Touchstone

that in the early years he was a prince you know that and then he left and he went out left his wife left his child went out wandering so in one of his wanderings he is now fully enlightened and wants to let the world know of the truth so when he comes back He is on his way

back.

And the way that he is just resting somewhere under a tree.

And

he is just sitting quietly.

Has not much clothing on him.

He is lean and emaciated and all that.

And he is sitting quietly.

there comes a young man by name sage and he of course he is a married man and he has his children and he is he is much worried as to how he can meet both ends he has got beautiful wife he has got good children two children are there And he toils and he labours and yet it's not sufficient to clothe them properly.

He sees the neighbour's wife who is not as beautiful as his wife and she is all adorned with ornaments and has good saris and all this.

And his children are more handsome, more brilliant than his neighbours and he cannot.

So he thought that, well, my living like this will not be of help to my family.

I should go out to add to my little earnings.

And those were the years when there was a craze to find out the hidden treasures.

You know, buried treasures in the early years.

Treasures were buried in the ground and they would unearth them and get the spoils, the booty.

So he was, in his spare time, would go out and wherever he felt like that there was a palace formerly, there was a castle here, might be some...

So he would go on digging and going, trying to find, feeling frustrated.

So on one of these days, when Buddha is sitting quietly, he was on that screen, wanting to find some hidden treasure.

So he comes across this man seated.

And Buddha's personality was such that he was taken aback, sitting so quiet.

There was peace prevailing over there.

Who could this man? So from a distance he stands there, bows down, pays his homage, not knowing why he is doing it or to whom he is doing it.

And Buddha just didn't say, didn't registered.

That man didn't register that Buddha is registering his presence.