Part I : --
There was a man called, I think Krishna. He had a lot of disciples, especially female
disciples. He was very, very beautiful, and black -- black and beautiful. His
face was little bit of a dark complexion, so people called him black beauty.
And whoever just saw him once, fell in love with him -- men, women alike. But
don't think that was a kind of physical attraction; it was a kind of spiritual
love. Everyone who saw him just loved him. Therefore, he had a lot of disciples
and a lot of male disciples. Of course, other women, they did not forget their
jealousy. Even though they followed any master, they kept their jealousy in
the pocket.
 Therefore, sometimes they
vied with each other for his special attention. But among all these female disciples,
he especially loved one female called Rada. Of course she was very beautiful,
but apart from that she had many other qualities probably other people did not
possess. Not only the females, I mean including the males as well. Maybe she
was very loving, very attentive and knowing his mind before he even had to speak
about it. Therefore, he loved her very much. And she took care of him in every
way. Also she loved him very much. Everyone loved him, that was for sure, but
both of them had a special relationship. Yes, yes. Very loving toward each other
and loved each other very much. Maybe they both were very great and they knew
each other's minds.
So now all the females, apart
from their immediate enlightenment, they had a little jealousy in the corner
of their pocket. Now, they were thinking: "What is the big deal about that Rada.
She may be beautiful, but so am I. Master loves me most." Everyone thinks master
loves him most, loves her most. But then when they saw that Krishna always showed
a little more special attention to Rada, the female attendant, the jealousy
which they were hiding in their pocket popped up now and again. And they'd feel:
"What's the big deal about her? What she can do, I can do." But sometimes they
could not, because each one has a different affinity with the master. Also maybe
each one had a different personality and talent. You know masters use different
persons in different ways. It doesn't means we are better than the others or
others are better than us. But everyone can not take care of the master; the
master would be smothered to death. Therefore, only one took care of him, and
then everyone else was jealous.
Now, one day Krishna could
not bear this atmosphere anymore, so he intended to demonstrate something. He
called all the female attendants, just like this, we are having an assembly
here. Then he pretended to have a terrible headache. He said, "Oh, my head is...!
Oh, it's near splitting in two! Oh, I cannot bear it! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!"
He had a headache but sometimes he'd forgot, he hold his stomach, "Oh, I'm hurt!"
Because he just pretended to have a headache. (Laughter)
Sometimes a master pretends
to have something or another, or to ask some questions in order to get closer
to the disciples, or to make them not afraid of the master, or to encourage
them in their specialty or different talent. Not that the masters don't know
this subject or needed to ask your advice. Yeah, just different. Therefore,
Sakyamuni Buddha said, "Have to use eighty-four thousand kinds of methods."
This is what it is. So, one of the methods is called the "headache method."
Krishna used it. "Oh, my head! Oh! It hurts here, oh! Hurts so much!" Then everyone
panicked. They asked the master what could they do to eliminate his suffering.
The master said, "Oh, if someone would stand on my head..." If a female put
the feet on the head of the master, he would get cured immediately. "Would you
please, one of you come and do it?"
They smelled their feet. "Oh,
no! Oh, no, no, no, no! Oh, no, no, no, no!" (Laughter) Maybe forgot to wash
their feet for three days, because too busy running with Master's lecture and
distributing sample booklets. "Oh, no, no, no, no, no! How can we dare to step
on your head? You are God personified. You are God's manifestation on Earth.
You are our Master. Our dearest most beloved, the most reverent person on Earth.
How can we dare to step on your head? No, no, no, no! Anything we'd do for you
but not that!"
So Krishna pretended to have
more of a headache: "Oh! Then I'll die. I will die. I'll die immediately. I
might die tomorrow. I'll die today. I'll die tonight. I will die and then all
of you will be happy." He lamented, and he made a lot of fuss. Ah, the big theater
he played. The female disciples just stood there, speechless, helpless and actionless.
Just then Rada, the female attendant came. When he saw Rada, he made even a
worse performance. "Oh, I'm dying! I'm dying! Oh, my head! Oh, can someone...!
It's going down here, it's going down there. Oh, going here and all everywhere."
He made more troubles. He was kind of groaning a lot and made a lot more miserable
fuss.
Everyone turned to Rada when
she came in. Rada asked, "What's the matter? What's wrong with you? What can
I do for you?"
Then Krishna related the same
request: "My head is burning with pain. Please step on my head so that I can
be relieved of the pain." Because that was the only way.
So, Rada immediately stepped
on his head. She didn't care whether she wore the shoes or whether she had bathed,
she stepped on his head. Then Krishna was immediately so-called relieved of
the pain, no more pain, and was laughing and eating blessed food. Now, Rada
looked like nothing had happened, but then all the females in the congregation
started to look at Rada with such eyes...firing eyes, like they are going to
swallow her in one gulp, make a soup out of her. "You dare! You terrible person!
You have disrespect for Master. We're going to, to..."
Rada said, "What? What? What's
wrong with you?"
"We will kill you!"
Then Rada asked them, "What's
wrong? What have I done? Why do you want to kill me?"
For the master, they were
ready to kill. Even master said, "Don't kill." But in that case they forgot.
Jealousy is very terrible and it blinds everyone, even in that situation. So
that's what happened to Rada.
Then the people said, "How
dare you step on the most revered head of the Master. You don't know he is God?
How dare you do that with your dirty feet? You lousy and you, you, you ... For
this, you will go to the lowest hell and suffer there forever. I am telling
you."
Rada just smiled and said,
"Is that it? Is that all you're worried about? Then don't worry because I will
smile happily staying in hell if I can make him better. If I can relieve him
for one second, I will happily go to hell. So, don't you worry about this."
At that time all the females
suddenly understood how selfless she was, and how much she was devoted to the
master, even at the cost of her own spiritual attainment and happiness. So,
they all bowed to her and said, "Excuse me. I'm sorry." Things like that. After
that, everything was fine and okay.
So, doing everything for the
master -- according to Indian philosophy, is the highest attainment, the highest
devotion; because sometimes we have different ideas about how to serve a master.
We think we do this, that and all these; but actually, we don't do what the
master requests us to do.
What is the problem in this?
What is wrong with this that we don't do what the master requests? Will we go
to hell? No! Will we make the master angry? No! Maybe the master pretends to
be angry, scolds you, or something like that. Whatever way the master uses is
to open your understanding, let you know that in this situation where you were
wrong, try to teach you to become better next time. But the master will not
be truly angry inside. Just like loving parents never truly hate their children.
They just sometimes pretend to smack their bottoms, scold them, or give them
some kind of reprimanding in order to rectify the children to make them become
better persons in the future. That's all. But parents always love children dearly.
Part II: --
Rada,
being so devoted and selfless to the master, of course, got a lot of love and
special attention from the master as well. Therefore, she had, for some time,
become conceited and arrogant; she felt that she was okay, she was high, and
she was better than the rest. And also, the master loved her so much, so she
enjoyed the love of the master; she became kind of possessive. She thought the
master belongs to her alone. Well, I have these experiences with some of my
attendants as well. Therefore, I learned better than Krishna. I don't use the
same attendants all the time. I change. So anyhow, in that case of Rada, the
master probably one day had enough of it. He decided to teach her a lesson.
One day he told her very secretly, lovingly, in a romantic rhythm, "I'm fed
up with these people. Why don't we both go together to some place alone? I only
trust you."
So, wow! She felt: "That's
it! That's the thing I want to hear. You belong to me alone, then we'll have
a good time together. That's the best." So she immediately followed him. Krishna
kept walking and walking all the time, in a high and deep mountain and river
and so very difficult way to walk. Rada got exhausted and said, "I can't walk
anymore, why don't we stop?"
Krishna said, "No, no, no,
no! We're nearly there. Keep walking." Rada eventually could not walk anymore.
So Krishna said, "Oh, so what do you want me to do? Carry you?" She said, "Yes,
of course! You carry me." She was so used with being spoilt. She thought master
belonged to her, just like an ordinary husband. So, she could do what she wanted
with him and get away with it; or using him just like an ordinary human being.
Krishna pretended to agree with her and said, "Okay, come." And wanted to carry
her on his back. But as soon as she jumped up on him, he disappeared. She fell
flat on the ground, bleeding nose; Her flat nose become flatter. (Laughter)
She sat there and cried. Then she realized that she had been wrong. She knew
that he was not the body, she should not be possessive and get hold of his body
like her own possession, like something that she could own.
Therefore, she apologized
to the master and said, "I'm very wrong. I was wrong. I have been wrong. Please
forgive me. I understand now. I shouldn't possess you. I should respect you
and only help you unconditionally without any request for reward for myself."
If she didn't do that, she'd harm the master. She'd tie the master down, and
also affect numerous sentient beings who follow him. He would always have to
spend time with her alone, and do all her whims to please her, just like an
ordinary husband. Then how could he have time for other people. So he had to
be in control, otherwise she'd control him.
That's how most people are
tied down in this world and forgot their greatness. Sometimes great politicians,
because they are tied up with their emotions and family ties, they became used
to it and forgot their duty. Therefore, many things happen to the nation and
very bad effects on the people of that country. Many kings failed because of
beauties. Many great high officers or heroes sold their position and country
just because of emotions, so-called passion. Therefore, if a master is not in
control about this, then the master's also kaput, finished. "Kaput" is a German
word for finished, no good, up to no good. So you see, even then, if you attain
that once, you have to polish it. Therefore, we need to meditate everyday because
our habits, bad habits have accumulated life after life, many centuries, many
ages. Now, if we have only one lifetime to rearrange it, to break it, therefore,
the master has to use the supreme power inside to readjust you -- not ordinary
means. Therefore, without initiation, without truly making use of your own greatness,
you can never get out of this mess. Doesn't matter how much you use, because
whatever you use it's only the brain. You use your brain which already has recorded
many bad habits. Now you can not catch up with just a short span of one lifetime.
So you need the Supreme Master Power inside which you have. You only need the
master to touch it for you, to let it open for you. By your own sincerity, you
get it again and regain everything you have lost. 
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