Parables of Wisdom
The Two Brothers and the Gold
दो भाई और सोना · બે ભાઈ અને સોનું
Two loving brothers carry home a bag of gold, and the bag begins to whisper
- 5 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- Best shared with a grown-up
Two poor brothers go far from home and earn a great fortune. On the road back, each one discovers a frightening thought growing in his own heart, and they must decide what to do with the gold that put it there.
What it teaches Greed Honesty Non-possessiveness
The opening of the children's telling
Once upon a time, two brothers lived in a little village with their mother and their little sister. They were very poor, but they loved each other very much.
One day the brothers went far away to work. They worked very hard for a long time, and they saved a big bag of gold. Then they started walking home, taking turns to carry the heavy bag. They sold things and bought things, and they saved every coin they could. They thought of their mother and sister every day.
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To carry into the day
When a thing we own makes our heart unkind, the thing is not worth keeping.
To talk about together
Why do you think the gold changed the way the brothers felt about each other?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.