Once a man went to meet Mahatma Buddha for a certain reason. He was looking very disappointed. He asked Mahatma Buddha why did I get this life? What is the cost of my life in such a big world? Nobody wants me. Even my family do not want me. Because I do not do any work. I do not know about any work. Everyone condemns me. All people consider me a burden on the earth. There is no value of mine in this world and no one wants me. Being disturbed by this, I went out to commit suicide this morning. But on the way, a man told me about you that you solve everybody's problem. That is why I have come to you, Buddha. Please tell me what is my value in this world. The Buddha smiled after listening to him and then gave him a bright stone and said, first go and find out the price of this stone and tell me how precious this stone is. But keep in mind, You do not have to sell this stone. You just have to know the price of this stone.
At first, the man reached to a mango fruit seller to know the cost of that stone. He showed the stone to the mango fruit seller and said what would be the value of this stone. Mango fruit seller saw the stone and realized that it was not an ordinary stone. But still he said in a fake voice that it is not a precious stone. I can give you 10 mango fruits in exchange of this stone. After listening this, that man went away from there. He walked a little further and found a vegetable seller, he showed the stone to the vegetable seller and asked for its value. Seeing the stone, the vegetable seller said that I can give you 1 sack of potatoes in exchange of this stone. By listening this, that man went further away from there. Then he realized that in exchange of this stone the mango fruit seller was giving him 10 mangoes and the vegetable seller was giving him 1 sack of potatoes. Surely this stone is a precious stone. Then he thought that this stone should show to a jeweler. He took the stone and reached a jewellery shop. He showed him the stone and asked for its value. After seeing that stone, the jeweler noticed that the precious stone was a ruby. Jeweler wanted to get this Ruby. So the jeweler said, give this stone to me and take one hundred thousand gold coins from me. The man had so far been guessed about the value of the stone. But when he started to return back to buddha, the jeweler stopped him and said. Hey wait brother, I can give you five million gold coins. But still that man did not stop there.
But that jeweler did not want to let that stone go away from his hand at any cost. The jeweler came in front of that man and said that please give me this stone, I am ready to give you 10 million gold coins in exchange for this. That man did not want to sell this stone. So he started running away to escape from the jeweler. The jeweler called him from behind, this is a very precious stone, I will give you as many coins as you would like. That man was shocked by hearing this. The man reached straight to Buddha and narrated all this to Buddha. Buddha smiled and said, the fruit seller was giving only ten mangoes for this stone and vegetables seller was giving just one sack of potatoes for this stone. But the jeweler who recognized this stone and told that this stone is precious. Every person guessed his own value according to how many qualities they know about this stone. Life is also like this. Every human being is like a diamond. As much as the people recognize him, they give him the importance. But one main difference in human and diamond is that diamond is carved by others but the human himself has to be carved. You are not even less than a diamond. But you have not yet recognized yourself. You are just wasting your life. When you will recognize yourself, then everyone will understand your importance. Then everyone will know your value. And you will also understand what is your value in this world.
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