A TEAR DROP – TRANSFORMS ALL
A holy man of God, Saint Dharmidas, had a brother who was rich in the wealth of the world. On his death, his son inherited a vast fortune which he began to spend in vain pleasures. He fell into bad company and began to waste his life and his fortune.
One day, Saint Dharmidas came to visit his nephew. Lost to all sense of propriety, the nephew indulged in his sinful excesses, even while his saintly uncle was a guest under his roof. The saint’s heart was deeply grieved by what he saw.
The next morning, the saint took leave of his nephew. Not a word of reproach did the saint utter, though his heart was full of anguish.
As he put on his footwear, his nephew came forward and said, “Dear uncle! Let me tie your laces.”
As he bowed at his uncle’s feet to tie the laces, a tear-drop fell from the saint’s eyes. It fell on the nephew’s forehead. What power lay in that single tear drop! The nephew was transformed.
He fell at his uncle’s feet and shed tears of true repentance. He pleaded with the saint to pour his grace and compassion upon him and to accept his as a devotee of his lotus feet. By the grace of his uncle, he became a new person
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