One day the great sage Gu said to his best student Jammeh:
- O sultry Jamma! You are the best student of my best students. You are the most diligent of the most diligent brahmins. I gave you everything I have - my wisdom. And now you are ready for enlightenment to come to you. Here is my last task for you: at sunrise, ascend the sacred Mount Kailasa, turn your gaze to the east and meditate for seven days and seven nights. And if you completely devote yourself to meditation, but do not gain enlightenment, I will climb to the top of Mount Everest and throw myself from it into the abyss - this is what a teacher should do if he failed to raise a worthy student!
- Oh teacher! O enlightened Gu! I will complete your task! At sunrise, I will ascend the sacred Mount Kailasa, turn my gaze to the east, and for seven days and seven nights I will devote myself entirely to meditation. Don't worry, Great Sage Gu! You are the best teacher of all the teachers in the world. You gave me everything you have - your wisdom. You don't have to climb to the top of Mount Everest and throw yourself into the abyss - I won't let you down and I will find enlightenment.
Jamma was the best student of Gu's best students! He was the most diligent of the most diligent brahmins! And he completed the teacher’s task!
That's how it was.
While it was still dark, Jamma went to the sacred Mount Kailash and, with the first rays of the sun, plunged into meditation.
He saw the sunrise as he had never seen it before. He saw the morning star Amida and felt the breath of the waking star. But this was not enlightenment yet.
As soon as the sun rose, he felt that he was sitting on an anthill. Ants crawled over his body and bit him mercilessly, his body itched madly, but he did not allow himself to move and continued to meditate. However, he realized that on this day he would not gain enlightenment.
On the second day he had already gotten used to the ants and saw the world as he had never seen it before. He saw a snow-covered plain shimmering with magical light! But this was not enlightenment yet.
Suddenly he felt very hungry and could no longer see the snowy plain, because all his thoughts were occupied with food. And he realized that on this day he would not gain enlightenment.
On the third day he got used to the ants and hunger and saw birds as he had never seen them before. He saw them talking to each other, and he became aware of the language of the birds. But this was not enlightenment yet.
Then he began to be tormented by thirst, and he realized: on this day he would not gain enlightenment.
On the fourth day, he did not see anything special, because he was bitten by a wasp, and he could no longer feel the breath of the luminary, see the snow-covered plain shimmering with magical light, and be aware of the language of the birds - all his thoughts were occupied by the wasp. And he realized that on this day he would not gain enlightenment.
On the fifth day he felt that he was suffering from dysentery. But he did not allow himself to get up and, as the teacher demanded, he continued and continued to meditate. However, he understood - and on the fifth day he would not gain enlightenment.
On the sixth day he was attacked by flies. And the world seemed to him a black snow-covered abyss, without stars, without sun, without birds, an abyss in which flies swarmed, and cold and hunger reigned. And he realized that he would never gain enlightenment.
On the seventh day, when he already saw his teacher, the great sage Gu, ascending to the top of Mount Everest and throwing himself from it into the abyss, he noticed that not far from him the stupid shepherdess Sita, nicknamed Shalaka-Purusha, was grazing goats. The shepherdess approached Jammeh, covered her nose with her palm and said:
- Hey, steamy Jamma! Why are you sitting here, covered in flies and ants? Are you getting enlightened? Go wash your butt and change your pants!
And hearing this, Jamma gained enlightenment.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru