HE WENT AWAY, TOWEL ON HIS SHOULDER

A MAN was going to bathe. He had his towel on

his shoulder. His wife said to him, "You are

worthless. You are getting old and still you cannot

give up some of your habits. You cannot live a

single day without me. But look at that man!

What a renouncer he is!"

Husband: "Why? What has he done?"

Wife: "He has sixteen wives and he is renouncing

them one by one. You will never be able to

renounce."

Husband: "Renouncing his wives one by one! You

are crazy. He won't be able to renounce. If a man

wants to renounce, does he do it little by little?"

Wife (smiling): "Still he is better than you."

Husband: "You are silly; you don't understand. He

cannot renounce. But I can. See! Here I go!"

That is called intense renunciation. No sooner did

the man discriminate than he renounced. He went

away with the towel on his shoulder. He didn't turn

back to settle his worldly affairs. He didn't even

look back at his home.

He who wants to renounce needs great strength of

mind. He must have a dare-devil attitude like a

dacoit's. Before looting a house, the dacoits shout:

"Kill! Murder! Loot!"