Remember: you are needed! No one is superior and no one is inferior, no one is superior and no one is inferior. Everyone is in the right place.
A samurai, a very arrogant warrior, once came to a Zen Master. The samurai was very noble, but, looking at the Master, seeing the beauty of the Master, the beauty of the moment, he suddenly felt somehow insignificant. He told the Master:
- Why do I feel unimportant? A moment ago everything was fine. As soon as I entered your courtyard, I fell. Never felt this way before. I have faced death many times and never felt fear. Why am I scared now?
Master said:
- Wait. I'll answer when everyone has left.
People came to visit the Master all day, and the samurai got tired of waiting. In the evening, when the room was empty, the samurai asked:
-Can you answer me now?
- Come out.
It was a full moon and the moon was rising above the horizon. Master said:
- Look at these trees, this one, tall to the sky, and this one, small, next to it. They have both been growing in front of my window for many years, but they have no problems. This little tree never says to the big one, “Why do I feel humiliated in front of you?” This tree is small, and this one is so big, why have I never heard them murmur?
The samurai thought for a moment and replied:
- Because they can't compare.
“You see, you don’t need to ask me.” You know the answer yourself.
When you don't compare, all insignificance and all greatness disappears. You are, you are just here. A small bush or a large tree - it doesn’t matter. You are yourself. A leaf of grass is as necessary as the greatest star. This voice of the cuckoo is as great as any Buddha: the world would be less rich if the cuckoo disappeared. Look around. Everything is necessary, and everyone is good together. This is an organic unity, no one is higher and no one is lower, no one is more important, no one is insignificant.
All are incomparably unique and necessary. This is the religion of awareness.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru