The beggar and the guru
A baker wanted to get to know a great guru in his town a little better, so he invited him to dinner. The day before, the guru went to the bakery disguised as a beggar, picked a bread roll off the display and began to eat it. The baker saw this and tossed him out […]
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Nov 26, 2020 10:30AM
This story is a very old narrative from an ancient story in India, also mentioned in old Buddhist tales. The guru purposely disguised himself as the beggar to test the baker's character. Any person who has no compassion for the lowest of the lowly creatures, is not worthy of any wisdom no matter how rich or powerful he may be.
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Don't judge the book by its cover and jet we all guilty for doing it. Even if we do not mean anything bad we just look at people and class them by what they wear, what music they listen to, what they read to, and so on.
The question is what expectation did the baker have in wanting to know the guru better? For the baker clearly expected something from the beggar for the bread roll was indeed not free...
I agree we often believe that we have control over our lives and circumstances, and yet the opposite is true... we really have control over so little.... health indeed is wealth...
