40: Doctorjee Always Put Others' Convenience First:

Once, on a camping trip in a dense forest, Doctorjee and others were sleeping in tents, while a night watchman was patrolling with a shotgun, (since the forest was full of dangerous wild animals who often were known to attack the people passing through).

On the second night, fatigue over-powered the night watchman. He sat at a huge rock, and was dozing fitfully, leaving on his shotgun. Soon, he felt a friendly hand on his shoulder. P.P.Doctorjee stood there, smiling. P.P.Doctorjee gently lead him to his tent, and made him lie down in his own bed. The night watchman instantly fell asleep and began to snore. P.P.Doctorjee took over his gun and began to patrol.

After 5-6 hours, as dawn approached, the night watchmen suddenly came awake and found that P.P.Doctorjee was patrolling. He suddenly remembered what happened, and saw that P.P.Doctorjee, an elderly man who needed more rest, had given it up for him. Ashamed of himself, he ran to P.P.Doctorjee and said: " Please go and take some rest. I am sorry, I slept too long".

Smiling, P.P.Doctorjee said: "There is no need to be sorry. It is nearly dawn now. Let us go about with our morning chores, I will help you to pull the tents out and load them onto the truck".

The night watchman was amazed at P.P.Doctorjee's simplicity and love. Later, he became a leading Sangha worker. He often told this story and said: "P.P.Doctorjee's-whole life was like this. When the entire nation was fast-asleep in "Moha-Nidra" (delusional sleep), he alone was awake, and was steadfastly, diligently carrying on with his "Vrata" (sacred vow) of awakening his motherland."

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