Book Title: Lotus Bloom
Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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________________ Coal As I laughed at the blackness of the coal, the coal laughed, looking down upon my whiteness. I asked, 'Why did you laugh' ‘Brother! Why did you laughz' he asked in return. 'Observing your darkness surpassing all darkness in the world!' I remarked. “It was your extraneous whiteness that made me laugh,' it replied, “If I have blackened myself, I have blackened by burning myself and imparting light unto the world. But ye human beings, blackening the world have rendered just yourselves extraneously white. And Brother! black we may be, but none the less, if there be anybody who can yield diamonds sparkling with divine lustre, it is we. 'If you are moved to laughter looking at those who impart light by burning themselves, may we not laugh at your extraneous whiteness?' 97

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