The story of Gautam the Buddha is that when after his death he reached the doors of heaven, the doors were opened and the angels celebrated his coming, but he didn’t enter. He stood on the door, his back towards heaven, and looked towards the world which he had left far behind. The angels were disturbed. They asked ‘What is the matter? For whom are you waiting? Enter! We have never given such a welcome to anybody.’ And in the story Buddha is reported to have said ‘I will not enter unless every being, every suffering being in the world has entered. I will be the last one. So please keep your doors closed; it is not time for me to enter yet. I am going to be the last person. I will wait for everybody else to enter first, I will help people, I will show them the way, because I love, because I feel immense compassion. Heaven is not for me yet. I can see millions of souls struggling in darkness, in suffering, in pain, and I am in a situation to help them. I am not obliging them, it is just my joy.’ But he refused to enter heaven.