Reader Upendra Kapadia, in a recent letter here, rightly commented that an immensely wealthy businessman like Bhanwarlal Doshi of India should have donated his piles of rupees to charity before adopting a humble monastic life. Alas, he didn’t do that.
Instead, according to an Asian Voice report, he decided to blow his entire fortune on a musical extravaganza featuring 150,000 guests, 1,000 monks and a colourful procession of decorated elephants, camels and horses. This was no preparation for the ascetic’s dream of attaining “moksha”, the Hindu belief of freedom from the reincarnation cycle.
Rudy Otter
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