PERSON MET IN PUNA by ven.soyoun

I was travelling South East Asia in 1990.
When I arrived at a city in the south of India, called Puna, teacher who I follow said to me.
“Let intellectuals in this place know that I come to this place.”
I was busy wandering about here and there to inform of Teacher’s message in a city of a country that I didn’t know well.
As Puna is a city of education in India, many people who have high reputation lived there. What I found out was that Puna University was famous in philosophy.
I visited Puna University and knocked on the door of the vice chancellor’s.
I found out later that the person, who I saw when the door was open, was the vice chancellor. But I didn’t know him at that time so I asked him,
“Could you tell me where the chancellor is?”
The person in front of me said, “What is the reason that you are looking for him?”
I said to him showing Teacher’s message,
“This person came to Puna from Korea and he’d like to meet intellectuals of India.”
The person read the teacher’s message and without hesitation he fixed a time and said he would meet Teacher.
I went to Puna University with Teacher the day of the appointment.
When teacher and I arrived at the office of the vice chancellor, two people welcomed us. One was the person who I’d met the last time, the other was I had not seen before.
I asked the person I met last time, indicating the new person,
“Is he the chancellor?”
The person who I met last time said he wasn’t.
I only then knew the person who I met the last time was the vice chancellor, Doctor Gupta. The other person was a widely known professor in psychology.
I, first, introduced to both people the teacher who came from Korea, and later introduced both people to Teacher, but the teacher introduced himself to them.
“I am the person who is the most truthful man in the world.”
I was worried if they were confused about the teacher’s words. So I made an additional remark in a hurry.
“He is saying about the visual angle that he has.”
It seemed that they were accepting teacher’s words without rejection. Teacher asked a few questions to the chancellor and the professor. And the teacher said that if there were things they wanted to know, to ask him.
At that time, Doctor Gupta, the chancellor of Puna University, said.
“Could you tell me where my soul exists?”
Teacher answered like this.
“That’s right. But before I tell it, I’ll give you a question first. After listening to your answer, I’ll tell you to understand easily about it.”
The chancellor asked again.
“What are you going to question?”
“Where are beans from?”
“Doesn’t a bean come from a bean?”
Teacher said with a delighted smile.
“That’s correct. A bean comes from a bean. However, from a bean’s point of view, because it is rooted to the ground it could see differently. As a bean comes from a bean, so your soul is in you. Your soul is made through your activity. And you will be born again due to things that were in your soul.”
Doctor Gupta was very sufficient and said,
“Many people around us tried to know about such a thing but were not able to know.”
Doctor Gupta and the professor had many conversations with Teacher since then. When the appointment time was over, it was time to separate. Doctor Gupta said to Teacher,
“The words that you told us today were very beneficial. When you come to Puna next time, could you visit us without fail, please.”
Teacher delightedly consented and the chancellor and the professor respectfully sent off us.