One day a student came to his teacher and said to him:
- Teacher, I want complete realization and perfect comprehension of the truth.
“Wait,” says the teacher, “some time will pass, and this will certainly happen to you.”
“No,” said the student, “I want it to happen now.”
The student continued to persist in his desire and did not lag behind the teacher. When he got tired of this, he took the persistent student to the river. When they entered the water, the teacher grabbed the student's head, plunged it into the water and held it there for some time. Then he released the student, and he jumped out of the water like a bullet.
- Well, how did you feel? - asked the teacher. He cried:
“Are you asking how I felt?” Another moment and I would have died!
- Great! Now understand: the truth is revealed only to those who need it, like a breath of air, without which he will die in a moment.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru