256-When you meet the Buddha, what do you ask him?- Buddhism in daily life

When you meet the Buddha, what do you ask him?


People pray to God, to the prophets, and to Buddha. They ask for
this, they wish for that, they ask for that!


In the course of time the wishes change.


Just quickly bought at Amazon the so longed-for new toy (which
one had to have absolutely), and already one wishes for something
else.


I wish for a beautiful wife, a nice man, a great job, health,
happiness, success, whatever.


As soon as I have achieved something, I want or desire something
new. Constantly we want something, always more, and always we
become more dissatisfied when we don't get it again.


And even when I do get it, I want something else, we are never
satisfied, and the dissatisfaction is "pre-programmed", so to
speak.


What if I would get the chance to meet Buddha personally, to ask
him something? What do I really want to know, what question is
close to my heart? Or what wish?


If we ask a question again and again, deal with it intensively,
illuminate it, weigh the pros and cons, perhaps ask the question
itself a little differently, we then realize that the question
already contains the answer.


It is the same with our desires. If we have a really big wish,
imagine this wish again and again in our mind, question the wish
itself again and again, then we will also find a way to get this
wish fulfilled.


BUT WHAT IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, WHAT IS AN IMPORTANT WISH?


What is important in our lives at all, do we know? Or do we just
let ourselves be driven by momentary needs and whims? Are we
capable of really important insights at all?


Let's play through this thought for a moment! You imagine a
question that you would ask Buddha. Just for yourself, you don't
have to tell anyone about it.


WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN YOUR LIFE? WHAT?


I know what I personally would ask Buddha. Every day I rethink
the question, formulate it a little differently, imagine how I
would deal with his answer, whether it would perhaps astonish or
frighten me.


And anyway, a clear question ALWAYS already contains the answer.


And a clearly thought-out wish shows the way to fulfillment.


THE DESIRE TO APPEAR WISE AND CAPABLE OFTEN PREVENTS US FROM
BECOMING SO.


- FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD - POLITICALLY ACTIVE FRENCH
NOBLEMAN - 1613 TO 1680


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