The Mindful thief

The Mindful thief

And it came to pass, as it was said to them, Behold, there was a boy in a certain land, which was called The Beloved. The boy grew, and the father died. He had nothing to do with his business, but at night, when he was stealing all the people's belongings. Mother counseled and refused to follow, so she was taken to a pagoda. He also does not learn, he steals wealth from his parents. The teacher does not listen, and he does not listen.

One day, the king of the kingdom came out at the end of the royal palace to the Nepali nuns in front of the officials. "There is a vacant province, no name to stand on. If you bring 40 billion dollars to the warehouse, we will give it away. Standing as mayor of that province. He was returned to the palace. At that time, a small official returned to his home, distraught as the mayor of Peng. And when it was evening, he said to his wife, "Woman, now you have a name for me; He will set up a warehouse, and he will keep the district governor in one of the vacant provinces. ” The wife responded, “Oh, my! You guys I want you to be governor, but today we are too poor to earn money for the king. " And he said to him, "May the Lord give me ten thousand talents of silver, and I will be king over it at this time."

And it came to pass, when the thief heard thereof, that he fell down and sat down, From the house, he stripped off the linen cloths and laid his hands on the wall, let the officer go, and returned. When it was clear, the officer awoke to look at his skirts, and then looked up and saw 40 silver coins, and he was very pleased to tell his wife, "We He has been given 40 silver coins. And his wife saw it, and was glad.

By the afternoon, the officer had paid the king 40 silver coins. The king then appointed him as governor of the province in the province.

Arbitrator, on the other hand, learned that the officer had been the mayor of the district and was on the lookout to steal the villagers And the master of the house took him and gave him up to the chief priests, The jailer put the chains under his house. In the middle of the night, the thief complains alone, "Oh! Because of your pity, when you want to be the governor of your own country, you have to give them 40 lacs of gold and chastisement. And now, night and day, they are the chief of the bounds, and they have not had mercy on thee, and they have cast thee into bondage. Abby is always saying the same things, and she does not stop.

And the governor and his wife heard the thief, and they were reasoning with one another, saying, It is a marvelous thing that the thief speaketh like unto us We should go down and ask for it. ” Then the master of the house went out to the thief, and said unto him, What is this that thou hearest? Let us hear at this time. The thief says, "I am a thief and steal. I steal every night to make a living. One night when I was a junior officer, I was stealing and came under the house He heard him and his wife say, "We will raise 40 billion kyat from the king To be a district governor in a province. ” His wife said, “Where are we getting money? ». And when he heard it, he was moved with pity, and took of him the thirty pieces of silver, the money of the house, and the chief of the guard. I went back, and the next day they heard, saying, 'He made a ruler of the city, and came to him, and stole him this month; I brought him to you, and he punished me not.

And the governor, hearing, was confident; My dear friend, you say this truly, that I have been the governor of the city for your help, so now do not be afraid. My heart will be free from you, and you will be my friends.

The governor asked, “What is your name? . And he said, My name is Abiathar. When he had said this, the governor went up on the housetop. When it was day, the governor told the jailer to get rid of him, saying, 'Friend, you are with me. I feed thee to day, and thou shalt not steal. The thief replied, "That thing I did not stop, I stole it, just to feed the widow." The mayor also gave his mother 30 lakhs. The thief would not accept. The mayor asks where is your friend's house? Tell me the truth. The thief says, "I'm home," and bid farewell to the governor.

At that time, he and a small official were embroiled in a long-running feud. Yes. The little officer had a maidservant who could use it all. The slave seeks to please his master, not to retaliate. In the middle of the night, the officer said to the servant, “Be merciful to me, because I hate the king; But when he saw it, he said unto her, Woman, why hast thou thus dealt with us? Get away from me, take the king's silver with them, and beat them down as I have. If you serve the outside of the king, they are trusted with you. Night and night, when the king is asleep, dissolve the morsel, and pour it into his mouth; Die, no one knows, if you do this I will pay you back Get away from me! ” The servant had enough. And it came to pass that night, he was robbed, and he sat under the official's house, and he was commanding the maid Killing the emperor somehow he hears everything. And the servant's servant said, Take her, and go, and return to her house; . She tried to appease Mr. King and Madam. Mr. Yeap and Madam also trusted close friends out in the ministry. At that time, when the night was quiet, the maids realized that Mr. Mohammed and Madam had been sleeping, and it burned the furnace. And he took it down, and laid it in his mouth, and departed, and went to bed. In the morning, she woke up crying and cried. People were surprised to see Yormach died but did not suffer from the disease because there was no scar. Then the queen went to the king and worshiped. The king sent an officer to look at him, but there was no cause of death. Thing. The king took the body and buried it in a proper place.

After that is the time of the Bodhisatta, in the presence of the royal officials, the king said, "Where are you? Find out the name of the man who killed the king, and we will go in and make his way there. The official Nepali Nanda officials went to their respective homes.

At that time, the mayor, who was a friend of thieves, desperately wanted to be king, went to the thief and asked, "Ah! What is your friend looking for? ». The governor said, "I have come to ask of you a little while; for you know that he is dead, because no one knows where he is. And the king said unto them, Whosoever shall find the name of the man that killeth the king, he shall surely be put to death. , You know it, buddy? For I desire to be king. " The thief replied, "This I know, for one night I was stealing and came and sat down. A little officer's house a little north of the palace, tells the maid: 'I hate the king too much; Would you like to kill me because you are an enemy of me? If you go from me to the house of the king, let him be sent to you; They are trusted to use in and out in the night, when the night is quiet you must burn the furnace and burn it. In his mouth the king was asleep and dead. I can hear you, friend, and tell the king about this, but let him go. If you find lead in a ghost, your friend will make you a king. ” And the governor, having heard the word, returned to his house.

The next day, the governor went to the king and told the officer what the man had to do, and he put him in prison. He saw a ghost in the womb and saw a lead in the womb, and he tried to hear it, and the woman answered. He said, "I killed the king indeed." Since the boss to do yomreach.

And when he was in the royal court, he sent for the prince of the eunuchs, My dear friends! You are so much to me now that I have made kings, that I have made this king because of your help to me. Today, you must not steal any more, and I will take care of your mother and your friends.

"I want to steal again," Abba replied. And he went away, and abode in the night, spoiling a man with a certain money, and of a certain cloth. Bring it to your mother. The next morning, the thief came to tell the king: “My friend, last night, I stole a lot of money and a cloth; Today I give up on stealing, and your friends believe. " “If you stop to steal, then I will be glad to give you something. Until I take you up in life. ” Then Abner said goodbye to his son-in-law and went home to be with his mother.

The king and Abel, as they had promised each other, lived for the rest of their lives.

Mindful people are always there for each other