In 1917, when Lenin came to power in Russia,
the Prime Minister before him, Kerensky,
remained alive until 1960.
When he finally died, only then did people discover
that he had still been alive all those years—
running a small grocery store in America.
People had completely forgotten him.
The chapter was closed.
Only when he died did they realize
that this man had still been living.
Once, he had been the most powerful man in Russia.
Before Lenin, he was at the very peak of power.
And then, suddenly, he became a nobody.
A politician lives by asking honor from others.
Anyone who lives by asking is not a sannyasin.
A sannyasin is one who lives by giving.
And he never even mentions that he has given anything.
He arranges things so quietly
that you feel you are the one who has given—
never that something was taken from you.
~ Translated from Nirvan Upanishad by Osho (Hindi Discourse), Discourse 5
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