The Diamond

The sannyasi had reached the Outskirts of the village and settled Down under a tree for the night When a villager came running up to him and said," The Stone! The stone! Give me the precious stone!"

"What stone?" asked the sannyasi.

"Last night the Lord Shiva appeared to me in a dream, " said the villager, "and told me that if I went to the outskirts of the village at dusk I should find a sannyasi who would give me a precious stone that would make me rich forever".

The sannyasi rummaged in his bag and pulled out a stone. "He probably meant this one," he said, as he handed the stone over the villager. "I found it on a forest path some days ago. You can certainly have it".

The man gazed at the stone in wonder. It was a diamond, probably the largest diamond in the whole world.

He took the diamond and walked away. All night he tossed about in bed, Unable to sleep. Next day at the crack of dawn he woke up the sannyasi and said, "Here! Take back the diamond. Instead, give me that wealth that makes it possible for you to give this diamond away so easily.

Love, Wealth and Success

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long
white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize
them. She said "I don't think I know you, but youmust be
hungry. Please come in and have something to eat."

"Is the man of the house home?", they asked.

"No", she said. "He's out."

"Then we cannot come in", they replied.

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him
what had happened. "Go tell them I am home and invite them
in!" The woman went out and invited the men in.

"We do not go into a House together," they replied.

"Why is that?" she wanted to know. One of the old men
explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his
friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I
am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your
husband which one of us you want in your home."

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her
husband was overjoyed. "How nice!!", he said. "Since that is the
case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with
wealth!" His wife disagreed.

"My dear, why don't we invite Success?"

Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the
house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would it not
be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with
love!"

"Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to
his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest."

The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, "Which one of
you is Love? Please come in and be our guest." Love got up
and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up
and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and
Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?"

The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth
orSuccess, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since
you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Wherever
there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!"