There was a noble tailor, who had transformed into a great sage.
But the sage refused to accept it. The king was worried that he was not able to help the sage.
So he asked him, ‘What can I give you that would be of use to you?’
The sage replied, ‘Give me a needle!’
The king at once arranged for a needle and presented it to the sage. Humbly he waited for the sage’s response.
The sage said, ‘The reason why I refused your gift of scissors is it cuts and divides. Our minds are like scissors that cut and divide. But the needle would stitch, it would join and unite! Our hearts are like needles which join and unite.’
Today humanity is in need of a needle and not scissors!
The king came to pay his obeisance. The king gifted him golden scissors, encrusted with diamonds.
But the sage refused to accept it. The king was worried that he was not able to help the sage.
So he asked him, ‘What can I give you that would be of use to you?’
The sage replied, ‘Give me a needle!’
The king at once arranged for a needle and presented it to the sage. Humbly he waited for the sage’s response.
The sage said, ‘The reason why I refused your gift of scissors is it cuts and divides. Our minds are like scissors that cut and divide. But the needle would stitch, it would join and unite! Our hearts are like needles which join and unite.’
Today humanity is in need of a needle and not scissors!
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