In English
smiled at all this, and smiling, asked the head of the village if he could clarify a doubt for him. The headman said in a very loud voice, “What is your doubt? Let me know.” said, “I have come to ask for alms from you. You have brought something in order to give it to me. If I do not accept what you wish to give to me, where will it go?” The village head-man laughingly replied, “What a big question have you asked! If you do not wish to take what I have brought for you, I will take it back myself.” said that he was very happy. “I have come here along with my disciples for taking alms from you. You have brought abuse and you want to give it to me as alms. But I have not accepted the you brought for me in the form of abuse. To whom will it go back?” With this, the ego of that village headman subsided. In this manner, great people and great saints go to several persons, and with a view to enlighten them, adopt different methods. By such things, we should not let our mind become impure. At all times, we should make an attempt to cleanse our mind and make it pure. The house which we use everyday, we undertake to clean it day after day. So also if this mind of ours, which we have to use every moment, is not cleaned often, great damage will result. Our mind is like a copper vessel. This copper vessel will gather rust from moment to moment. We are using it every moment. We should make an attempt to use the water of repentance to cleanse this pot of our mind from time to time.