#Sadhguru : Is the white flower the most beautiful one or
the red flower the most beautiful one, such questions don’t arise, out
here. Such questions have come from
cultures, which are steeped in morality, as to something has to be good, as
something has to be bad. In this state,
of making something right and making something wrong, there is no way a
spiritual process can happen because essentially spiritual process means,
all-inclusiveness. If you cannot embrace
everything, the way it is, if you have to accept some and reject some, than
there will be no spiritual process. You will have only morality, no
spirituality.
This reminds me of a fantastic story, a situation rather, which
happened in “Bahubali’s” life. Myself
and #Bahubali, for a few years, had a great affair. There is a place called Gomatagiri which is a
little over 25km from mysore city. There
is a 18 foot tall statue of Gomata, standing naked, on top of a rock. It is, I think, a 1100 years old statue,
which was lost with overgrowth of forest.
And probably about, in the late 60’s it was rediscovered. The man who rediscovered it, a simple stone
cutter, a illiterate person, went there to take a stone, and he discovered this
statue, which is on top of a small hill or a bunch of rocks which are around
120ft tall and on top of it a 18 foot tall statue of Bahubali.
I met this old man, he was in his 70’s and he was still
cutting stones and when I spoke to him, a completely unschooled, untrained
person. He was such a amazing guy, just
having found this #Gomateshwara, his whole life was transformed, he became a
devotee. A simple stone cutter, turned
into a fantastic devotee. I met him in
83 or 84, when I was there and conducted a few programs and spended a certain amount of time in Gomatagiri. There are any number of things that I can say
about this place because so many things happened there. This was the time in 1982, when my own
experiences have blossomed but I was trying to find articulation on what was
happening within me. It was a very
crucial time, when Gomateshwara came into my life and as I said we had a great
affair.
So there is a wonderful situation in Gomata’s life. He and his brother had fought many battles
together initially. Later on, they
fought against each other. After having
bloodbath, after having slaughtered thousands of people. One day Bahubali realized, what is the point
of all this bloodshed and he went and stood in penance, naked and just stood
there. You will always see the statue
of Gomata standing naked with wines going over his head or his body. This shows that he stood there for a very
long time and he stood there for over 14 years. Everything that he could do to
himself in terms of purifying himself,
he has done but still he could not attain.
When a Yogi, a Sage, of great attainment came by Gomata
looked at him and just one tear drop slipped out of his eyes. This one tear drop was a question mark, what
is it. I have done everything that I
could do, what is holding me back, that’s the question. Unuttered question, just a tear drop to ask
this question to a Yogi, what is holding me back, I have done everything that I
know.
Than the Yogi said, you have brought the false sense of
humility into you. You are a king but
now you are willing to bow down to a beggar on the street. You are willing to bow down to any creature
in this planet, you are willing to bow down to the inanimate rock, you have
made yourself like this, its wonderful but I see that you are incapable of
bowing down to your brother with whom you have a fight. It is this falseness of humility that is
holding you back.
This was the moment of attainment for Bahubali. Within himself, he did bow down to his little
brother and he attained.
This is a very beautiful story because this is how the human
being is held back. Its not great
things. Its one little things that you
can’t clear from your karmic space that holds you back. Is it not unfair? How many things I did? Right now, if a little finger gets stuck to
this pillar, I have freed the whole body, my little finger is stuck, can I go
somewhere? I cannot go somewhere. This is how it is.
Note : Gomateshwara is another name of Bahubali
Bhagwan #Rishabha (Adinath) Ji
Bhagwan #Ajitnath Ji
Bhagwan #Sambhav Nath Ji
Bhagwan #Abhinandan-Nath Ji
Bhagwan #Sumatinath Ji
Bhagwan #Padmaprabha Ji
Bhagwan #Suparshvanath Ji
Bhagwan #Chandra-Prabha Ji
Bhagwan #Pushpadanta Ji
Bhagwan #Shitalnath Ji
Bhagwan #Shreyamsanath Ji
Bhagwan #Vasupujya Ji
Bhagwan #Vimalnath Ji
Bhagwan #Anantanath Ji
Bhagwan #Dharmanath Ji
Bhagwan #Shantinath Ji
Bhagwan #Kunthunath Ji
Bhagwan #Aranath Ji
Bhagwan #Malinath Ji
Bhagwan #Munisuvrata Ji
Bhagwan #Naminath Ji
Bhagwan #Neminath Ji
Bhagwan #Parshvanath Ji
Bhagwan #Mahavira Ji
#Jainism #Jain #Jainology
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