There was a beggar walking down the street dejectedly. His clothes were so worn that they barely covered his body. His face looked like he has not eaten a full meal in a long time. He was mumbling: why am I so poor? If I can eat a full meal that would be great! If Bodhisattva is supposed to protect people, why don’t you take care of me?”
At this moment, Bodhisattva suddenly appeared in front of him. The beggar rubbed his eyes and recognized that he was Bodhisattva, he knelt on the ground and begged: Dear Bodhisattva! Help me! I’m poor, I have nothing….”
Bodhisattva asked: “ Tell me, what do you want most?”
The beggar already had the wish in mind, he just wanted a full meal, but he suddenly changed his mind, because Bodhisattva was really there with him, he didn’t want to waste the chance, he thought Bodhisattva ccould give him much more than just a meal. So the beggar answered: “ I want gold!
Bodhisattva said: “ok, now take off your clothes and use them to catch the gold, but don’t catch too much, it will rip your clothes and fall, then they will turn to stones. they are only gold when you catch and wrap them in your clothes.”
The beggar was so excited, there was gold dropping like a shower. The beggar caught alot in his clothes and didn’t want to stop. Bodhisattva said: “Be careful, your clothes are almost ripped. ”
The beggar didn’t care about anything Bodhisattva said, he shouted : “more! drop more!”
Suddenly his clothes cracked a big hole and all the gold inside dropped on the ground as tiny pieces of rock.
