Once there was a king who was
always fighting. One day he was badly wounded in a battle. A sage passed by and
touched him, and the king was cured. He wanted to give the sage a reward for
saving him, but the sage didn’t want anything.
The king said, “I don’t want to be indebted
to you.”
The sage said, “In the future I’ll ask for
something. I don’t need anything now, but one day I’ll come.”
Months passed and the sage was praying to God one day for peace, light and bliss, when a desire entered his mind. For the
past few months his cow had not been producing milk. “She’s old,” he said.
“I’ll ask the king for a new cow.”
He went to see the king and found him in a
temple. He was praying for more wealth and more fame.
The sage said to himself, “I won’t ask him
for a cow. He’s a beggar like me.” And he turned to leave.
The king stopped him and said, “Sage, you
saved my life. Please tell me what you want. I’ll give you anything.”
The sage said, “I pray to God and meditate.
He is all I need. I don’t want to take anything from anyone in need. You told
me you took an oath that you would not be indebted to anyone. I, too, have
taken an oath. My oath is that if anyone is in need, then I won’t take anything
from that person. That’s why I won’t take anything from you. You’re praying toGod for material things. You’re begging for God to give you wealth and fame. So
how can I ask anything of you? God has shown me that everyone is a beggar. So
if I need something, I’ll get it from Him.”
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