In His discourse in Brindavan on 21st May 2000, Bhagavan said one should nourish pure and divine feelings of love. One should not indulge in criticism and calumny. He narrated the following story about Buddha.
Once, Buddha came to a village during the course of his travels. As he was tired, he wanted to take rest. He called a young disciple and told him to give the spiritual message to the people. The disciple was very much delighted with the opportunity given by Buddha. He told the people, "Buddha is the embodiment of compassion, love and wisdom. He is also a Karma Yogi and a Jnana Yogi. Such was never born before, nor would he be born in the future." The listeners clapped in joy at this statement of Buddha's disciple.
Buddha was resting, but he overheard the words of his disciple. Immediately, he went to the assembly where his disciple was giving a discourse. He asked the disciple, "My son, what is your age?" "Master, age is 35 years." "How widely have you travelled?" asked Buddha. The young disciple said that he had visited the land of Kurus, the land of Panchalas, etc.
On hearing this, Buddha admonished him, "You have visited only a few kingdoms and your age is only 35 years. With your short experience of people and the world, how can you declare that a person like me was never born the past nor will be born in the future! You don't know much about the past nor can you predict the future. Even your knowledge of the present is very limited. Hence, it is not proper for you to speak about the past and the future. Many great persons were born in the past. There would be many more in future also."
Buddha was the embodiment of humility and simplicity; he was adverse to pomp and show, concluded Bhagavan.
(Sanathana Sarathi - June 2000)
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