This story is similar to 'Kasthuri deer' (musk deer) that carries musk beneath its stomach. whenever it bends to eat grass, it gets the smell of musk and searches the whole grass to find its source. it never identifies that "that sweet smell gland" is present inside his body. it's the case of most of us. instead of finding what's present inside us and our potential, we search in the whole world for the best.
it happened in that beggar's case too. he was holding the precious bowl for years to get money for his food. if he has sold it he could have got money to buy everything that he needs. we may laugh at the foolishness of that beggar. but before that, let us look ourselves. we will find that we are not less than that ignorant and poor beggar....searching the whole world, that's hidden inside our soul. :) :P
This is the inherent weakness in humans. We fail to count our own blessings
