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into paradise. I am going to be the last human soul and these doors will not be opened again once I enter. It may take eternity but it does not matter. I see millions of sad faces, hearts full of tears, people who have never known a smile -- their whole life is just hellfire.
"No. Please close the doors. I am afraid -- if the doors remain open, in some weak moment I may be tempted to enter."
Buddha still stands outside the gate of paradise -- because we are all still groping -- for us and for millions of the past and for the millions of others who will be coming.
This may be just a beautiful story but it contains pure truth, unpolluted.
Almustafa is in the same situation. His ship has arrived, yet i cannot tarry longer.... He wants to be still in the world. He has loved the world, although there were dark nights... but there were beautiful sunrises too. And there were thorns but there were beautiful roses too. Although there were people who have tried to kill him, there were people who were ready to die for him any moment. Just a word from him would have been enough. Thousands of people have said to him, with their total heart and being:
Buddham sharanam gachchhami: I go to the feet of the awakened one.
Sangham sharanam gachchhami: I go to the feet not only of the awakened one, but also to the commune that has arisen around him, all kinds of seekers.
Dhammam sharanam gachchhami -- not only to Buddha, not only to his commune, but also to his message.
There were these people also.
Buddha remained at the gate -- perhaps the same situation arises in every mystic's life. But existence has certain cosmic laws. It never makes any exceptions. That's why I said it is a beautiful story, signifying a tremendously meaningful truth. Don't forget: existence cannot allow exceptions, Buddha or no Buddha. If you have arrived, you have arrived. I know from my own experience: there are no gates to paradise and there are no gatekeepers... yet i cannot tarry longer.
Almustafa wants to tarry a little longer but it is against the rules of our very life. He has to go; he will have to go -- with a deep sadness in his
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