07/08/2025
从前有位厉害的老师,口才特别好,讲道理谁都信服。他懂不少经文和修行方法,大家都很尊敬他,但他总觉得还缺了点什么——他想找个真正的师父。那时候他还没拜师,但他相信:“时候到了,师父自然会出现。”
果然,当他离开王国时,国王问他:“要去哪儿啊?”他说要去某地找某位师父。国王说:“三百公里太远了!坐我的轿子去吧。”
到了小镇,他对抬轿的人说:“带我去见师父。”突然一个轿夫站起来:“我就是。”
老师惊得跪倒在地:“天啊!您怎么能给我抬轿子?您从哪儿开始抬的?”
师父平静地说:“半路开始的。听说你要来,我走了一半路来接你。走吧!”——原来师父特意走了一百五十公里,亲自把弟子的轿子抬回住处,笑着说:“你要找的人,就在这儿。”
There was a talented teacher. He was a great orator, who would convince people very well. He had a fair knowledge of scriptures and spiritual techniques also. He was very good, but he was not complete; he was in search of a Master. Everyone used to honor him, but he lacked that final touch. He just wanted to surrender to a Master. He didn’t have a Master at that time. Only when the time comes, the Master also comes.
So, the time had come. He knew who his Master was, and he was in search for him. When he was departing from the kingdom, the king asked, “Where do you want to go”? He said he wanted to meet such and such a Master in such and such and such a place. Then king said, “Oh, it is so far, 300 kilometers away. You cannot walk and go. You can take my palanquin”. So, he sent his palanquin. The teacher sat in the palanquin and started going towards the Master.
And then he arrived in that town. He asked a person carrying the palanquin to take him to the Master, and one of them, who was carrying the palanquin, stood up and said, ” I am him”.
The teacher was so moved that he fell at his feet. He said, “How could you do this?’ How could you carry me? From where you have been carrying me?”
The Master answered, “Half the way. I heard you were coming to see me, so half the way I came to bring you to me. Now come, Lets go.” So the Master came half-way and carried the palanquin of the disciple and brought him to the place and said, ”Here I am, the person you are looking for.”
Like that God is already carrying you and is right there with you. You take one step towards the Master, and He will take ten steps towards you. But that one step has to be taken. If you take one step back, God will take ten steps back. This is the tradition of Masters. So much humbleness, humility and simplicity is needed."