The document tells a story about a wealthy lawyer who sees two poor men eating grass by the roadside out of hunger. He offers to take them home with him along with their families. However, when one of the poor men thanks the lawyer for his kindness and asks how they can repay him, the lawyer smiles wickedly and replies that the grass in his backyard is two and a half feet tall, implying that he only intended to further exploit their hardship for his own amusement. The reflection warns people to beware of those who pretend to help but have selfish intentions, as the present world is full of greed and deception. True virtues of sincerity, honesty, kindness and compassion are diminishing. Spiritual workers must try

1. Wisdom
From A
Laugh 103
Grass Eaters
One afternoon, a wealthy lawyer was being driven in his big car.
Looking out of the car window, he saw two men eating grass by the
road-side. He asked his driver to stop and he got out to investigate.
“Why are you eating grass?” he asked one of the men.
“We are hungry. We don’t have any food to eat,"
the poor man replied.
“Oh, come along with me then,” the lawyer said.
“But sir, I have a wife and two children.”
“That’s fine. Bring them along. And you,” he told the other man,
“can come with us too.”
“But sir, I too have a wife and two children,” the second man said.
“No problem,” the lawyer said. “Bring them all along.”
And so all the poor people got into the big car. Along the way, one
of the poor fellows said, “Sir, you are so very kind. How can we
thank you for taking all of us with you to your home?”
The lawyer smiled wickedly and said, “No problem, the grass in
my backyard is about two and a half feet tall.”
Reflection
Beware! The very people whom you think
are kind and helpful can have selfish
intentions. They may be out to exploit you.
Today, our materialistic world is full of
people blinded by greed, covetousness and
delusion. There are so many out to deceive
and cheat for easy gain. Sincerity, honesty,
kindness and compassion seem to diminish
in our present world. Dhammaduta workers
need to work hard to try to inculcate true
moral virtues and values especially among
the young.

2. Wisdom From
A Laugh 104
"Spiritual Power"
A woman went to the local psychic in the hope of contacting
her dearly departed grandmother through a seance.
The psychic's eyelids began fluttering and she began
moaning. Eventually, a voice came, saying,
"Granddaughter? Are you there?"
The granddaughter, wide-eyed responded, "Grandma? Is
that you?" "Yes granddaughter, it's me."
"It's really you, Grandma?" the woman repeated.
"Yes, it's really me, granddaughter."
The woman paused for a moment and said to the psychic,
"Grandma, I have just one question for you."
"Anything, my child."
"When did you learn to speak English?"
Reflections
* Beware! Don't dabble with the occult. There are
many con- men out there who claim to have
spiritual powers and the ability to communicate
with the dead. Oftentimes, such people resort to
fraud to gain money and material things from
gullible clients . They try to have power over
another weak mind through trickery and so-called
'magic'. Their actions are rooted in greed and
delusion.
* Your life is in your hands ... you chart your own
future through your present actions. Don't resort
to so-called 'spiritual powers'.
* Lead a righteous life based on Dhamma;
practice Dana, Sila and Bhavana. Then good
Kamma will ripen for you.