The Secret ~ 07

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event type discourse
date & time 17 Oct 1978 am
location Buddha Hall, Poona
language English
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shorttitle SECRET07
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synopsis
Reader of the sutra: Sw Ananda Teertha.
The sutra
A man who had spent many years trying to puzzle out meanings went to see a Sufi and told him about his search.
The Sufi said, "Go away and ponder this -- ihmn." The man went away.
When he came back, the Sufi was dead. "Now I shall never know the truth!" moaned the puzzler.
At that the moment the Sufi's chief disciple appeared. "If," he said, "you are worrying about the secret meaning of ihmn, I will tell you. It is the initials of the Persian phrase 'In huruf maani nadarand' -- which means, 'these letters have no meaning.'"
"But why should I have been given such a task?" said the puzzling man.
"Because, when a donkey comes to you, you give him cabbages. That is his nutrition, no matter what he calls it. Donkeys probably think that they are doing something far more significant than eating cabbages."


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