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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
The beggar happened to be sleeping in front of a jeweller's shop That night, he dreamt of splendour and affluence In his dream he secured the first prize in a lottery and he got ten lakhs. He bought a magnificent bungalow. He was betrothed to a beautiful and affluent girl. The marriage also came off. He sat on a magnificent horse and proceeded to the marriage pandal. The horse reached the marriage-pandal' The marriage took place. He made circumbulations around the sacrificial fire. The time came for joining hands. Now, the problem arose. He extended his hand to hold the hand of his bride; but he could not reach her hand. He began extending his hand; and his hand was moving towards the lock of the jeweller's shop. The policeman who was passing by, saw it; and thought that he must be a burglar. He, at once, dealt a heavy blow on his hand with his lathi. The beggar woke up from his dream. He said to the policeman, "Oh ! If you had come here a few minutes later, at least, I would have held the hand of my bride". The policeman heard his storry and said laughing : "Well for marrying in your dream you had to taste only one blow. If you really marry, you may have to receive many blows'.
The thought and actions of our life during the day appear to us as dreams in our sleep. There was a clothmerchant One day, he did good business and a lot of cloth was sold. There was such a rush of customers that throughout the day, he had to keep cutting clorh. He did not have leisure even for a minute. On that night, he dreamt of the same thing. Even in his dream, he kept cutting cloth. When in the morning, he woke up, he found that he had cut his dhoti into pieces.
Dreams do not come true. Therefore, do not float on the waves of dreams. We should live in the present,
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