FRAGRANCE OF A BUDDHA !!!

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Posted by: " SVS " svsubramaniam svsubramaniam

Sun May 11, 2008 5:37 pm (PDT)

FRAGRANCE OF A BUDDHA !!!

 

Once a man fell unconscious on the street. It was a hot day and he

suffered from sunstroke. A crowd of people gathered around him, trying

to revive him in various ways. Someone took his shoe off and put it to

the man's nose in the hope that this would bring him round, but to no

avail.

 

The place was a perfume-sellers' market and a nearby shopkeeper

hurried to the scene with a very precious perfume in his hand. " Let

him sniff this fragrance, " he said; " it dispels unconsciousness. " So,

the perfume bottle was waved under the sick man's nose immediately,

but to no avail. However, even in the depths of his unconsciousness,

the man began to writhe, throwing his arms and legs as though he was

choking to death.

 

Then a man standing in the crowd jumped forward and said, " Please,

don't kill him! I know the man, and I know what he needs. " The

unconscious man was a fisherman and his empty fish basket was lying

beside him. The man picked it up and said, " Although there are no fish

in it now, just sprinkle some water into it and the basket will be the

perfect thing for him to smell. This fishy smell only is the perfume

for him. "

 

Sure enough, as soon as the wet fish basket was raised to the

fisherman's nose, he took a deep breath, peacefully came back to his

senses.

 

Moral of the Story ....

 

Friends, a man to whom the smell of fish is more than any perfume,

will pass through a garden of flowers as though he is passing through

a stink. This is exactly how most of us have passed by the Buddhas....

 

Still, without one's knowledge and in spite of one's opposition, the

fragrance of the buddhas has permeated in us. It is in one's flesh and

bones, and this is why people from the West see peace & bliss in us,

although we don't see it ourselves. Friends, we are unfortunate,

because we could have been a buddha ourselves, but most of us are

carrying around just a shadow of the buddha.

 

Buddha's peace is contagious, buddhahood is contagious. Even as

diseases spread, and one man infected with a disease can infect the

whole town with it, so is buddhahood. When even a single person

attains to buddhahood, the whole earth changes its way of being. If a

buddha passes by one's side, even if one were sleeping at the time,

one will not remain the same.

 

Many buddhas have wandered amongst us and they have left their shadow

on us, without our knowing, without any effort by us and in spite of

all our protests. It is like a man passing through a garden

unintentionally, his clothes catch the fragrance of the flowers and he

may not be aware at all.

 

Friends, it is even possible that one may be unable to smell the

fragrance, but one's nose may be used only to a stink....!!

 

Live a Conscious Day, each Moment !!