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The Buddha and the King

Last updated on: November 30, 2017 at 8:35 pm   by Sunil Daman

The Buddha and the King 2017-11-30T20:35:53+05:30 Sunil Daman

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A beautiful story about the Buddha as told by Osho.

One morning a great king, Prasenjita, came to Gautam Buddha. He had in one of his hands a beautiful lotus flower and in the other hand one of the most precious diamonds of those days. He had come because his wife was persistent, “When Gautam Buddha is here, you waste your time with idiots, talking about unnecessary things”. From her very childhood she had been going to Gautam Buddha; then she got married. Prasenjita had no inclination of that kind but because she was so insistent he said, “It is worth at least one visit to go and see what kind of man this is.”

But he was a man of very great ego, so he took out the most precious diamond from his treasure to present to Gautam Buddha. He wrapped in an auspicious cloth coated in turmeric and kumkum. He did not want to go there just as an ordinary man. Everybody had to know… In fact he wanted everybody to know, “Who is greater – Gautam Buddha or Prasenjita?” That diamond was so precious that many fights had happened, wars had happened over it. His wife laughed and she said, “You are absolutely unaware of the man I’m taking you to. It is better that you take a flower rather than a stone to present to him.” He could not understand, but he said, “There is no harm, I can take both. Let us see.” When he reached there, he offered his diamond, which he was carrying in one of his hands, and Buddha said simply, “Drop it!” Naturally, what can you do? He dropped it.

He thought that perhaps his wife was right. In the other hand he was carrying the lotus, and as he tried to offer the lotus, Buddha said, “Drop it!” He dropped that too, and became a little afraid: the man seems to be insane, but ten thousand disciples… And he stood there thinking that the people must be thinking he is stupid. And Buddha said the third time, “Don’t you listen to me? Drop it!!” Prasenjita said, “He is really gone. Now I have dropped the diamond, I have dropped the lotus; now I don’t have anything.” And at that very moment, Sariputta, an old disciple of Gautam Buddha, started laughing. His laughter turned Prasenjita towards him, and he asked him, “Why are you laughing?” He said, “You don’t understand the language. He is not saying drop the diamond, he is not saying drop the lotus. He is saying drop yourself, drop the ego. You can have the diamond and you can have the lotus, but drop the ego. Don’t take it back.” Those were beautiful days. Suddenly a new sky opened to Prasenjita.

He dropped himself at Gautam Buddha’s feet in utter humbleness, and he never left. He became part of the great caravan that used to follow Gautam Buddha. He forgot all about his kingdom, forgot about everything. The only thing that remained was this beautiful man, this tremendous grace, this invisible magnetism, these eyes and this silence. And he was gripped by all this. It is not a question of belief. It is not a question of conversion, argumentation, it is a question of the highest quality of love.

बच्चे का नामकरण संस्कार जन्म के बाद अगली सुबह किया जाता है। कुछ महिलाओं के आटे में एक मोर्टार में आते हैं और आधा किलो चावल के लिए आमंत्रित कर रहे हैं। आटा तैयार है जब एक बांस पर रखा गया है। किण्वित चावल के पानी के साथ मिलाया जाता है और एक लौकी में रखा गया है। कुछ पाउडर, हल्दी भी प्रदान की जाती है, और यह भी, एक केला पत्ता में या सूखी मछली के पांच टुकड़े के लिए तैयार रखा है। नाल युक्त मिट्टी के बर्तन तो में रखा गया है, या घर के केन्द्र कमरा है।

बच्चे को एक पुरुष है, तो वे उसके पास एक धनुष और तीन तीर (एक खासी योद्धा का औजार) जगह; एक बेटी है, बोझ ले जाने के लिए एक स्टार या गन्ना सिर का पट्टा है। खासी द्वारा कहा जाता है जो नामकरण पूजा, प्रदर्शन करने के लिए कैसे जानता है जो एक बुजुर्ग आदमी, “काबा मंजिल पर एक पत्ती स्थानों और उस पर कुछ पानी। वह उसके हाथ में लौकी लेता है और गवाह करने के लिए एक भगवान कहता है। फिर इकट्ठे लोग बच्चे के लिए नाम के एक नंबर का उल्लेख है, और उन्हें दोहराने की पूजा प्रदर्शन कर रहा है, जो आदमी से पूछो। यह वह करता है, और एक ही समय में जमीन पर लौकी से थोड़ी शराब।

वह डालने का कार्य पर चला जाता है, डिग्री से शराब समाप्त हो जाता है, और अंत में केवल कुछ बूँदें रहते हैं। शराब की आखिरी बूंद लौकी की टोंटी का पालन करने बनी हुई है, जिनमें से दोहरा पर नाम बच्चे के लिए चयनित नाम है। फिर पूजा कलाकार बच्चे के लिए गुड लक देने के लिए भगवान का आह्वान। पिता बच्चे पर पहले से रखा चावल का आटा और उसमें किण्वित चावल, और लहरों यह तीन गुना होने के बाद, नाल युक्त बर्तन लेता है, और उसके बाद घर के मुख्य प्रवेश द्वार के माध्यम से इसके साथ बाहर चलता है और एक पेड़ से बर्तन के ऊपर लटक गांव के बाहर। वह इस ड्यूटी से वापस आती है जब वह पहले, एक और पिता के पैर पर पानी फेंकता है, घर में फिर से प्रवेश करती है। पिता, इस प्रकार शुद्ध प्रवेश करती है, और उसके मुंह में तीन बार करने के लिए चावल के आटे रखती जा रहा है।

दो लोगों को तो उनके दो सिरों से सूखी मछली पकड़े, दो में उन्हें तोड़ने। चावल का आटा और पानी के साथ मिश्रित पाउडर हल्दी पिता, मां और एक ही उपचार प्राप्त बच्चे के दाहिने पैर के लिए आवेदन किया है। मित्रों और संबंधों तो हल्दी उनके बाएं पैर के लिए, हालांकि, लागू किया जा रहा, अभिषेक कर रहे हैं। धनुष, तीर, डा, और यू स्टार ध्यान से छत पर छप्पर की अंदरूनी सतह के अंदर रखा जाता है, और समारोह खत्म हो गया है। चावल का आटा तो मौजूद हैं, जो सभी को वितरित किया जाता है, और पुरुष वयस्कों के लिए पीने के लिए शराब दी जाती है।

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