Bharadwaj Brahmin story - 10-Day course Discourses - English - S. N. Goenka

An old Brahman. He was very angry that this fellow Buddha is teaching something which is totally against our religion. My own family members, my sons, my daughter-in-law, they all stop this rights, rituals, ceremonies and they sit in a corner and do this respiration, desperation, sensation. What they are doing? He will spoil all our religion. I must go and see that I open his skull. This is the only way to stop his teaching. And he goes there very angry. Comes nearer abusing, abusing. Buddha says, "Old man, you seem to be very, very agitated. Come sit. Let us discuss your problem. " He had made a decision. I won't start discussing with him because he's a very clever person. The moment I start discussing with him, my anger will go away. If my anger goes away, I can't open his skull. I must carry on with my anger. And he keeps coming nearer, abusing, abusing. Buddha says, "Old man, just answer one question. Don't you get some visitors at your house? " Yes. So many visitors come to my house. What do you got to do? Tell me some visitors might be bringing some present for you. Yes. Some visitors do bring present. A visitor brings a present to you and say you don't accept this present. What happens? The present remains with him. Who has brought the present? Same thing I want to tell you old man. You came like a visitor to my place. You brought all these presents of your abuses. I have not accepted them. They are with you. Your property, not my property. The old man was a very intelligent person. Only this small veil curtain of ignorance which did not allow him to understand the truth. This curtain got broken and she he started understanding. How is it? The whole life people bring presents to us. Present of one abuse in return we give 10 presents he brings 10 present we give 100 presents these exchange of presents you be unhappy I be unhappyama Buddha how you learn this technique where you don't accept any present sit close your eyes observe respiration observe sensation you must observe yourself unless you observe yourself you can't come out of this problem this is a big problem for everybody This batwaja practicing became an aran fully enlightened person and whole life kept on serving people. We