Can anyone live for or walk for us ??? Certainly no. Life is an unique journey,has to be undertaken by the very individual...Others may help,walk by side or may hold hands as well, but can never walk or live for us... It's a journey where we are the path, we are the traveller and we ourselves are the destination as well... Tathagat Buddha beautifully explains this..
Once a businessman comes to him and requests him to grant him nirvan means moksh or liberation ....And Gautama,the Buddha smiles and asks" how can I do that?"...Then he replies because you are the enlightened,the knower,the Buddha,the God... Buddha realizes the fellow is illusioned and doesn't understand what it means to be liberated..He helps him to understand... Buddha finds out he is a native of Rajagrih and stays in Shravasti for long...Then Buddha asks " You must be often visiting Rajagrih and must be thorough in knowing the route and direction...If anyone asks you to help find the direction of Rajagrih from Sravasti,you must be helping him whole heartedly and explain him the best you can... do you?"...He replies..."Of course I do my Lord..." Tathagat smiles again...And asks him..."Does that person reach Rajagrih with the help of your direction and route explanation and demonstration or does he have to physically travel to reach..?"....The businessman man comes to the reality... Though looking a very simple fact...How difficult it is to understand,realize and live the truth..
However someone helps us, however anyone guides us,how much we read, see also...all these will certainly help and ease our journey...butWe can't reach the destination unless we take the journey ourselves...
One of the simplest but vital lesson of life..
Once a businessman comes to him and requests him to grant him nirvan means moksh or liberation ....And Gautama,the Buddha smiles and asks" how can I do that?"...Then he replies because you are the enlightened,the knower,the Buddha,the God... Buddha realizes the fellow is illusioned and doesn't understand what it means to be liberated..He helps him to understand... Buddha finds out he is a native of Rajagrih and stays in Shravasti for long...Then Buddha asks " You must be often visiting Rajagrih and must be thorough in knowing the route and direction...If anyone asks you to help find the direction of Rajagrih from Sravasti,you must be helping him whole heartedly and explain him the best you can... do you?"...He replies..."Of course I do my Lord..." Tathagat smiles again...And asks him..."Does that person reach Rajagrih with the help of your direction and route explanation and demonstration or does he have to physically travel to reach..?"....The businessman man comes to the reality... Though looking a very simple fact...How difficult it is to understand,realize and live the truth..
However someone helps us, however anyone guides us,how much we read, see also...all these will certainly help and ease our journey...butWe can't reach the destination unless we take the journey ourselves...
One of the simplest but vital lesson of life..
So let's walk...
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