While in India, Alexander the Great once saw a decrepit old man sitting on a stone. Alexander spoke to him, and he really liked the elder’s speeches. He invited him with him.
“No, I feel good here too,” he answered.
“I am the ruler of the world,” said Alexander, “and I will give you everything you want: wealth, honors, everything...
“But I don’t need any of this,” answered the elder.
Irritated by disagreement with him, Alexander threatened him with death. The old man laughed:
- This is the greatest of all nonsenses that you have ever said, king! You cannot kill me with a sword, nor burn me in fire, nor drown me, for I was never born, I will never die, I am the omnipotent, omnipresent, eternal Spirit.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru