When it comes to external success, many people dispute the idea of the “self-made man”. Many famous singers and moguls came from wealth, with their parents helping them along the way. They already had a leg-up in this world. Perhaps that is true.
However, when it comes to internal success, the playing field is more or less even. A person can be the son of a Brahman, or a carpenter, and have just as much chance of becoming a Great Saint or spiritual teacher.
Great spiritual teachers are not made from different substance than the rest of us. In fact, it is precisely because they are made from the same substance - that they face all the human difficulties that we do - that makes them so great.
Read the transcript and find important links on the site: A Beautiful Thought - Just a Man: Episode 384
