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卐 सत्यराम सा 卐 

पहले हम सब कुछ किया, भरम करम संसार । 

दादू अनुभव उपजी, राते सिरजनहार ॥ 

सोई अनुभव सोई ऊपजी, सोई शब्द तव सार । 

सुनतां ही साहिब मिले, मन के जाहिं विकार ॥ 

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In mahabharata, the greatest epic in the world, there is a story, a very beautiful story. The five pandavas, the five brothers around whom the whole epic moves, have been thrown out of their kingdom, and they are moving as fugitives in a forest. 

One day they were feeling very thirsty, and one of the brothers, the youngest, goes to seek some water. He comes near a beautiful lake, but the moment he steps in the lake to fill his water pot, he hears a voice. Some invisible voice says, ‘Wait! Unless you answer my questions, you cannot take the water from this lake. That’s the only condition: you have to answer my questions. And if you can’t answer, then you will fall dead here and now. 

The first question is: What is the most important thing about man?’ And the young pandava couldn’t answer – he fell dead. 

Then another brother followed and the same happened. And then the eldest brother, Yudhisthira, went to the lake in search of water, and in search of his brothers to see what had happened to them. 

Four brothers were Lying there on the bank, and the moment he stepped in the water he heard the same voice: ‘Answer these questions, otherwise you will also be dead. And if you can answer, not only will you be alive, you can also drink from the lake, and the same water will make your other brothers alive. Just sprinkle the water on their faces. But first answer my questions. 

And the first question is: What is the most significant factor about man?’ And Yudhisthira said, ‘The most significant thing about man is that man never learns.’ He was allowed to drink the water, and he was allowed to revive his brothers. In fact, this is one of the most important facts about man: that man never learns. You may become very knowledgeable, but you never learn. Knowledge and learning are different. Knowledge is borrowed: it is parrot-like; you cram it, it fills your memory; your brain becomes a computer. Learning is totally different. Learning means learning through experience, never repeating the same mistake again, becoming more and more mindful, alert, aware. Osho..