One day in the early morning Gautama Buddha was sitting in a garden quietly with his disciples. A man arrived silently and stood in the shadows, that man was a great devotee of Lord Rama. He had built many temples across the country, he had devoted many years in the service of Lord Rama. He would always chant Rama's name and contemplate on Rama's greatness. He was old and close to his last years. Even after many years of dedicated spiritual effort he was not realized. He wanted to know for sure if there is a God or not? When he heard about the realized one (Buddha) , he came to get his doubt cleared. When he felt nobody would notice him talking to Siddhartha, the Buddha. He asked Gautama " O enlightened one, Please tell me the truth! and truth only . Is there a god ?" Buddha, from his intuition knew that man to be a great devotee of Lord Rama, he looked at that man with seriousness and said " No, My friend. There is no god ". Buddha's disci...
Life is simple but we insist on complicating it.
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