Osho - A Bird On The Wing

Sober Up

BELOVED OSHO,
THE MONK ZUIGAN USED TO START EVERY DAY BY SAYING OUT LOUD TO
HIMSELF, "MASTER, ARE YOU THERE?" AND HE WOULD ANSWER, "YES SIR,
I AM."

THEN HE WOULD SAY, "BETTER SOBER UP." AND HE WOULD REPLY, "YES
SIR, I'LL DO THAT."

Osho - A Bird On The Wing

The Master of Silence

BELOVED OSHO,
BUDDHA WAS TO GIVE A SPECIAL TALK ONE DAY,AND THOUSANDS OF
FOLLOWERS HAD COME FROM MILES AROUND.

WHEN BUDDHA APPEARED HE WAS HOLDING A FLOWER. TIME PASSED,

Osho - A Bird On The Wing

Save the Cat

BELOVED OSHO,
NANSEN FOUND TWO GROUPS OF MONKS SQUABBLING OVER THE
OWNERSHIP OF A CAT.

NANSEN WENT TO THE KITCHEN AND BROUGHT BACK A CHOPPER. HE
PICKED UP THE CAT AND SAID TO THE MONKS, "IF ANY OF YOU CAN SAY A
GOOD WORD, YOU CAN SAVE THE CAT."

Osho - A Bird On The Wing

Zen Without Writing

BELOVED OSHO,

THE ZEN MASTER MU-NAN HAD ONLY ONE SUCCESSOR. HIS NAME WAS SHOJU.

AFTER SHOJU HAD COMPLETED HIS STUDY OF ZEN, MU-NAN CALLED HIM
INTO HIS ROOM AND SAID, "I AM GETTING OLD, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW

Osho - A Bird On The Wing

The Severe Teacher

BELOVED OSHO,
THE JAPANESE MASTER EKIDO WAS A SEVERE TEACHER AND HIS PUPILS
FEARED HIM.

ONE DAY, AS ONE OF HIS PUPILS WAS STRIKING THE TIME OF DAY ON THE
TEMPLE GONG, HE MISSED A BEAT BECAUSE HE WAS WATCHING A
BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHO WAS PASSING THE GATES.

Osho - A Bird On The Wing

The Miracle of Ordinariness

BELOVED OSHO,
BANKEI WAS PREACHING QUIETLY TO HIS FOLLOWERS ONE DAY WHEN
HIS TALKING WAS INTERRUPTED BY A PRIEST FROM ANOTHER SECT. THIS
SECT BELIEVED IN THE POWER OF MIRACLES, AND THOUGHT THAT
SALVATION CAME FROM REPEATING HOLY WORDS.

BANKEI STOPPED TALKING, AND ASKED THE PRIEST WHAT HE WANTED
TO SAY.

Osho - A Bird On The Wing

Master of the New Monastery

BELOVED MASTER,
HYAKUJO CALLED HIS MONKS TOGETHER AS HE WISHED TO SEND ONE OF
THEM TO OPEN A NEW MONASTERY. PLACING A FILLED WATER JAR ON
THE GROUND, HE SAID, "WHO CAN SAY WHAT THIS IS WITHOUT USING ITS NAME?"

Osho - A Bird On The Wing

Have a Cup of Tea.

BELOVED OSHO,
JOSHU, THE ZEN MASTER, ASKED A NEW MONK IN THE MONASTERY,
"HAVE I SEEN YOU BEFORE?"
THE NEW MONK REPLIED, "NO SIR."
JOSHU SAID, "THEN HAVE A CUP OF TEA."

JOSHU THEN TURNED TO ANOTHER MONK, "HAVE I SEEN YOU HERE BEFORE?

Osho - A Bird On The Wing

The Gates of Heaven and Hell

BELOVED OSHO,
A WARRIOR CAME TO THE ZEN MASTER HAKUIN AND ASKED "IS THERE
SUCH A THING AS HEAVEN AND HELL?"

HAKUIN SAID "WHO ARE YOU?"

Osho - A Bird On The Wing

No Mind, No Truth

BELOVED OSHO,
THE STUDENT DOKO CAME TO THE MASTER AND SAID,
"IN WHAT STATE OF MIND SHOULD I SEEK THE TRUTH?",
THE MASTER REPLIED, " THERE IS NO MIND, SO YOU CANNOT PUT IT IN
ANY STATE, AND THERE IS NO TRUTH, SO YOU CANNOT SEEK IT."
DOKO SAID, "IF THERE IS NO MIND AND NO TRUTH, WHY DO ALL THESE

Osho - A Bird On The Wing

Empty Your Cup

BELOVED MASTER,
THE JAPANESE MASTER NAN-IN GAVE AUDIENCE
TO A PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY.
SERVING TEA, NAN-IN FILLED HIS VISITOR'S CUP,
AND KEPT POURING.

THE PROFESSOR WATCHED THE OVERFLOW
UNTIL HE COULD RESTRAIN HIMSELF NO LONGER:
STOP!

Osho A Bird On The Wing

 Any conflict will create more barriers. If there is fear and you start doing something about it, then a new fear has entered: fear of the fear. It has become more complex. So the one thing to be done is, if fear is there, accept it. Don't do anything about it because doing will not help.