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This ancient story from the life of the great sage, Gautama Buddha, carries a deep lesson about conservation. A disciple finds out that getting the Buddha to sanction a new shawl for him is no easy matter!

The Monk’s New Shawl
One day
a monk came to see the great Buddha.
The monk wanted a new shawl.
The Buddha asked him,
"What happened to your old shawl?"
"It had become very old and thin.
I am using it as a bedsheet,"
replied the monk.
The Buddha asked again,
"What happened to the old bedsheet?"
"The bedsheet was torn,
so I cut it up
and made a pillow cover out of it,"
replied the monk.
The Buddha asked again,
"What happened to the old pillow cover?"
"The pillow cover had a big hole in it
so I made a doormat out of it,"
replied the monk.
The Buddha was not satisfied.
He asked again,
"What happened to the old doormat?"
"The old doormat
had broken down into threads.
I made a cotton wick out of them
for my lamp,”
replied the monk.
The Buddha smiled on hearing this
and gave the monk a new shawl.

Story: Arvind Gupta
Illustrations: Debasmita Dasgupta
Narration: Anu Anand
Music: Rajesh Gilbert
Animation: BookBox

This story has been provided for free under the CC-BY license by Pratham Books, which is a not-for-profit children's books publisher with a mission to see "A book in every child's hand". Visit http://www.prathambooks.org/ and http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/cc-tra... to know more. Artwork has been adapted from the original book while the animation, music and narration have all been done by BookBox. This story artwork is originally illustrated by Debasmita Dasgupta.

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