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big even as certain men are big; and the bigger the man, the more unhappy he is." He finds no one in Egypt to give him a clue to Happiness. Then he passes on to other lands, until he comes to India India was in those days the holy land of Humanity. And this man says to himself:-" Perchance, perchance, what I have missed in other lands-that I may find in India, the holy Land of Humanity." He wanders in India from town to town still in quest of the Kingdom of Happiness. He goes from place to place untill he comes to a river bank; and there he finds a man,—a sadhu, in meditation-in what we call 'Samadhi.' Something there is in the face of the sadhu which deeply impresses the traveller. The sadhu's face is radiant with joy. Some influence, some magnetism goes out of him. So is it ever with holy men; they have a spiritual magnetism. The traveller gazes and gazes at the face of the sadhu and says to himself :-"This man looks like one advanced in age; but how beautiful his face! His hair is grey, but a light seems to emanate from him; he is old yet young in face. Young with the youth of life" The traveller sits down quietly. After sometime this Sadhu opens his eyes, and sees in front of himself a stranger. The sadhu smiles and asks;"Who are you?" And even as these few words fall from the lips of this holy man, the traveller's heart is ravished; he says to himself, "Perchance, perchance here is the man who may give me a clue to the Kingdom of Happiness." There is a power, a magic, in the words of holy men. There is a spiritual magnetism in the words of servants of God. The traveller who has learnt a number of languages says to the Sadhu:"I have been out in quest of Happiness. I have been in India for some time after visiting a number of other countries. I have come here; I have seen you; I have gazed at your face and a mysterious something within me, says "You are the master whom I have searched so long. You will show me the way to the Kingdom of Happiness! Now tell me master! Where and how may I find happiness?" The Sadhu says:-"Give me the story of your life." And the traveller gives the story of his life, mentioning the incident of his wife's faithlessness and how Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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