Friday 27 October 2017

GMCKS Quote

Man can rise above Obstacles-Lord Buddha

One more legend from Buddha’s life. “The Blessed One sat above the waters of a deep  lake.  In  its  depths  one could discern an entire world of fish and seaweeds. The  Blessed One noticed how this small world resembled the courts of royalty, ‘If man should sink there, he would destroy these ephemeral dwellings  with  his feet, but he himself would choke. Out of such depths the  spirit  of man does not  arise. “ ‘But,’ smiled the Teacher, ‘for everything there is a remedy. One can shatter the rock and drain the lake. The snails will then  have either to dry up or to find another place of existence. But man will not perish.’ “

Helena Roerich,Foundations of Buddhism