Delighted after receiving a pot of water from a woodcutter in a desolate forest, the king said, "O water-giver! Please come to my capital one day. I will reward you." The woodcutter replied, "Very well."
A considerable amount of time passed since this incident. Finally, one day, the woodcutter wandered back to the capital and approached the king, saying, "I am the same woodcutter who gave you water." The king saw him and, with great joy, seated him beside him, wondering, "How can I alleviate this poor man's suffering?" Finally, after much deliberation, he entrusted him with a vast sandalwood orchard. The woodcutter was also delighted. "Well, it's a good thing. The trees in this orchard will yield abundant coal. Life will be worthwhile."
Thinking this, the woodcutter began cutting sandalwood every day, turning it into coal, and selling it to support himself. Within a short time, the beautiful sandalwood garden became a wasteland, littered with heaps of coal. Only a few trees remained, providing shade for the woodcutter.
One day, the king had a thought: "Let's go and see the woodcutter. I'll also get a tour of the sandalwood garden." Thinking this, the king set off towards the sandalwood garden. He saw smoke rising from a distance. Upon approaching, he realized that the sandalwood was burning, and the woodcutter was standing nearby. Seeing the king approaching from a distance, the woodcutter stepped forward to greet him. As soon as he arrived, the king said, "Brother! What have you done?" The woodcutter said, "Thanks to your kindness, this time has passed comfortably. You have done me a great favor by giving me this grove. I have been making and selling coal. Now only a few trees remain. If I can find another grove, I can spend the rest of my life there."
The king smiled and said, "Okay, I'll stand here. You take this wood to the market and sell it, not the coal." The woodcutter picked up two yards of wood and took it to the market. People ran to see the sandalwood, and ultimately he got thirty rupees, which was many times more than the coal.
The woodcutter took the price and came to the king, crying loudly, and began to admit his misfortune.
In this story, the sandalwood grove represents the human body, and our precious life, given by God, is our every breath, a sandalwood tree. But due to ignorance, we are turning these sandalwood trees into coal. We are burning this sandalwood tree of life in the fire of enmity with people, hatred, anger, greed, jealousy, misunderstanding, conflicts over mutual religions, etc. When finally the sandalwood trees of breath become less, then we will realize that for these trivial reasons we were wasting precious sandalwood trees into cheap coal. But it is not too late yet; whatever sandalwood trees we have left can become new trees. We can still make our lives better through mutual love, help, harmony, peace, mutual brotherhood, trust. Let us give our lives a purpose that can be useful to humanity.
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