Who are you? Once Buddha was asked, “Who are you?” He was such a beautiful man and buddhahood had conferred such grace on him that many times he was asked, “Who are you?” He looked like an emperor or a god who had come from heaven, and he lived like a beggar. Again and again he was asked, “Who are you?” And the man who was asking was a great scholar. He said, “Are you from the world of gods? Are you a god?” Buddha said, “No.” “Then are you a gandharva?” Gandharvas are the musicians of the gods. Buddha had such music around him – the music of silence, the sound of no sound, of one hand clapping – that it was natural to ask him, “Are you a gandharva, a celestial musician?” Buddha said, “No.” And the man went on asking. There are many categories in Hindu mythology from gods to man. Then finally he asked, “Are you a great king, a chakravartin, one who rules over the world?” And Buddha said, “No.” Annoyed, the scholar asked, “Are you a man, or not even that?” Buddha said. “Don’t be annoyed, but what can I do? I have to state the truth as it is. I am not a man either.” Now the scholar was too angry, enraged. He said, “Then are you an animal?” Buddha said, “No, not an animal, not a tree, not a rock.” “Then who are you?” the man asked. Buddha said, “I am awareness.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:20:36 +0000
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