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A rich man was near death, and became very upset because he had worked so hard for his money and he wanted to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might take some of his wealth along. An angel heard his plea and appeared to him.

 

"Sorry, the angel said, "but you can't take your wealth with you." The man implored to the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the rules. The man continued to pray that his wealth could follow him.

 

The angel reappeared and informed the man that God had decided to allow him to take one suitcase with him. Overjoyed, the man got his largest suitcase, filled it with pure gold bars and placed it beside his bed. Sooon afterward the man died and showed up at the gates of heaven to greet St. Peter.

 

St. Peter, seeing the suitcase, said, "Hold on, you can't bring that in here!" The man explained to St. Peter that he had permission and told him to verify his story with God.

 

St.Peter checked and came back saying, "You're right. You're allowed one carry-on bag, but I'm supposed to check it's contents before letting it through." He opened the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaimed, "You brought PAVEMENT?"

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True; are you referring to Sanatan Goswami's blase reaction to the touchstone?

Maybe this joke would be more applicable to Vaisnavas if the rich guy had actually come in touch with some chimtamani stones; then again he would have to have spiritual vision and realize that he wouldn't have to cling to or hoard the treasure, than nothing really belonged to him anyway, and that Goloka Vrndavan is all that and more...but it's hard to make a joke about it.

 

 

Originally posted by Tarun:

All that glitters is not gold.

All that totters is not told.

All that shutters is not sold.

All that flutters does not fold.

Hare KRSNa. SanAtan GosvAmi's idea of worth.

 

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