[Roxanjbra]

buddha...

when buddha was going round begging for alms as a mendicant, his father, suddhodhana, called him and said: "son! why are you going about as a beggar? i am a king and you are leading the life of a beggar. this is not proper at all." buddha gave him a fitting reply. "sire, you are brahmam (the one god) and i am brahmam. you are not the father and i am not the son. both of us are brahmam. in the phenomenal world, you belong to the lineage of rulers. i belong to the lineage of renunciants. all those who follow my ideals are all renunciants. your lineage is based on attachment. my lineage is based on renunciation. to those who have attachment, it becomes a disease. to the renunciants, detachment becomes the means to nirvana (liberation from bondage)". http://www.cosmicharmony.com/av/buddha/buddha.htm