The master traveled with his students. One evening they asked to spend the night in a rich house. The owner reluctantly let them spend the night, threw them an armful of hay in the stable, gave them a jug of water and a piece of stale cake. The next morning the master ordered the disciples to collect all the money they had and give it with gratitude to the owner. The next night they asked to spend the night in a poor hut. The owner slaughtered the last ram, made pilaf, and put them to sleep on the carpets in the house. The next morning, the master woke up his students even before the owner woke up, set fire to the house and ordered everyone to leave immediately. The students were silent all day long. Faith fought in them with indignation. Finally, the master allowed them to ask the questions that were tormenting them. There was a cry. Everyone was indignant that the rich man got the last of their money to a kind man; instead of gratitude, they burned the house. “Well,” the master told them, “little knowledge cannot understand great knowledge.” Know that the rich man did not have enough of our money in order to get involved in a financial adventure that would ruin him completely. But the poor man lived on gold all his life and did not know about it. Now, while dismantling the remains of a burnt shack, he will find a large jug with gold coins in the hiding place.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru