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CHAPTER 8. HE ALONE WINS WHO DOES NOT WANT TO WIN
It is not that Valmiki had really written his biography before he happened; it is a very profound and
subtle joke which this country alone is capable of making with respect to her great men. And it is so
subtle that it is difficult to get it.
It says that Rama’s life is so limited and confined, so confined to set ideas and ideals, so sequential
that the poet Valmiki could have easily written his story, the Ramayana, even before Rama was born
It is like a drama or a movie which is enacted in strict adherence to a written script. So it can be
foretold what Rama would do after his wife Sita is abducted by Ravana. It can be foretold that after
her return from Ravana’s city Rama would put her to some severe test like the fire-test. He will make
her pass through fire before admitting her into his palace. Everything about Rama is certain, even
this – though Sita comes out from the fire-test unscathed, Rama throws her out of his house just
because a washerman makes a carping remark about her character.
But nothing can be said about Krishna.
Question 10
QUESTIONER: DO YOU INTERPRET KRISHNA IN THE TERMS OF MARTIN BUBER?
No, not so. Martin Buber is, after all, a dualist; he is not a monist, a non-dualist. In fact, the roots of
Martin Buber lie in the Jewish tradition. He stands for perfect intimacy between ”I” and ”thou, but he
is not prepared for the annihilation of the ”I and thou”. It is so because the tradition itself to which
Buber belongs, cannot go beyond dualism. The Jews crucified Jesus because he said things which
transgressed the concept of dualism. He said, ”I and my father in heaven are one.”
It proved to be dangerous. Jewish tradition failed to understand it, and the Jews said, ”We cannot
tolerate it. Whatever you say, you cannot be equal to God. He is far above you; your place is at his
feet. You cannot say that you are God. This is blasphemy.”
The same Judaic tradition of thinking is responsible for the persecution and killing of the Sufis by the
muslims. When Mansoor said, ”Ana’l haq – I am God”, they could not take it. They said, ”Howsoever
high you rise, you cannot be God.” And they crucified him, very brutally. Mohammedans could not
give the status of God even to Mohammed; they called him the prophet, the messenger of God.
They believe that man and God are two. While God is supreme, man can only have his place at his
feet. His feet are the limit of man’s greatest height.
Question 11
QUESTIONER: WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, ”I AM GOD”? DOES HE TURN
INTO A SUPERMAN?
It is wrong to call him superman. When I say that the ”I” turns into God, it means that the ”I” has
ceased to be. Not only ”I”, even the man has ceased to be. When ”I” becomes God, then only God
remains, the man ceases to be. It is sheer transcendence, after which nothing survives.
It is possible with regard to Rama; his story can be written before he happened. It is really a serious
joke. But we are a serious people, and we fail to appreciate the joke. Particularly people interested
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