The nawab and the treasury officer

There was a great devotee in South India. He was a treasury officer. So he
took money from the treasury and constructed very nice temple. (laughter)
Yes. Later on, he was caught, and he was put into jail by the Nawab. At that
time the Mohammedan king, Nawab, he saw in dream that two boys, very
beautiful, they have come to the Nawab: “Sir, what money he has taken, you
can take from me and release him.” So the Nawab said, “If I get my money, I
can release him.” Then, when his dream broke, he saw the money on the floor,
and nobody was there. Then he could understand that he is great devotee. He
called him immediately, that “You are released, and you take this money
also. Whatever you have already taken, that’s all right. And now this money
also you take. You spend as you like.” So devotees sometimes do like that.
Actually nothing is private property. That is our philosophy. Isavasyam idam
sarvam: [Iso mantra 1] “Everything belongs to God.” That’s a fact. Under the
influence of maya we are thinking that “This is my property.”
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