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Pleasant Anecdotes—Avoid Show-off 61 he also said that he needed some money. ‘I need funds for reli- gious purposes, but there is no money. I seek help from someone’. Listening to the divine’s sermon and the need for funds for religious work, and considering him a righteous person, a person donated ten thousand rupees. The divine collected the money and greatly praised him for his generosity and benevolence. He said, ‘God shall greatly reward this person’. Hearing these comments, the donor felt saddened that as he had been praised in this world, he might be deprived of the reward on the Day of Judgment. He left the gathering but returned after a short while and proclaimed, ‘I made a mistake in giving you the money as was not mine. In fact, it belonged to my mother and I was not entitled to spend it. I had brought the money without her permission, and she does not want to donate it. She is demanding her money, and therefore, please return me the donated amount’. The divine returned the money. However, people in the gath- ering denounced the donor. They said that it seemed that there was an ill intention. ‘It looks like he became emotional on hear- ing the sermon and donated the money. Now, the love of money has made him change his mind, and he has made a lame excuse’. Anyway, the donor took his money and left. A short while ago people were praising him, and now they were denouncing him, saying that he was unwise. ‘Why he did not ask his mother for the money before coming here’. Some said that he was a liar; he felt terrible after donating the money and fabricated this excuse, etc. , The meeting concluded, and the divine also left. Time passed, and it was dead of the night. The donor quietly