Somewhere read .. Jus' b'coz my dear friend mailed about me jus' that "appo dipo bhava.. !"

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People want belief, and Buddha said... his last message to the world was "appo dipo bhava; be a light unto yourself". He had said this because his disciples were crying. Ten thousand sannyasins surrounding him... of course they were sad, and tears were falling; their master was leaving. And Buddha said to them, "Don't cry. Why are you crying?"

One of the disciples, Ananda, said, "Because you are leaving us, because you were our only hope, because we had hoped and hoped long that it isthrough you we will attain to truth."

It was to answer Ananda that Buddha said, "Don't be worried about that. I cannot give you truth; nobody else can give it to you, it is nottransferable. But you can attain it on your own. Be a light unto yourself".

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