The reality of life

Once Tathagat used to be Sitting beneath the Bodhi tree. Already many had adopted Buddhism by that time. At this time, a corpse was carried on that way via a few carriers. Behind the lifeless body, the depressed household had been crying and moving. Tathagata simply looked at that side for a moment and smiled. Sujata, another disciple of him, was sitting close to him. It simply came to her notice.

With astonishment, she asked Tathagata that what used to be the cause for his preliminary worry? And after getting concerned why did he smile? Then Tathagat remembered his past.

His father tried a lot to preserve Siddhartha away from the mourning of this world. He used to be very cautious so that particularly patients, the elderly, the corpse will no longer come into notice in his son’s direction. Even the dried leaves were not kept in the trees in the royal garden. However, the rule of this world is very astonishing. After the cycle of event series, seeing the corpse on his way and after perception all about the world, Siddhartha grew to become worried. And finally, after seeing a completely satisfied monk, he determined to go away from his home. Now Sujata reminded all his previous experiences. Tathagata’s childhood name used to be Siddhartha.

Tathagata laughed when he heard Sujata and he said, “Daughter! The body was neither existing the day prior to this nor today, Everything is an illusion. I smiled seeing man’s non-viable attachment with matters which are not existing or which are changing. At any moment, these can get the contact of death. No one can go away from this truth. However, for this body which is shifting in the direction of death, the man is forgetting the everlasting fact that is the key to the creation. (Death is inevitable at birth)”

In a few words, Tathagata instructed the reality of life to Sujata. Now Sujata understood these and a new chapter in Sujata's life had begun.

May we understand the everlasting truth. Good luck.

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