Ascetic

By: Bambang Dwi Atmoko

Long story short, after about six days on foot, Darsin up on a hill on the slopes of the mountain where the first Kiyai Sobirin learn to Mr shaikh. Darsin rest a few moments to relieve the wheezing breath from the climb is quite long at the end of the road earlier. After feeling refreshed, Darsin around to find where the house is Mr. Guru, Darsin around for a long time, but not finding a suitable house with him. The only thing he saw was a large building, and he is quite grand with a solid wall of stone and good, in which all of the buildings that are considered a luxury, so it makes the heart Darsin be indecisive "is this the home of Mr. Guru as told Kiyai Sobirin it, why in contrast to the properties of a simple teacher "he whispered to himself. In his heart began to have feelings of suspicion, but because the figures are always Kiyai Sobirin tauladannya, moreover, he had already traveled are not close, so he did not recede to move into the main gate wide open. Once inside the wall he saw some people who are doing any activity that is being cleaned halamam and care of flower gardens, there are clear glass windows and other activities. Darsin approached a guard who was sitting in a building resembling a checkpoint next to the main house building. After greetings and introduce yourself, tell Darsin purpose of his arrival to meet with Tuan Guru. The guard replied "Tuan Guru was away and had him back tomorrow afternoon and you should just spend the night here" said the guard. With a little disappointed Darsin by and wait until tomorrow afternoon. Darsin given a place to rest, a spacious and cool with a nice bed. "Is this the life of Guru told Mr. Kiya Sobirin it, why is quite different from the properties of my teachers are very simple" phrase that many times he whispers in her heart knows how many times.
After the next day before midday Tuan Guru arrived, although have reached age seventy-four years old but still looks healthy and strong so it is still able to ride a horse with a considerable distance. He wore a turban, wearing clothes and sandals that everything is good and beautiful. So it is increasingly making Darsin hesitated and muttered to himself "why not look at all the appearance kedzuhudan Tuan Guru". But do not dare look at the face Darsin Tuan Guru, a face that exudes coolness and the tenderness and affection. Tuan Guru a scholar who was very wise, very understands he doubts his guests, he gently asked "young people where you come from and what your purpose here." Darsin while explaining at length going down the happenings and the purpose of his arrival, and do not forget to say hello from Kiyai Darsin Sobirin for Master Teachers. "What do Kiyai Sobirin, your teacher was" asked Mr. Guru. Kemuian Darsin told his teacher jobs, including deeds, deeds which have been greatly admired, "he dispenses daily fish catch, good to our neighbor to the santrinya maupuk, while he only took a few pieces and even then sometimes only the fleshy part of his head is not ". Tuan Guru Darsin listened attentively, then he said "Young man, what you see is just the practice of birth alone, know that the fish meat has been distributed to people like you're describing to me was still there and become embedded in his heart and always exist in his mind, and it would be a barrier in the hijab or curtain azzawajala remembering God, you fooled by a spiritual practice that you never realized, so that you will be prejudice to the existing wealth God entrusted this to me ". Batapa Terperanjatnya Darsin hearing Tuan Guru was gentle. Darsin feel like a got a slap in the face, he now realized "that all work should be based on sincere and not at all be proud of such deeds". Mr. Guru is advised to people like Darsin, he continued his talk "a lot of people wrong, dzuhud or earthy look of life is not measured by mere birth, she is in the soul or spiritual, must be cleared from the inner desires of the world, so that the inner parted of the barrier, or hijab. There are even deprived of life though not necessarily the poor she dzuhud, but there is an all-sufficiency of life even affluent he could be a very dzuhud ". Tuan Guru Darsin hearing was very embarrassed, kemudan he apologized to Mr. Guru and beg to be received by students. May Allah give mercy to us all amen, amen robbal'alamin yes ... yours respectfully ...

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