There is a
famous conversation between the Buddha and a Brahmin, Dona who wants to know if
the Buddha is a divine being or not. Dona, on seeing the Buddha, went to him
and said: “Master, are you a deva?’/
“No,
Brahman, I am not a deva.” /”Are you a gandhabba (a kind of low grade God, a
celestial musician),”/
“No”/ ”A
yakkha?” (A kind of Protector God)
“No” ”…A human being?”
“No,
Brahman, I am not a human being.”
“Then what
sort of being are you?”
”Remember
me, Brahman as “awakened.” The Buddha rejects all mental states by which he
could be considered a deva, a yakkha, a manushya. He is simply a being who is
awake!
Bodhipaksa,
wildmind, www.fakebuddhaquotes.com
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