It was year 1957, in Thailand. A group of monks were asked to relocate their monastery, along with a huge clay Buddha, to a new location in order to make room for the development of a highway through Bangkok. When the monks tried to move the giant idol with a help of equipment, the idol developed a crack. The head monk, who was concerned about damage to the sacred Buddha, decided to lower the statue back to the ground and cover it with a large canvas tarp to protect it from the rain.
Later in the night, the head monk wanted to check the magnitude of the crack once again. He went to check on the Buddha, entrapped in the large canvas. He shined his flashlight under the tarp on the giant Buddha idol. He got curious as he saw the little gleam shining back. When he took a closer look at this gleam of light, he wondered if there might be something underneath the clay.
He went back to the monastery to get his chisel and hammer. He started chipping away the clay slowly. As he knocked off shards of clay, the little gleam grew brighter and bigger. Monks couldn't believe their eyes, when after a few hours of labor, they were standing face to face with the extraordinary ten-feet solid-gold Buddha.
Historians believe that several hundred years before the head monk's discovery, the Burmese army was about to invade Thailand (then called Siam). The Siamese monks, realizing that their country would soon be attacked, covered their precious golden Buddha with an outer covering of clay in order to keep their treasure from being looted by the Burmese. Unfortunately, it appears that the Burmese slaughtered all the Siamese monks, and the well-kept secret of the golden Buddha remained intact until that fateful day in 1957.
The self luminous, totally contended, conscious and blissful golden Buddha is present within each one of us. We just need to chip off the apparent shell of fear, greed, desires, passion, false ego and ignorance in order to have the glimpse of our own golden Buddha. How about chisel and hammer? The company of a wise man, their words of wisdom, contemplation and meditation can be our chisel and hammer. After having the glimpse of your true essence, you will find the treasure of eternal peace and never ending joy within. The goal of true seeker of happiness is to rejoice in the realization of inherent golden Buddha.
Later in the night, the head monk wanted to check the magnitude of the crack once again. He went to check on the Buddha, entrapped in the large canvas. He shined his flashlight under the tarp on the giant Buddha idol. He got curious as he saw the little gleam shining back. When he took a closer look at this gleam of light, he wondered if there might be something underneath the clay.
He went back to the monastery to get his chisel and hammer. He started chipping away the clay slowly. As he knocked off shards of clay, the little gleam grew brighter and bigger. Monks couldn't believe their eyes, when after a few hours of labor, they were standing face to face with the extraordinary ten-feet solid-gold Buddha.
Historians believe that several hundred years before the head monk's discovery, the Burmese army was about to invade Thailand (then called Siam). The Siamese monks, realizing that their country would soon be attacked, covered their precious golden Buddha with an outer covering of clay in order to keep their treasure from being looted by the Burmese. Unfortunately, it appears that the Burmese slaughtered all the Siamese monks, and the well-kept secret of the golden Buddha remained intact until that fateful day in 1957.
The self luminous, totally contended, conscious and blissful golden Buddha is present within each one of us. We just need to chip off the apparent shell of fear, greed, desires, passion, false ego and ignorance in order to have the glimpse of our own golden Buddha. How about chisel and hammer? The company of a wise man, their words of wisdom, contemplation and meditation can be our chisel and hammer. After having the glimpse of your true essence, you will find the treasure of eternal peace and never ending joy within. The goal of true seeker of happiness is to rejoice in the realization of inherent golden Buddha.
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