Conversations with Avant-garde Sages - The Wizard LLC

Conversations with Avant-garde Sages
FRANCIS LUCILLE: Well, the problem is not in having or not
having things, the problem is in not being attached to them,
because there are people who are very poor or don't have much,
but if they are attached to the little they have, they live in misery.
It reminds me of a beautiful story: Krishna was travelling with one
of his closest disciples. During his travels he visits several of his
disciples, and one of them happens to be a king. As Krishna and
his travelling companion reach the outpost of the
kingdom, the king is there with the elephants, the dancers, the
musicians, the soldiers, to take him to the palace. As this
procession goes through the kingdom to the palace, there are days
of celebration and then Krishna leaves. And as they leave the
kingdom, as they cross the border, Krishna tells his travelling
companion, "This king is a very good disciple of mine,
and I want to do something for him". He operates one of his magic
tricks, and instantaneously all the possessions of the king are
multiplied tenfold; he has ten more elephants, ten more soldiers,
ten more rupees in his bank account, ten more dancers, musicians,
etc. The disciple says nothing. Then they visit the next disciple,
who is extremely poor. He lives in a hut, and his only possession is
a cow, which is old, malnourished, and sick. That disciple is very
happy to see his guru, and he serves them the
only thing he has which is some milk from the cow. Krishna and
his companion enjoy the company of this disciple, and the next day
they leave.
As they cross the fence of the little meadow in which the cow
lives, Krishna says, “this disciple is very dear to my heart, I want
to do something for him". And he does one of his magic tricks,
and instantaneously the cow dies. His travelling companion, says,
"I cannot understand what you did, I mean, this king he was so
wealthy, you multiplied all his belongings by tenfold. And this
man, all he had is this little cow and he gives you the milk of it,
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