"They can only give you that for which you have come.

"Who Jesus will prove to be to you depends on you. He is a response, he reflects you. Remember this. Because of this, many complexities have arisen. Many people will give you different reports – and they all are true, and no one is totally true. They all talk only of facets, parts of Jesus that have been revealed to them; hence so many stories.

"Buddha died and immediately there was great turmoil in his followers. The sangha divided into many parts. The community could not remain one because there were different reports – as if Buddha was not one man but many. He was one, absolutely one, but he reflected so many people that they had known him in different ways: according to their capacity, according to their receptivity, according to their readiness. They all said different things – not only different, but quite contradictory to each other. The community had to divide.

"The same happened with Mahavira. The community had to divide. The same happened with Jesus. The community could not remain one. And the reason is that Jesus is different to different people. He has to be; he is just a pure mirror. You come and he reveals your face to yourself. He exists so that you can realize yourself. He has no other idea to force upon you. He has no idea at all. He is simply a helper. If you come to him in search of knowledge, he will reveal that to you. If you come to him in search of love, you will be benefited by his compassion and love. If you come to him as a sinner, he will give you salvation. But it depends on you; he echoes you.

"This has to be understood, then these sutras will be very simple.

And the disciples came,
and said unto him,
'Why speakest thou
unto them in parables?'

"The disciples were noticing that whenever he talks to the masses, he always talks in parables; whenever he talks to them in privacy, he talks differently.

"It has to be so. A disciple is different. A disciple is one who has committed his all."