00:00The biographies, the stories of the saints are so distorted by the institutions, churches, priests and folklore, the common public
00:09as well.
00:10Because the real lives of the really spiritual people contain so much that would be morally unacceptable to us.
00:17And we'll say, but if he was a saint, why was doing all these things?
00:20Because all these things are needed to be done if you are a saint.
00:23Only a saint can do those things. The common man cannot.
00:26So what do we do then? We delete those portions from their lives.
00:30Buddhism today is with us as much due to the management skills of Buddha as due to the soundness of
00:38his message.
00:39But we emphasize only one thing. What? Oh, he is Buddha, Aura and these things.
00:43That's not the way it happens. There's a lot of work involved there.
00:47And we do not want to talk of it because work tires us, work scares us.
00:52So we talk only of those things in which there is no work involved, right?
00:57Like sitting under a tree and suddenly getting enlightened.
01:03It's a tough thing for tough people and for long periods.
