Story Of A Stone
One day, a Buddhist monk in order to enlighten his disciples to give his land a stone and told him to vegetable market, and try to sell it, a great piece of stone, very beautiful. But the Master said: “Do not sell it, just trying to sell it. To observe, to ask some people, then just tell me how much in the vegetable market, it can sell.” The man went. In the vegetable market, many people looked at the stone thought: It can be a good little ornaments, our children can play, or we can use it as a dish called scales mound. So they up the prices, but only a few small coins. That person back. He said: “It can only sell a few coins.”
Master said: “Now you go to the gold market and ask people there. But do not sell it, the light to ask the price.” Returned from the gold market, the disciples very pleased and said: “These people are great. They are prepared out of to the 1000 money. “Master said:” Now you go to jeweler there, but do not sell it. “He went to the jeweler there. He could not believe they are even willing to 50000 out of money, he did not want to sell, they continue to raise prices - they are out to 100,000. But the man said: “I do not intend to sell it.”
They said: “We have 20 million, 300 thousand, or the number of how many you want, as long as you sell!” The man said: “I can not sell, I just ask the price.” He could not believe: “These people are crazy! “He himself felt the market prices of vegetables have been sufficient. When he returned, the master stone back, said: “We do not intend to sell it, but now you understand, this depends on you, see you not have a touchstone, understanding. If you live in the vegetable market, then you have only that understanding the market, you will never understand the higher value. “
