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Part X : 1987-1990 Poona-Two : The Book
of 300 Mystics
Anando is compiling a book on all the mystics I have spoken on.
She talked to Professor Coleman Barks. He was very much interested;
he wanted to publish it himself. But he said, "From where
has he found these three hundred? I have not even heard these
names—three hundred buddhas!" He has left, otherwise
I would have sent him the message that I am still living and I
am going to speak on at least two hundred more. There are more
still, but even their names are lost.
You are listening to people and their sutras which have been
forgotten by the majority of humanity. My effort is to revive
all those golden peaks in your consciousness, so you can have
the trust that "If so many people became enlightened, there
is no reason why I cannot become enlightened."
My speaking on these people has a single purpose: to create a
trust in you about yourself, that your destiny is to be a buddha.
rinzai08
I would like to write history completely from the very scratch,
particularly about these people, because I know them from my own
insight—I don't have to be bothered about facts, I know
the truth. These people had not gone against life: they had gone
simply for solitude; they had gone for being alone; they had just
gone away from distractions. zara101
Each awakened person has a uniqueness of his own. This has created
great misunderstandings in people, because Christ does not behave
like Gautam Buddha, Mahavira does not behave like Gautam Buddha,
Krishna does not behave like Gautam Buddha. Even Bodhidharma,
a disciple of Gautam Buddha, does not behave like Gautam Buddha.
This has created a great confusion in the world. People think
these people cannot all be right.
Buddhists think only Gautam Buddha is right; Christ cannot be
right. The misunderstanding arises because they think every buddha
down the ages is going to be the same.
In existence, nothing is the same.
Every person has his own uniqueness.
And when he becomes enlightened, his uniqueness becomes even
more unique. He becomes a Himalayan peak, like Gourishankar, standing
aloof, alone, reaching to the stars. It is not like any other
peak in the Himalayas, or like any other mountain. It is just
itself.
That's why I have been speaking on so many awakened people.
This has been done for the first time in the whole history of
man. Hindus have been speaking on Krishna, on Rama; Buddhists
have been speaking on Buddha, on Bodhidharma; Christians have
been speaking on Christ, St. Francis, Meister Eckhart. Mohammedans
have been speaking about Mohammed; Sufis have been speaking about
Jalaluddin Rumi, Sarmad, Al-Hillaj Mansoor. But nobody has dared
to bring all the enlightened people together.
My whole effort has been to make it clear to the world that
all enlightened people, howsoever different in their behavior,
howsoever different in their philosophies, howsoever different
in their actions, howsoever different in their individualities,
still have the same taste, still have the same no-mind. Their
innermost core is the same. It is the same light.
Don't go according to the shape of the candle. The candle can
have any kind of shape, but the flame in every candle—of
different shapes, different sizes, different colors—is the
same. Those who know the flame don't bother about the candles
and their shapes and their sizes and their colors. What is important
is not the candle; what is important is the flame.
No-mind is the flame of every awakened being. He functions out
of his self-nature, not out of his mind….
I want it to be impressed in you as deeply as possible that
all over the world, in different ages, in different races, enlightened
people have existed. And it is time that they should be recognized
as belonging to the same category, although protecting their uniqueness.
They have a certain oneness but that is their innermost core.
On the periphery, they are as unique as you can conceive. And
it is beautiful. bodhi05
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