A sadhu was asked by his friends, "If wicked people attack you, what will you do?"
He said, "I will go sit inside my own strong fort."
This conversation reached the ears of the enemies. Then one day the enemies surrounded him while he was alone and said, "O sadhu! Please tell us, where is your strong fort?"
The sadhu began laughing and then, placing a hand on his heart, said, "This is my fort. No attack can ever be made on it. The body can be destroyed, but that which is inside cannot be. This is my very fort. My only security is to know my way there. "
He said, "I will go sit inside my own strong fort."
This conversation reached the ears of the enemies. Then one day the enemies surrounded him while he was alone and said, "O sadhu! Please tell us, where is your strong fort?"
The sadhu began laughing and then, placing a hand on his heart, said, "This is my fort. No attack can ever be made on it. The body can be destroyed, but that which is inside cannot be. This is my very fort. My only security is to know my way there. "
The person who doesn't know this strong fort his entire life is insecure. His life is surrounded by enemies every moment. Such a person has not yet found a shelter for peace and security. And those who search outside for that shelter, search in vain, because it is inside.Only by being established in your being does the real acquaintance with life happen, because the periphery which is outside this center is created by death.
One finds life only from knowing that which is inside one's being. One who doesn't know this is surrounded every moment by death and the fear of death.
