Amritapuri ashram

Old Man Budhda

18 Mar 2010
Yesterday we stopped at Bodh Gaya on our way to Durgapur, during AMMA’s North Indian tour. I decided to visit the main temple. After reaching the temple was struck by the peace near the “bodhi” (peepal) tree where Buddha attained enlightenment.

I was sitting in meditation below one of the branches of the tree hoping that I will get some enlightenment under the famous tree. Nothing happened. So disappointed, I stood up and was standing under one of the side branches, when one leaf from the tree, fell close to me. I felt refreshed and enthused by that and again I went back to the meditative position to try my luck some more.

After a long duration (in my mind), was woken up by the hot afternoon sunlight beating down my face. There was this man with a kid, pointing at me and saying “look at that Buddha” (in Hindi). I felt very elated and with a bloated ego looked up at that man. He was again repeating what he was saying “look at that Budhda – old man”.  (Budhda in Hindi means – old man).

– Sathya

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4 responses to “Old Man Budhda”

  1. sudha2610in

    Budda in hindi means an old man. The difference is only one letter of the alphabet ‘H’ BUDDHA. We can take that ‘H’ to be ‘Humility’. So any Budda who becomes humble can become a Buddha…

  2. Anagha sharan

    🙂 :)…budda(old man)or anyone..if we surrender ourselves fully to Amma we will be enlightened.. “If you surrender totally to God, He will make sure that you don’t lack anything”. — Amma

  3. shikha

    Superficially, it looks like a funny incident. But it has a valuable lesson hidden. It shows the importance of humility in the path of sadhana. Good article indeed. Thanks for sharing.

  4. Susannah

    Sharing this moment with others shows your humility. The ego would not want the world to hear of its folly. Thank you for the giggle I got 🙂 Laughter is healing.

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