We all have looked at statue of Buddha. Silence surrounds it, peace permeates it, and serenity emanates from it. Nothing can disturb his peace and silence. Even a pond is disturbed by passing breeze, by the rays of sun which turn it into vapour and takes it to sea as rain. Buddha is so still that he has no desire whatsoever to move to ocean of eternity. He says the ocean will have to come to him if it wants. For this reason Buddha refuses to answer questions about transcendental. Is there God? What is liberation? What happens after death? Questions like these are always shunned by Buddha. He gently laughs them by saying, “Don’t ask such questions that have to do with distant future. They will distract from immediate present, which is of the highest. The thought of distant future will give rise to desire to travel to it, and to reach it. And this desire will give restlessness. I am utterly contended with what I am, where I am. I have nowhere to go and I have nothing to choose and find. ” So Buddha is not indifferent to this world, he is also indifferent to the other world of God & nirvana.
Buddha says, “Even to find God you will have to pass through the swamp of hopes and fears, attachment and jealousies. Whatever I am, I am. I am utterly contented, I am at perfect peace.” So his indifference has no objective, no goal whatsoever to achieve. Look at Buddha’s face, his eyes and there is not a trace of agitation in them. They are as silent as silence itself. It is like a still lake where there is not even a ripple rises. Naturally Buddha’s peace is different. It can have neither Krishna’s outspoken bliss nor Mahavira’s subtle joy. It is true that a man of tremendous silence, who has no desires whatsoever- not even desire to find the ultimate- will attain to bliss without asking. But this bliss will be his inner treasure; this lamp of bliss will shine in his interiority, while his whole external milieu will be one of utter peace and silence. His halo will reflect only harmony, stillness and order. Bliss will form his base and peace will make his summit.
Wishing you good health & happiness,
Dr. Dwarakanath, Director, Mitran foundation- the stress management people
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