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This simple remark showed him his path of enlightenment. He asked the monk where exactly he could meet him for a detailed talk. The monk invited him to a discourse that he held in the garden of the town. The merchant was greatly impressed by the discourse. He decided to renounce the worldly life.
He asked his wife whether he could give up his shop which had brought him nothing more than small profit and go abroad for more promising trade. He said there were two merchant guilds: One gave the capital and directed people to their desired destination and did not charge any interest or commission on earnings, while the other did not advance any capital but took away all the earnings. With which guild the merchant should travel? The wife advised the former.
Subsequently the merchant went to the garden with his wife and other relatives and introduced them to the monk as the merchant with whom he would like to travel. He not only advanced the capital but took him to the right destination, the city of nirvana. So he took to renunciation.
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