A young man approached a sage seeking knowledge. After attaining enlightenment, the disciple wished to give something to his guru as guru dakshina (gift).
The guru asked for something completely useless as dakshina. The disciple set out in search of something worthless.
He extended his hand towards the soil, and the soil spoke...
Do you consider me useless? Don't you know that all the splendor of this world springs from my womb?
Where do these diverse plants, these forms, tastes, and fragrances all come from?
The disciple moved forward. A short distance away, he found a stone. He thought, "I'll take this one."
As he extended his hand to pick it up, the stone called out, "Why do you consider me useless despite being so knowledgeable?
What do you use your buildings and towers for? What are the idols carved from in your temples?
Despite my so much use, you still consider me useless." Hearing this, the disciple withdrew his hand again. He began to think, if clay and stone are so useful, what could possibly be useless?
A voice within him said, "Every substance in the universe is useful in itself, so what can I offer to my Guru as Dakshina?"
On the way, he met a saint, and the young man shared his story with him.
The saint smiled and told the young man, "It's not that useless things are only those that have no direct use in your life...
In fact, useless things are those that can do no good to anyone."
In reality, the one who considers others useless and worthless is useless and worthless. The ego within a person is the only element that has no use anywhere.
Hearing this, the disciple went straight to his Guru and fell at his feet. He had come to offer his ego as Dakshina.
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