taken the grains of gold. The monk said, "No, I have not taken them?” So, the goldsmith asked him, "Who has taken them.''The monk thought that if he told the goldsmith about the bird, then he would kill the bird and that violence should not occur. So he kept quiet. The goldsmith thought that since he didn't reply the monk must be hiding the gold. He got angry and started hitting the monk still kept quiet. The goldsmith became furious and decided to teach the monk a lesson.
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