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Hearing this, the anger of the General began rising high. He took out the sword from its cover and said, "Maharaj! It has sharpness and you told me a beggar but had it been a matter of any one else, his head would have been cut and would be on the ground by now. But you have told me so I......"
"It's o.k. but your sword is really sharp or.................. .? said the
Saint."
Hardly when the General heard it, he cut a branch of the nearby tree. The branch fell down on the ground and he spoke, "Have you seen how sharp is my sword?"
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The Saint said, "Oh brother! You took my words otherwise. I was only satisfying your eagerness."
"What do you mean? asked the General."
"That you got angry having been told few insulting words by me, is the hell only. said the Saint."
The General got surprised. He understood the whole matter. He fell in the feet of the Saint and spoke, - "Sir! I could not understand your mysterious matter. I beg your pardon."
The Saint Nanu Seechi got him up and said, "It is the heaven only."
"What do you mean? asked the General again."
The Saint Nanu Seechi said, "To get angry by you is hell and to bend for begging pardon is heaven."
This is the reality of heaven and hell. Forgive those who have committed mistakes. It is the heavenly behaviour. Likewise, beg for pardon if you yourself have mistaken. It is the heavenly attitude. Remember, heaven is for those who forgive the mistake committing people, and who keep sympathy for others. God loves those who are kind and of forgiving nature.
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