When a pickpocket meets Buddha, all he sees is his pockets...
In Lahore, the city of jewelers, there lived a professional pickpocket. One day he saw that some man had bought a beautiful diamond that he had been waiting for for many years, a diamond that he simply had to get. So the pickpocket followed the man who bought the diamond. When he bought a train ticket to Madras, the thief also took a ticket to Madras. They traveled in the same compartment. When the owner of the diamond went to the toilet, the pickpocket searched the entire compartment. When the man fell asleep, the thief continued his search, but to no avail.
Finally the train arrived at Madras and the man who had bought the diamond found himself on the platform. At this time, the pickpocket approached him.
“Sorry, sir,” he said. - I'm a professional thief. I tried everything, but to no avail. You have arrived where you need to go, and I won't bother you anymore. But I just can’t help but ask: where did you hide the diamond?
The man replied:
“I saw that you were watching me buy a diamond.” When you were on the train, it became clear to me that you were hunting for him. I decided that you must be a cunning fellow, and at first I could not figure out where to put the diamond so that you would not be able to find it. But in the end I hid it in your pocket.
The diamond you are looking for is next to you - closer than your breath. But you're picking Buddha's pockets. Empty everything from the pockets of your mind. Look where there is no distance and where you don’t have to do anything. But it's too easy for you.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru