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Osho : Mount Sumeru is accepted by Buddhist mythology, Hindu mythology, Jaina mythology \u2013 all the three religions born in this country have accepted the story of Mount Sumeru. It will be good for you to understand what is the purpose of Mount Sumeru. The purpose is that only chakravartins \u2013 and a chakravartin is an emperor who has conquered the whole world \u2013 are allowed to sign their names on Mount Sumeru when they enter into paradise.<\/p>\n

One great emperor died with a great desire, because there is nothing greater than signing your signature on Mount Sumeru. It was the tradition of those times that the wife of a man who died would commit sati, and the kings used to have many wives, not just one. All the wives had to commit sati \u2013 sometimes a hundred women, sometimes five hundred women. Krishna had sixteen thousand women! So it was a massacre; whenever an emperor died, hundreds of living women ….<\/p>\n

When this emperor reached the gates of heaven with his hundreds of wives who had died with him on the funeral pyre, the gatekeeper said to him, \u201dYou take these instruments and sign on Sumeru, but don\u2019t take anybody else with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The emperor said, \u201dThese are all my wives, and what is the point of signing on Sumeru if there is nobody even as a witness? I want all my wives to be with me to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gatekeeper laughed and he said, \u201dI have been here … for generations we have been the gatekeepers. Before me, my father and before him, his father … as long as existence, our family has been on this gate. And everyone on this gate has given the same advice that I\u2019m giving to you. You will be thankful for it. If you insist, I will allow \u2013 but then don\u2019t be offended.\u201d<\/p>\n

The emperor could not understand, but perhaps the gatekeeper knows more about things … He went alone and was simply amazed at the gatekeeper\u2019s compassion. Because he could not find a small place anywhere on Mount Sumeru to make his signature. All over there were signatures and signatures and signatures.<\/p>\n

The meaning is clear: \u201dYou are not the only one. Millions of emperors have passed before you.\u201d He said to the gatekeeper, who was with him, \u201dThis is very humiliating. I used to think I would be the only emperor who is going to sign. And this whole mountain, miles and miles … there is no space for a signature!\u201d<\/p>\n

The gatekeeper said, \u201dDo one thing \u2013 another advice that we have been giving since my ancestors. Here is the instrument. Remove somebody\u2019s name and put your name. And this is not new; this has been happening for centuries as far as I know, my father knew, my father\u2019s father knew. You have to remove somebody\u2019s name and create space for your signature.\u201d<\/p>\n

The emperor said, \u201dBut that takes all the joy out of it. Somebody will come and remove my name.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gatekeeper said, \u201dThat, of course, is going to happen. It is up to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the failure of success. Ultimate success brings ultimate failure. And this story may be not a fact; the Sumeru Mountain range does not exist anywhere, but all these three religions have accepted it for the simple reason to show you: Don\u2019t run after the ego. Your ego can take you at the most to the Sumeru Mountains; and then you will see you have wasted your whole life, just to remove somebody\u2019s name. What is the joy of being the greatest celebrity in the world?<\/p>\n

Source: “Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest” – Osho<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[67,169,125,165,166],"tags":[15,290,2,260],"class_list":["post-1246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discourses","category-ego","category-meditation","category-osho","category-stories","tag-ego","tag-failure","tag-osho","tag-success"],"yoast_head":"\nMount Sumeru and the Great King - Guru Quote<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is the failure of success. 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