{"id":6859,"date":"2018-12-03T12:14:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T12:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qawithmohanji.wordpress.com\/?p=6859"},"modified":"2023-12-15T06:42:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T06:42:57","slug":"a-story-of-nagarjuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohanji.org\/blogs\/satsangs\/youtube-talks\/a-story-of-nagarjuna\/","title":{"rendered":"A Story of Nagarjuna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There was a master, Avadhoota. His name was Nagarjuna. He never carried anything. He used to wonder. He never used to display any of his powers. He was very silent, quiet and used to walk through the streets. This is a story of Nagarjuna..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mohanji
A true teacher should not look at the past or the future of anybody. They just deliver in the present.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There was a very powerful Avadhoota. Avadhoota – master means the one who has only the consciousness of the body, but who has no thoughts. His mind has collapsed, he is aware of the body and has nothing to do with the Earth. He is walking on the Earth as a witness, as a road map, or as a symbol of that state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Avadhoota<\/a> used to wear just a loincloth, like underwear, no other clothes, and he had a begging bowl in his hand. He always carried that bowl for getting food. That’s all he had. Just a cloth and a bowl, nothing else. He never carried anything. He used to wonder. His name was Nagarjuna. He never used to display any of his powers. He was very silent, quiet and used to walk through the streets. Whenever he was hungry, he used to beg for food and people would give him something, he would eat that and that’s how he was living. No possessions, no houses, no credit cards… Nothing. He was just wandering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His fame started spreading. People started knowing there was a great master, so people started looking forward to meeting him. His fame reached the palace. The queen became interested in meeting him, so she told the palace ministers: \u201cI would like to invite him for lunch.\u201d. They brought him to the palace. What sort of utensils will there be in a palace? Gold plates, gold spoons, everything made out of gold! The queen respected him, seated him and served him food in gold plates. Contrast this to the saint he was wearing only a loincloth i.e. just underwear, nothing else!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna said, \u201cWhat have I got to do with these gold plates? I have this begging bowl, you can give food in this bowl. Whatever you give in this bowl, I will eat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So they served him food in the bowl which he was carrying. He ate well, everything was ok, then the queen was happy, he was happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then he asked: \u201cMay I leave now? I\u2019m happy, I\u2019m pleased, may I go?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The queen said: \u201cThank you very much for coming, we are blessed that you stepped into this palace, we are very happy, it will be our pleasure if you would like to come back sometime, whenever you like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please understand, no true master makes any big promises of the future, because they can leave their body. They reserve the option to leave their body any time. If you promise something, you have to hold on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore he said: \u201cWe\u2019ll see.\u201d He didn\u2019t commit. Then he asked the queen: \u201cWhat can I give you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mohanji<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

She looked at him, he had nothing on his body, so she said: \u201cI want that begging bowl\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He didn’t think twice. He only had that begging bowl in his hands. He gave it to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She received the begging bowl with a lot of love and respect and said: \u201cI will keep this in my shrine and I will worship this. This is much more precious than any material in this palace.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He gave the bowl, and as he was about to leave, the queen asked: \u201cWhat about you, you don’t have a bowl now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna answered: \u201cThat’s alright, no problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The queen: \u201cI would like to give you a bowl as well, back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She brought a gold begging bowl with diamonds on it. A very, very, very expensive, an extremely expensive one. She gave it to him and said: \u201cYou are a very powerful master. You’re priceless, so whatever I give you, should somehow be compatible with your stature, that\u2019s why I\u2019m giving this to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He accepted it. When he took this bowl, the ministers and other people who were watching, were not happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They said: \u201cThis is a renunciate, he\u2019s supposed to be a saint. Look at him, he took this gold begging bowl with diamonds studded on it without any problem. Why didn\u2019t he say: \u2018No, no, no, I can\u2019t touch it – I already renounced all these things, I cannot touch material stuff.\u2019 Why didn\u2019t he say so?!\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So they were thinking whether this was a real or a fake guy. They started talking amongst themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you see how fast we make judgments about other people? Nagarjuna received it and he also understood what was in the minds of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mohanji<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hence he said: \u201cDon\u2019t judge me<\/em>, because I am above the materials. You see gold, I see a utility vessel. For you this material is valuable because of what it\u2019s made up of. I\u2019m looking at this thing as a vessel I can use for food. There is nothing else. For me, whether the vessel is made out of gold or mud, it\u2019s the same, I only look at how I can use it. For you, you might be looking at an opportunity for enhancing your family wealth. I have no family, I have no need for wealth, so don\u2019t judge me<\/em>!\u201d It is easy to judge<\/a>. And how to come out of it? Very difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then he left with this begging bowl, and he was asking for food and people were offering him food, and he was showing this gold bowl with the diamonds on it, so the society people were looking at this man who was not dressed but was holding a gold bowl with diamonds on it. It was very inappropriate for the society. It didn\u2019t matter where it came from but who<\/em> was using it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So he became the talk of the town. His fame spread all over the city, and one thief got interested in him. It was a thief with a \u201cgood reputation\u201d. He had even stolen from the palace. They couldn\u2019t even catch him. He saw this man walking around with this gold bowl with the diamonds on it. Thus he decided to follow him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He followed and followed, but he was keeping a safe distance so that the saint wouldn\u2019t recognise him. Finally, it was evening and the saint decided to sleep. He went to a waiting shed, a bus stop kind of thing, where there was not even a proper roof, let alone a place to sleep. That space was usually occupied by wandering monks, beggars, this kind of people – and this guy had a golden begging bowl with diamonds on it. It was not easy to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna cleaned the floor, prepared to sleep, and the thief was hiding behind the pillar, planning \u201cWhen this guy goes to sleep, I will pick up the bowl and run.\u201d He was waiting. Nagarjuna cleaned the floor and sat down. First what he did was, he took this begging bowl and threw it near this thief. The thief was completely shocked. He had never expected this: \u201cWhy did this man throw the golden bowl to me!?\u201d He was happy. This time, he got it without stealing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was so surprised that he came to this Avadhoota and said: \u201cI got the bowl, but why did you do this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna said: \u201cIf you stand there all the time thinking about my bowl, then I cannot sleep. The whole night you will not sleep, I will not sleep. Both of us will have sleepless nights. Instead, you take the bowl, I can sleep and you can also go away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was amazing for the thief, he had never seen anyone like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thief said: \u201cI never met any person like you. So you don\u2019t care about the value of this bowl?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna: \u201cThe value of this bowl for me is that it can carry food, I can eat. Apart from that, it has no value.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thief: \u201cYou\u2019re an amazing person, I\u2019ve never seen anybody like you. Can I touch your feet?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mohanji<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The thief added: \u201cI\u2019m not an ordinary thief, I\u2019m a celebrity thief. I have even stolen from the palace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna: \u201cNice to meet you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thief touched Nagarjuna\u2019s feet and felt something. Something changed in his brain, because he had never met anybody like this, who never cared about anything, who even had a very precious thing in his hand but never cared about it. That meant, he was totally detached from anything and everything. That was a good information or a new thing for the thief so he started thinking: \u201cEveryone was trying to save whatever they have. This fellow does not even care. Why is it so?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until then, this thief had a bit of pride, he had done tremendous thefts, and had never been caught. Now this fellow defeated him in a way. Nagarjuna defeated him in his own game. The thief did not have to steal this precious thing from him. And this precious thing was probably worth all the stealing he had done in this lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the thief touched his feet, he started feeling differently, so he said: \u201cHow can I be like you? I think I have to take many lives to be like you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna said: \u201cNot really\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thief: \u201cWhen can I be like you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna: \u201cRight now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thief: \u201cReally? It\u2019s that simple?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna: \u201cYes, it\u2019s that simple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thief: \u201cWhat do I have to do for it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna: \u201cYou should make a decision! You have to decide!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thief: \u201cYes, I\u2019ve decided. Will you guide me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please understand, until that moment there hadn\u2019t been surrender in his mind. He had not been surrendered because he was still in the past habitual mode, being the thief and who he was in the society and stuff like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the thief said: \u201cNobody will accept me as a student because of my past records, which  are not so good, so why do you accept me like this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna asked: \u201cYour past records are your burden, what have I<\/em> got to do with it? My job is to deliver. If you\u2019re ready I will deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thief: \u201cAll the teachers in the past have rejected me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna: \u201cIf any teacher has rejected you because of who you are, they are not teachers. A true teacher should not look at the past or the future of anybody. They just deliver in the present. Past is already finished. Right now, you have already reached here. Future is up to you – what you want, how you want. According to that you will have your future. A teacher <\/a>has nothing to do with that, and should not have anything to do with that<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mohanji<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This guy was completely shaken. He\u2019d never heard any of these things in life. He had only heard the sound of police chasing him. This man was not even judging him. He came to steal the most precious stuff this guy was carrying, but he never judged him or anybody. No judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the thief said: \u201cOk, teach me! What should I do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna: \u201cBe aware of your breathing all the time! Three things: inhalation, exhalation and the space between inhalation and exhalation.<\/strong> Just be aware of these three things, nothing else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thief asked: \u201cIf I do this, will I be like you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna: \u201cPossible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guru never promises, right? Why didn\u2019t the guru promise? Because YOU are walking, not the guru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna told him: \u201cWhatever you do, remember your breath. Always remember your breath, whenever you remember to remember your breath, remember your breath.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the thief went with the bowl. He didn\u2019t give the bowl back, he took it. He came all the way for this. <\/em>He didn\u2019t leave it behind, he took it away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifteen days later, the thief was searching for this master and found him, not in the same place. This Avadhoota had already moved, but he searched and found him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thief said: \u201cYou put me in a big trap! Ever since you gave me this technique, I have not been able to steal. With great difficulty I jumped the wall, went to some place, opened the door and then I remembered breathing, sometimes I even opened the wardrobe and I remembered the breathing… My profession has become a disaster! I don\u2019t know what to do now, I have no other profession! You messed up my profession. I have no other job in life. What should I do now? Please guide me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna: \u201cGet lost, go away. I have given you something precious, now you choose whether you want the material things from the past habit of collecting all the things indiscriminately based on greed, or you want to enter the silence which you found through the breath. Do you want to stabilize in the silence <\/a>you found through the breath, or you want to go back to your own habit of collecting things out of greed<\/strong>, not exactly for eating? If this is what you want, this is up to you. I have nothing to do with it. I have given you what I can, and don\u2019t come back to me and ask me for more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thief: \u201cYou know, the silence which I found with the breath… –  I don\u2019t want to lose it anymore! Can you accept me as your disciple?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna: \u201cIf you consider me as your Guru, you become a disciple.\u201d Then he asked: \u201cI consider you as my Guru, can you initiate me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagarjuna: \u201cI\u2019ve already done that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

End of story. Think about this, and you will understand the truth from this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mohanji<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Transcribed by Monika Dizdarevic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proof read by Biljana Vozarevic<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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