This is a beautiful debate betwwen king Malinda & Venerable Nagasena
The King Milinda questions to Venerable Nagasena.
“Venerable Nagasena, if somebody dies here and is reborn in the world of Brahma, and another dies here and is reborn in Kashmir, which of them would arrive first?”
Venerable Nagasena replied to king
They would arrive at the same time. O King.”
Venerable Nagasena: In which town were you born, O King?”
King Milinda: In a village called Kalasi, Venerable Sir.”
Venerable Nagasena: How far is Kalasi from here, O King?”
King Milinda : About two hundred miles, Venerable Sir.”
Venerable Nagasena: And how far is Kashmir from here, O King?”
King Milinda : About twelve miles, Venerable Sir.”
Venerable Nagasena: Now think of the village of Kalasi, O King.”
King Milinda :I have done so, Venerable Sir.”
Venerable Nagasena: And now think of Kashmir, O King.
King Milinda :“It is done, Venerable Sir.
Venerable Nagasena: “Which of these two, O King, did you think the more slowly and which the more quickly?
King Milinda : “Both equally quickly, Venerable Sir.
Venerable Nagasena: “Just so, O King, he who dies here and is reborn in the world of Brahma, is not reborn later than he who dies here and is reborn in Kashmir.”
King Milinda : “Give me one more simile, Venerable Sir.”
Venerable Nagasena: “What do you think, O King? Suppose two birds were lying in the air and they should settle at the same time, one upon a high and the other upon a low tree, which bird’s shade would first fall upon the earth, and which bird’s later?”
King Milinda :“Both shadows would appear at the same time, not one of them earlier and the other later.”
