What is right? What is wrong? What lies ahead? How? When? Why? This is natural human tendency to fill our bag with questions.
Recently I’ve been spending a lot of time visiting a monastery and that's when I discovered simple pleasures in life. The peace corner there helped me to gather all my thoughts. Taking a break without anything to do besides breathing and noticing little details in my environment - how soft the rug is after having been cleaned; how sunlight from the window leaves shadow; correlating with Buddha’s thought how absolute state of happiness buy problems peacefully.
After seeing peaceful painted walls, I closed my eyes and went into deep thought. The whole world and life was an utter darkness.Who will show me the light now?” After getting into peace I dreamed about a Buddha, a mirror image meditating. The story began where a Buddha just opened his eyes and said, “Appo Deepo Bhava”. He said, “Just be a light unto yourself. Nobody can give this light to you.”
Recently I’ve been spending a lot of time visiting a monastery and that's when I discovered simple pleasures in life. The peace corner there helped me to gather all my thoughts. Taking a break without anything to do besides breathing and noticing little details in my environment - how soft the rug is after having been cleaned; how sunlight from the window leaves shadow; correlating with Buddha’s thought how absolute state of happiness buy problems peacefully.
After seeing peaceful painted walls, I closed my eyes and went into deep thought. The whole world and life was an utter darkness.Who will show me the light now?” After getting into peace I dreamed about a Buddha, a mirror image meditating. The story began where a Buddha just opened his eyes and said, “Appo Deepo Bhava”. He said, “Just be a light unto yourself. Nobody can give this light to you.”
He pointed towards a light entering from the half open door. And he again said this light is not only outside! It is hidden in the heart of every being. Release your thoughts but don't let them control you.
Who you are is what you have been. Who you will be is what you do now.
And soon I heard an enchanting bell echoing into my ears on which I opened my eyes with a bright smile. A serene moment!
One after another I saw people coming with a joss stick. Each one of them was hopeful, holding dreams in their eyes. They taught me hope is the greatest weapon in the world.
My first encounter was with the priest their. Seeing all my books piled up on the table he said don't do this with your life. Ek kitabh hathao ge toh dursri rakh pao ge. Problem ko hathao ge tabhi solution rakh pao ge naa. I dont know what but his thought really clicked me.
On reading Buddhas teaching, I observed he is talking about painful life, changing from moment to moment. Where we are born for a mission that is eradicating sufferings and creating hope.
While I was struggling with my studies my mentor said "Ask yourself - Did you come this far to only come this far." I decided to discover my your own capacity. His word helped me to look within and developing trust on self.
Next I met a young beautiful lady, mother of a young girl aspiring to be choreographer. She said I might not be a big name today but I don't want to die with a regret. I believe unseen virtue gives visible reward. I hope and still wait for her call, saying; she did it. We may not see what lies ahead but the efforts that we put in cannot go unseen.
As I walked down the street, I went into illusion, each person transforming into a Buddha. When this is, that is ... When this isn't, that isn't... Everyday life around us is so miraculous. We as Buddha might fail but there is always potential to awaken every moment. Change must come from within. A tree lives on root, if you change the root, you change the tree. Similarly culture lives in human being if we change the culture from human heart, it will sync taking thousands of attached hearts around you. It all depends on what you think.
Happiness in life begins and ends within our own heart. I end this with Buddha’s last words ‘Appo Deepo Bhava’ – Be your own light.
