The Extra Burden

The story is told of one of the great men of the 19th century, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, a monk who was a devout follower of the Indian culture, and who established the new Hindu religious sect called Arya-Samaj.

During the initial days of his spiritual practice, he used to wear only the same loincloth on his body.

Once a man approached him and said, "Swamiji, since you have only one loincloth, I have brought you another."

The yogi replied: "Well friend, even this one loincloth is a burden to me. Why do you load me with an extra burden? I thank you for your regard, but I cannot accept another loincloth. Please take it back."

Moral of the story: If you are not contented with what you already have, you will definitely not be contented with what you would like to have.

"A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world." -Prophet Mohammed

From the little book of Love Stories of a different kind