di Shankaracharya, perhaps when still in his formative years was one day proceeding to the Ganga along with his associates for the morning bath. A chandala (one belonging to the lowest caste) encountered him on the way. With all the arrogance of his erudition, Shankara ordered him to move away and give way to him and his followers. The Chandala replied, “Sir, please tell me from what should I move away and give way to? Is it to your physical body which is as good or as bad as mine and which is perishable? If I have to give way to the soul or Brahman the same Soul or Brahman which resides in you resides in me all the same?
Shankara realized that Lord Shiva Himself had come to him in the guise of chandala to teach him a lesson that God is present in every being and so no one should be looked down upon.
Happy is the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call today his own; He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow do your worst, for I have lived today. ~ Horace ~
Home is the place, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.
~ Robert Frost ~If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. ~ Mother Teresa~
If you would be loved, love and be lovable. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~