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Be like Him. - Osho narrates Chhandogya Upanishad story.
THE Chhandogya Upanishad has a beautiful story.
Let us begin with it.
Satyakam asked his mother, Jabala, “Mother, I want to live the life of a
student of supreme knowledge. What is my family name? Who is my
father?”
“My son,” replied the
mother, “I don’t know. In my youth when I went about a great deal as a
maidservant I conceived you. I do not know who is your father. I am
Jabala and you are Satyakam, so call yourself Satyakam Jabal.”
Then the boy went to Gautama, a great seer of those days, and asked to
be accepted as a student. “Of what family are you, my dear?” inquired
the sage.
Satyakam replied, “I asked my mother what my family name
was, and she answered, ‘I don’t know. In my youth when I went about a
great deal as a maidservant I conceived you. I do not know who is your
father. I am Jabala and you are Satyakam, so call yourself Satyakam
Jabal.’ Sir, I am therefore Satyakam Jabal.”
The sage then
said to him, “None but a true brahmin, a true seeker of truth, would
have spoken thus. You have not swerved from the truth, my dear. I will
teach you that supreme knowledge.”
OSHO
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