The Holy Man (1965)
Charuprakash Ghosh: Birinchi Baba
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Quotes
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Birinchi Baba : Religion will be kicked around like a football, be warned!
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Birinchi Baba : Time is incredible. Truly incredible. They say we know our present, but no one has seen the future. I say that the future exists, but the present does not. Time, as we understand it, time exists, but there is no such thing as the present time. How can there be? How can there be? The future, the inevitable, when it happens, after it's happened, doesn't remain fixed. We cannot label it as the present and chain it down by the ankles, and say, "Look, this is the present." The moment it happens, it becomes past perfect, or simple past, or past habitual. Meaning, it is history. Past!
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Birinchi Baba : Forward and backward, that is all there is to life. The present only consists of what was and what will be. Life is suspended between what was and what is to come. The world lies in between the future and the past. Oh, my brothers! Oh, my brothers!
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Birinchi Baba : Om tempora! Om tempora!
Birinchi Baba , Birinchi Baba's assistant : Om!
Birinchi Baba : Mores!
Birinchi Baba , Birinchi Baba's assistant : Om!
Birinchi Baba : Nific!
Birinchi Baba , Birinchi Baba's assistant : Om!
Birinchi Baba : Niscient!
Birinchi Baba , Birinchi Baba's assistant : Om!
Birinchi Baba : Nibus!
Birinchi Baba , Birinchi Baba's assistant : Om!
Birinchi Baba : Nivorous!
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Birinchi Baba : My dear Gurupada, you have done your utmost. And I don't want you to serve me beyond your means. As for food, will I ask you for roast rhino? No, I will not. Because I know it is beyond your means. It's delicious. I had plenty in the Stone Age. You don't get it anymore.
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Birinchi Baba : Jesus said, "The rich can never attain salvation." I argued, "Why not? If wealth is squandered, if it is put to good use, then why not?" That day - I spoke to him very harshly, but later, I was repentant. He was tortured to death.
Birinchi Baba's assistant : Poor kid.
Birinchi Baba : Without reason!
Birinchi Baba's assistant : Poor kid!
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Baba believer : Master, did you know Jesus Christ?
Birinchi Baba : People say, "crucifixion." But, I say, "cruci-fact!" Because I saw it all with my own eyes.
