Osho- Nirvana The Last Nightmare

 The Ultimate Nightmare

Question 1:

YOU TELL US TO BE HERENOW, WITHOUT GOALS AND WITHOUT PURPOSE, BUT THEN YOU ALLURE US ALSO BY TALKING ABOUT ECSTASY, ENLIGHTENMENT, FREEDOM, AND THE POSSIBLE FULFILLMENT. IT LOOKS CONTRADICTORY. PLEASE EXPLAIN.

It is not contradictory at all; it is a simple fact. But the mind tends to create problems where they don't exist. Mind is a problem-creating mechanism.

Osho - Nirvana The Last Nightmare

 Mastered By Zen

DATE-JITOKU, A FINE WAKA POET, WANTED TO MASTER ZEN.

WITH THIS IN MIND HE MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE EKKEI, ABBOT OF SHOKOKUJI IN KYOTO.

JITOKU WENT TO THE MASTER FULL OF HOPES, BUT AS SOON AS HE ENTERED THE ROOM HE RECEIVED A WHACK.

HE WAS ASTONISHED AND MORTIFIED:

NO ONE HAD EVER DARED TO STRIKE HIM BEFORE, BUT AS IT IS A STRICT ZEN RULE NEVER TO SAY OR DO ANYTHING UNLESS ASKED BY THE MASTER, HE WITHDREW SILENTLY.

Osho Nirvana The Last Nightmare

When I say that ecstasy is beautiful, when I say that enlightenment is blissful, I'm not talking about the future, I'm not alluring you - I'm simply stating a fact.

When I say be herenow without any purpose and goal, I'm showing you the way how enlightenment can happen right now.

Enlightenment is not a distant goal. It is a present possibility. You can miss it. That doesn't mean that it is far away from you; that simply means that you are fast asleep. You can miss it. That doesn't mean that you have to work hard to attain it; it simply means that you are not aware of something which is already surrounding you.

Osho - Nansen The Point of Departure

 My dance is complete

BELOVED OSHO,

ONCE NANSEN SAID TO THE ASSEMBLED MONKS, "THE WAY IS NOT OUTSIDE THINGS; OUTSIDE THINGS THERE IS NO WAY."

JOSHU ASKED, "WHAT IS THE WAY WHICH IS OUTSIDE THINGS?"

NANSEN IMMEDIATELY STRUCK HIM. JOSHU CAUGHT HOLD OF THE STICK AND SAID, "FROM NOW ON, DON'T STRIKE SOMEBODY BY MISTAKE!"

NANSEN SAID, "IT'S EASY TO SPEAK OF A DRAGON, BUT DIFFICULT TO PLEASE ME!" AND THROWING DOWN HIS STICK, HE WENT BACK TO HIS ROOM.

Osho - Nansen The Point of Departure

 Just a morning walk

BELOVED OSHO,

NANSEN ONCE WENT INTO THE GARDEN AND, SEEING A MONK THERE, THREW A PIECE OF BROKEN TILE AT HIM AND HIT HIM. WHEN THE MONK TURNED HIS HEAD, NANSEN LIFTED UP ONE LEG. THE MONK MADE NO RESPONSE. NANSEN RETURNED TO THE TEMPLE AND THE MONK FOLLOWED HIM AND ASKED TO BE TAUGHT, SAYING "THE MASTER JUST THREW A PIECE OF TILE AT ME AND HIT ME. DID HE NOT DO THIS AS A MEANS OF AROUSING ME?"

NANSEN SAID, "HOW ABOUT RAISING THE LEG?"

THE MONK WAS SILENT.

ON ANOTHER OCCASION, A MONK CAME AND STOOD

Osho - Nansen The Point of Departure

 You need roses, just wheat will not do

BELOVED OSHO,

NANSEN SAID TO THE ASSEMBLED MONKS, "OLD MASTER O ('O' WAS NANSEN'S OWN LAY NAME) IS GOING TO SELL HIMSELF. WILL ANYONE BUY HIM?"

A MONK CAME OUT AND SAID, "I WILL!"

NANSEN SAID, "DON'T MAKE ME DEAR; DON'T MAKE ME CHEAP. HOW WILL YOU BUY ME?"

THE MONK WAS SILENT.

ON ANOTHER OCCASION NANSEN WAS ASKED BY A MONK, "WHERE WILL THE MASTER BE GONE IN A HUNDRED YEARS' TIME?"

NANSEN SAID, "I'LL BE A WATER-COLORED OX."

Osho - Nansen The Point of Departure

 You have forgotten your wings

BELOVED OSHO,

ONCE, WHEN OBAKU WAS SITTING IN NANSEN'S RECEPTION ROOM, NANSEN ASKED HIM, "IT IS SAID THAT THE BUDDHA NATURE CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN BY THOSE WHO STUDY BOTH SAMADHI AND PRAJNA EQUALLY. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?"

OBAKU ANSWERED, "IT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD NOT DEPEND ON ANYTHING AT ANY TIME."

NANSEN THEN ASKED, "I WONDER WHETHER THE OPINION YOU HAVE JUST EXPRESSED IS REALLY YOUR OWN."

"OF COURSE NOT!" SAID OBAKU.