Once, Buddha had an encounter with Ananda, the son of
his stepmother. Buddha had attained the state of Nirvana (Self Realization).
Watching Buddha in this state, Ananda burst into
tears. Buddha was about to give up his body. Ananda was in grief over the thought.
“What will happen to us? What is our future?”
Buddha summoned Ananda to come near him and said:
"Ananda! This is not a time for grief. I am about to achieve
Nirvana. You should also seek Nirvana. Looking at the dead,
the living lament over death. But who are the dead? Death
awaits the living in due course. Where there is birth, there is
also death.
Except for the Divine, birth and death are natural to all
human beings. Why then do you weep? You also must strive to
achieve liberation."
Only the Divine is free from birth and death.
He is eternal, with no beginning, middle or end.
He is the Eternal Witness.
(Telugu poem)
(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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