A raja met a beggar on his morning walk whom he asked" what do you want ". the beggar laughed and said " you are asking me as though you can fulfill my desire" . The offended king said" of course i can . please tell me." He was so ordinary beggar, but the master from the raja's past life who has promised his student in the previous life that" I will come and try to wake you in your next life". But who remembered past lives? " I will fulfill anything you ask, said the king. " what can you possibly desire that i cannot give to you" . " A very simple desire can you fill my begging bowl"?. The raja laughed." of course". He called his aids and ordered to get it filled with money. they got some money and placed it in the bowl , but it disappeared. He put in more and more but all vanished. The bowl remained empty. A huge crowd had gathered and the raja's prestige was at stake. "I am ready to lose my kingdom , but i won't be defeated by this beggar".
The treasury was almost empty and the bowl seemed bottomless. Soon, all was gone. the king fell at the beggar's feet, " you are victorious - tell me , what is your bowl made of?" . the beggar laughed and said, " it is made up of the human mind. there is no secret . it is simply made up of human desire".
the understanding transforms life. the anticipation of desire is exciting. once achieved all is meaningless again. your mind has de materialised it. you were so drunk with desire that you forgot your inner nothingness. that is how one moves from one desire to another desire. that is how one remains a beggar, the journey is inwards, move inwards, come back home.
courtesy Indian express 27th march 2011.
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