Possession and Application

Once lived a rich man however was a miser. He hardly spent money. He used to keep all his money in the form of gold bars and have them buried in a secluded place.

Every morning, he used to take a long walk from his house to his farm and by afternoon when every one retires for lunch, he used to dig his earthern pot out and count these golden bars. He used to get satisfied with this exercise.

One fine day, while doing his routines, he found several of the golden bars were missing. he became restless. he couldnot sleep. He decided to approach an hermit who was on a visit to his village.

he approached the sage and reported his problem. The sage gave him a brick and said, "bury this in lieu of gold bars and count them everyday"

The rich man was surprised. "how can a brick and gold bar be equal?"

The sage replied, "if the gold bar is of no use to you so is this brick. thus they are equal"

One can have knowledge or intelligence, but if not applied then that knowledge is useless. Application if knowledge is called the ability.

MORAL: It is the not the number of books you read counts to your knowledge, its application counts!