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just decide that you have folded all that money in a bundle of
black cloth and thrown it in the ocean. What hopes do you
have of retrieving something once you throw it in the ocean? Give
without any expectations of any kind otherwise do not give.
In this world there will always be interactions of give and
take. So, if you lend money to people, sometimes some will not
return the money, but you cannot be preoccupied and agitated
over whether the money will be returned or not. If you do so,
where will it end?
I was in a similar situation once, but I never worried
about whether that money would be returned. I did however
remind that person from time to time that he owed me some
money. A man had borrowed five hundred rupees from me.
There was neither a record nor a promissory note for this
transaction. I had forgotten all about it until I encountered that
man a year and half later. I asked him if he could return the
money and he asked me, “What money?” I said, “The money
that you borrowed from me.” He said, “When did you loan me
the money? On the contrary, I am the one who loaned you the
money and you are the one who has forgotten”. I immediately
understood the situation. I told him that I did remember and
asked him to come home the next day to collect it. I gave him
the money the next day. This incident actually happened to me.
What can one do if such a man were to come pestering for
money?
How is anyone to deal with a world like this? If you were
to bundle up some money in a black cloth and throw it in the
sea, is it not foolish to think that you will get it back? If a person
returns the money to you, you should invite him for tea and
thank him for his graciousness in returning the money. You can
say to him that it is indeed a wonder that he is returning the