-- The First Thing --
A novice said to a master, "I want to be a great man. What is the first thing I should do?"
The master answered, "Forget about being a great man."
The master answered, "Forget about being a great man."
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A really great person doesn’t even know that he is great!
There is a beautiful story in Ramayana. When Rama goes to exile, his brother Bharat refuses to accept the throne and goes to forest to appease Rama. There have been many wars between brothers in the history, but this was the only case where brothers were fighting not to take the kingdom!
Such pious people! But, when Bharat was about to reach the place where Rama lived in forest, he thought that Ram must be thinking that Bharat is evil. Bharat thought that Brother Rama must be thinking that Bharat has conspired Rama’s exile. Bharat thought that Brother Rama might leave this place and go somewhere else if he hears that Bharat is coming!!!
रामु लखनु सिय सुनि मम नाऊँ। उठि जनि अनत जाहिं तजि ठाऊँ॥
(भरतजी सोचते हैं) श्री राम, लक्ष्मण और सीताजी मेरा नाम सुनकर स्थान छोड़कर कहीं दूसरी जगह उठकर न चले जाएँ॥
“(Bharatji thinks that) God forbid that Shri Rama, Lakshmana and Sita leave the place on hearing my name and shift to some other place!”
~ Ramcharit Manas (Ayodhya Kaand, 233/8) ~
This is religiousness!!
A real religious person won’t be even knowing that he is religious. But if you see these so called religious people - they are filled with great pride and ego. And they even preach others to be proud of being a Hindu or a Mohemmadan or a Christian or so on! They think that they are one of the chosen few and hence they will go to heaven and all others who do not follow their religions are bound to go to hell! People have made even their so called religions a matter of ego and pride! These so called religions have made people utterly irreligious by giving them superiority complex!
No! Master is saying that a great man is not egotist!
There is a beautiful story in Ramayana. When Rama goes to exile, his brother Bharat refuses to accept the throne and goes to forest to appease Rama. There have been many wars between brothers in the history, but this was the only case where brothers were fighting not to take the kingdom!
Such pious people! But, when Bharat was about to reach the place where Rama lived in forest, he thought that Ram must be thinking that Bharat is evil. Bharat thought that Brother Rama must be thinking that Bharat has conspired Rama’s exile. Bharat thought that Brother Rama might leave this place and go somewhere else if he hears that Bharat is coming!!!
रामु लखनु सिय सुनि मम नाऊँ। उठि जनि अनत जाहिं तजि ठाऊँ॥
(भरतजी सोचते हैं) श्री राम, लक्ष्मण और सीताजी मेरा नाम सुनकर स्थान छोड़कर कहीं दूसरी जगह उठकर न चले जाएँ॥
“(Bharatji thinks that) God forbid that Shri Rama, Lakshmana and Sita leave the place on hearing my name and shift to some other place!”
~ Ramcharit Manas (Ayodhya Kaand, 233/8) ~
This is religiousness!!
A real religious person won’t be even knowing that he is religious. But if you see these so called religious people - they are filled with great pride and ego. And they even preach others to be proud of being a Hindu or a Mohemmadan or a Christian or so on! They think that they are one of the chosen few and hence they will go to heaven and all others who do not follow their religions are bound to go to hell! People have made even their so called religions a matter of ego and pride! These so called religions have made people utterly irreligious by giving them superiority complex!
No! Master is saying that a great man is not egotist!
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