How
does the guru mange to save his disciple’s life?
How does the guru mange to save his disciple’s life?
Since
the guru
had magical powers, he saw in a vision that the disciple was praying
to him. As soon as he arrived to save him, he whispered something to
him. He then went to the king and asked who was greater, the guru
or the disciple. The king answered that the guru
was greater. Immediately, the guru
asked the king to put him to the stake first and then his disciple.
The disciple understood the guru’s
trick and began saying that he was brought there first and therefore,
he should be put to death first.
The
guru
and disciple got into a fight. The king was puzzled. He knew there
was something mysterious about the fight. So, he promised the guru
that he would put him to death first if he told him what the mystery
was. The guru
told him that he and his disciple had been all over the world, but
they had never found a city like that or a king like him. The stake
was the stake of the god of justice. It was new and a criminal had
never been put on it. Whoever would die on it first would be reborn
as the king of that kingdom and whoever would die next, would be the
future minister. The guru
said that they were tired of their ascetic lives. Hence, they wanted
to be reborn as king and minister.
The
king started
thinking immediately. He did not want to lose his kingdom to someone
else in the next life. He postponed the execution till the next day
and talked to his minister and decided that they would go on the
stakes themselves and would be reborn as king and minister. The king
and the minister secretly released the guru
and his disciple and took their place and got executed on the stake.
Hence, the guru
used his cleverness to save his disciple’s life.
Since the guru had magical powers, he saw in a vision that the disciple was praying to him. As soon as he arrived to save him, he whispered something to him. He then went to the king and asked who was greater, the guru or the disciple. The king answered that the guru was greater. Immediately, the guru asked the king to put him to the stake first and then his disciple. The disciple understood the guru’s trick and began saying that he was brought there first and therefore, he should be put to death first.
The guru and disciple got into a fight. The king was puzzled. He knew there was something mysterious about the fight. So, he promised the guru that he would put him to death first if he told him what the mystery was. The guru told him that he and his disciple had been all over the world, but they had never found a city like that or a king like him. The stake was the stake of the god of justice. It was new and a criminal had never been put on it. Whoever would die on it first would be reborn as the king of that kingdom and whoever would die next, would be the future minister. The guru said that they were tired of their ascetic lives. Hence, they wanted to be reborn as king and minister.
The king started thinking immediately. He did not want to lose his kingdom to someone else in the next life. He postponed the execution till the next day and talked to his minister and decided that they would go on the stakes themselves and would be reborn as king and minister. The king and the minister secretly released the guru and his disciple and took their place and got executed on the stake. Hence, the guru used his cleverness to save his disciple’s life.
