When sage held his seclusion-weeks of meditation, pupils from many
places came to attend. During one of these gatherings a pupil was caught
stealing. The matter was reported to the sage with the request that the
culprit be expelled. The sage ignored the case.
Later the pupil was caught in a similar act, and again The sage disregarded the matter. This angered the other pupils, who drew up a petition asking for the dismissal of the thief, stating that otherwise they would leave in a body.
When The sage had read the petition he called everyone before him. “You are all wise ,” he told them. “You know what is right and what is not right. You may go somewhere else to study if you wish, but this poor fellow does not even know right from wrong. Who will teach him if I do not? I am going to keep him here even if all the rest of you leave.”
A torrent of tears cleansed the face of the brother who had stolen. All desire to steal had vanished.
:) Bows
Later the pupil was caught in a similar act, and again The sage disregarded the matter. This angered the other pupils, who drew up a petition asking for the dismissal of the thief, stating that otherwise they would leave in a body.
When The sage had read the petition he called everyone before him. “You are all wise ,” he told them. “You know what is right and what is not right. You may go somewhere else to study if you wish, but this poor fellow does not even know right from wrong. Who will teach him if I do not? I am going to keep him here even if all the rest of you leave.”
A torrent of tears cleansed the face of the brother who had stolen. All desire to steal had vanished.
:) Bows
