Osho on Zen

Osho on Zen Master Ma Tzu and his Disciple Nansen

Osho on Zen Master Ma Tzu

Osho : We have discussed Ma Tzu. It is no wonder that a man of the insight of Nansen immediately became… he did not miss a single moment as he arrived at Ma Tzu’s monastery, as he saw the master, he immediately touched his feet. And this respect was not one-sided, this love was not [...]

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Osho on Gautam Buddha, Maulingaputta and Zen Masters

Osho on Gautam Buddha, Maulingaputta

Osho : Maneesha, in the long history of Zen there are milestones. Mahakashyapa is the first, but not much is known about him – in Buddhist scriptures he is mentioned only once. Just one mention and yet he is regarded as the greatest disciple of Gautam Buddha. For twenty years he has not spoken a [...]

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Osho on Memorizing the Scriptures and Real Knowledge

Osho on Memorizing the Scriptures and Real Knowledge

Osho : Memorizing the scriptures means that you are committing theft. You are stealing the knowledge hidden in the scriptures; you did not get it by your own effort or hard work. It is all borrowed and stale, you are just holding on to the other person’s knowledge. Don’t construct your building on it. Its [...]

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Osho on Accepting Death, Osho on Zen Master Bokoju Death

Osho discourse on Accepting Death

Osho – I have seen many people die. They die like beggars, clinging; they don’t want to die because they have not lived yet, and death has come. But when there was life, they wasted it. Now that death has knocked on their doors they have become aware of the wastage of life. But a [...]

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Osho – In Japan, swordsmanship and archery became methods of teaching meditation

Osho on Zen swordsmanship

Osho – The warriors were something of the same – their bodies were worth seeing. They took care of their bodies, they took care of their discipline, and just to be a warrior they needed a certain meditation: to be alert, to be constantly aware because any moment … a small fault and you are [...]

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Osho on Bankei, Osho story on Zen Master Bankei

Osho story on Zen Master Bankei

Osho - The only miracle, the impossible miracle, is to be just ordinary. The longing of the mind is to be extraordinary. The ego thirsts and hungers for the recognition that you are somebody. Somebody achieves that dream through wealth, somebody else achieves that dream through power, politics, somebody else can achieve that dream through miracles, [...]

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Osho on Mahakashyap, Osho on first Zen Master Mahakashyap

Osho – This story is one of the most significant ones, because from this was passed the tradition of Zen. Buddha was the source, and Mahakashyap was the first, the original master of Zen. Buddha was the source, Mahakashyap was the first master, and this story is the source from where the whole tradition — [...]

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Osho on D T Suzuki, Osho on Zen Master D T Suzuki

Osho on Zen Master D T Suzuki

D T Suzuki Osho : One time, the old Zen Master, D. T. Suzuki, gave a talk on Zen in Tokyo. He spoke of the silence, the emptiness, the nothingness, and all the rest, together with the deep wisdom that comes from satori. When he had finished, one of his audience rose to his feet [...]

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Osho on Ten Zen Bulls, Osho on Zen Bulls Paintings

Osho on Zen Bulls Paintings

Osho : In Japan, they had a beautiful collection of paintings called “Ten Zen Bulls.” It is a series of paintings depicting the whole story of the search. In the first, a man is looking here and there… his bull is lost. You see forest all around, ancient trees, and the puzzled man standing there [...]

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