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as materialist as Epicurus, as spiritualist as Buddha, Mahavira. I am the beginning of a totally new vision.
In the new commune, just as there will be a Buddha Auditorium, a Mahavira Meditation Hall, a Jesus House, a Krishna House, a Lao Tzu House, there are going also to be gardens dedicated to Epicurus -- because his school was called "The Garden." There are going to be lakes dedicated to Charvakas. In the new commune the spiritualists and the materialists all have to be respected. We are trying to create a harmony, a new synthesis.
The last question:
Question 4
BELOVED MASTER,
WHY ARE ALL THE SO-CALLED INDIAN GURUS RUSHING TO AMERICA?
Nirmal, in the very ancient scriptures there is a story. Meditate over it.
This is the story: that when destiny was being planned, the archetypal representatives of various peoples and schools were offered their choice of gifts.
The Japanese asked to be given the Zen koan so that people would always be attached to the power of perplexity. The Hindu guru asked for the mantram and the assertion that everything was derived from his philosophy.
Then an American-to-be was asked for his choice. Since he was to be one of the last peoples to emerge, most of the more attractive things had been handed out. But he was not long in asking: "Give me the dollar -- then they all will come to me, sooner or later!"
Enough for today.
The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 3
Chapter #3
Chapter title: Be a buddha!
14 August 1979 am in Buddha Hall
Archive code: 7908140
ShortTitle: DHAM303
Audio: Yes
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Length: 107 mins
WANT NOTHING.
WHERE THERE IS DESIRE,
SAY NOTHING.
HAPPINESS OR SORROW --
WHATEVER BEFALLS YOU,
WALK ON
UNTOUCHED, UNATTACHED.
DO NOT ASK FOR FAMILY OR POWER OR WEALTH,
EITHER FOR YOURSELF OR FOR ANOTHER.
CAN A WISE MAN WISH TO RISE UNJUSTLY?
FEW CROSS OVER THE RIVER.
MOST ARE STRANDED ON THIS SIDE.
ON THE RIVERBANK THEY RUN UP AND DOWN.
BUT THE WISE MAN, FOLLOWING THE WAY,
CROSSES
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