There are spaces which were created by people who never uttered a word.
There's a small hillock.
Then somebody told me, there are caves there.
You know, I could clearly see that person who was lying there
more than 2000 years ago; a left leg was missing, from knee down.
There are spaces
which were created by people who never uttered a word.
You know, there are any number of spaces like this.
This happened very dramatically for us when…
Are there Tamil people?
Karur - you know Karur? Hmm?
Near Karur there's a place called Velayudhampalayam.
There's a small hillock.
Almost 20 years ago I was teaching a program there.
Then somebody told me there are caves there,
where... some 1900 years ago,
some Jain monks came and stayed there.
Then I said, "Okay, let's go and see."
So, this is a small cave where about eight, ten people could lie down,
just about five, five-and-a-half feet in height, you have to...
go in… it's in a… it's like a bird's nest, you have to find your way.
So, we went there, and it was not kept in any cleanliness, or properly.
Obviously people were using it for various purposes.
There were a lot of empty bottles, cigarette packets, and playing cards and...
always, you know, somebody writes PKT loves SKP, and... (Laughter)
we never know who these people are, but you see inscriptions everywhere.
So, I went and sat there.
About four other people, they were there with me, four or five people.
You sit there, and... suddenly your whole system is on, in a different way.
I said, "Wow! This is something."
You know, this is a place where somebody stayed over 2000 years ago,
and it's still alive, like it's day before yesterday.
And... you know, I could clearly see that person who was lying there
more than 2000 years ago.
He didn't have a leg, a left leg was missing, from knee down.
And it's like, he was lying there just the previous night.
It's as alive as that.
Ever since then, all kinds of people have walked on it.
Animals have walked on it,
people have sat there, and had drinks, and played cards, and I don't know what else,
but it's like, that man was there yesterday.
It's that alive.
Since those 2000 years,
how many kings, rich people, smart people, strong men,
all kinds of people must have passed that land,
done all kinds of smart things -
no trace of them.
I'm sure there must have been lots of teachers too -
no trace of them.
But this Langada man still lives strong.
Strong, absolutely strong.
So you can either work - if you work with your physical body,
what you do today, tomorrow… poof!
If you use your mind and do something,
it may last a little longer.
If you use your physical energies
and do something, it may last little longer.
But if you use the very source of creation within you, and act through that,
it just lives forever.
So, consecration essentially means this kind of action which will live forever.
There are still places that exist, which are not even on the map.
These are considered like... sacred villages.
I could clearly see, that person who was lying there
more than 2000 years ago.
A left leg was missing, from knee down.
There is one being in the Himalayan region
who has had three enlightened lifetimes. This is his final one.
Enlightenment does not mean... everybody becomes one way.
There are people of various hues.