Giving Is Blissful
The master Seistsu required larger premises as the building he was teaching in was overcrowded. Umezu, a merchant, decided to donate five hundred pieces of gold for the construction of a new building. Umezu took the money to the teacher and Seistsu said, “All right, I will take it.”
Umezu gave the sack of gold to Seistsu, but he was dissatisfied with the attitude of the teacher as the amount he had given was very great — one could live for a whole year on three pieces of gold, and the teacher had not even thanked him.
“In that sack there are five hundred pieces of gold,” hinted Umezu.
“You told me that before,” said Seistsu.
“Even if I am a wealthy merchant, five hundred pieces of gold is a lot of money,” said Umezu.
“Do you want me to thank you for it?” said Seistsu.
“You ought to,” said Umezu.
“Why should I?” said Seistsu. “The giver should be thankful.”
There are only two ways to live your life, only two ways to be: one is the right way, the other is the wrong way. The right way is to give, share, love. The wrong way is to snatch, exploit, accumulate. Love and money are the symbols of these two ways. Love is the right way and money is the wrong way. Everybody is living the wrong way.
Om Namah Shivay
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