Greed - A Curse Of Human Life

A long time ago in a village there lived a poor man named Jagu. He was so poor that sometimes he slept without eating anything. One day he was so hungry and tired that he became very sad and started to cry. God was watching over him and he felt pity and sad for Jagu.

So God thought of doing something for that poor man. The poor man could not bead his hunger and started praying to God. After sometime when Jagu opened his eyes God appeared in front of him. Jagu was very happy and delighted. His happiness had no limits.

God asked Jagu to wish what he wanted?

Poor Jagu said "He wanted money for some food to eat and some money to build his house."

God said "I shall give you ample money, don't be sad".

Jagu was extremely happy and he handed over a bag to God. God immediately filled half of the bag with gold coins. Now God asked Jagu, "Is this enough for you"?

Jagu said Oh God you have been kind to me, but this is so little. Not enough for me. So god filled that bag full. Now God again asked Jagu, "Is this enough for you now"?. To this Jagu greedily answered, "No not at al. Its still not enough". Then God put some more gold coins in the bag and the bag tore away due to the weight of all the gold coins. All the gold coins fell on ground and immediately turned into sand.

Jagu was surprised and questioned God, why this happened.

God said that, this waa the result of your greedy behavior. If the poor man would have been satisfied with the gold coins he got initially this would not have happened. But Jagu's greed left him with nothing but zero.