Guru Nanak was traveling by foot, walking from village to village, giving his offering, his teachings to people.

I am very compassionate and courageous man, both ways, and quite be like him, because he is not one of those.

All the time smiling, gently, saying, he knows when to be hard, when to be soft.

Realty.

So one day, he happened to be a guest in a home of a very rich man in the area.

So when he was a guest in this house for a few days, when he is living, he gave this man a needle, a sewing needle.

He gave this needle and said, you keep this with you.

Sometimes when you see me, you can give it back to me.

Till then, please keep it with you, a needle, not a golden one, just a simple needle.

The man took it and kept it with him.

Then after the Guru left, he told his wife, the Guru gave me a needle.

And I am supposed to keep it in self-keeping and give it to him later.

The wife was little wiser than him. Usually they think they are.

Said, you fool, why did you take a needle from a Guru?

If you take something from a man like him, and suppose he is an old man and if he dies and you don't get to give back this needle,

what will you do? You will be dead forever, taking a needle from a Guru. Why did you take it?

You should not receive anything from a man like him. What we offer is fine. Never take anything from a man like him.

And if he dies and goes away, you can't carry this needle to heaven and give it there.

It is not possible to take the needle to heaven and return it there.

So you will be dead forever and ever and ever and you will not be able to wash off that one karma and it may mean a thousand lifetimes.

This is not a good thing. Just somehow find him and return it to him immediately.

So the man started trekking behind the Guru. The Guru walks fast.

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