Parables of Wisdom
Forgiving a Friend
मित्र को क्षमा · મિત્રને ક્ષમા
Two friends, one secret, and the hardest two words of the year
- 4 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- For all ages
Ten year old Tirth has not spoken to his best friend Om for two weeks, ever since Om told the whole class his secret. Now Samvatsari has come, and Tirth is sure that Om should be the one to say sorry first.
What it teaches Forgiveness Kshama Friendship
The opening of the children's telling
Tirth and Om were best friends. They had been friends since they were very small. But one day, Om told the whole class a secret. "Tirth sleeps with a toy elephant called Gajju!" Everyone laughed. Tirth felt hot and sad and angry.
Tirth shouted at Om. "I don't want to be your friend any more!" Then he threw Om's pencil box on the ground, and it broke. After that, the two boys did not talk. Not for one day. Not for two weeks.
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To carry into the day
Micchami Dukkadam asks forgiveness for our own part, and lets the rest go.
To talk about together
Is there someone you could say Micchami Dukkadam to, even if you think they were wrong first?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.