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master stood on his head and died. The disciples were in trouble -- what to do with this man, because they knew what to do if a man dies on his bed, but he was standing on his head. Somebody suggested that the master's sister, who was older than him and living in another Jaina monastery just nearby -- it would be better to ask her. It was a very new situation.
The sister came and she said, "Bozo!" -- that was his childhood name -- "Are you going to stop your mischief or not? Just lie down on the bed!"
Bozo laughed. He was still alive; otherwise, how can you go on standing on your head when you are dead. His sister said, "Die in a normal way." And just to follow his older sister, he died in a normal way!
But it is good to have something new always happening, something new to be accepted; and one should remain open. My sannyasins particularly should remain open, so open that they can take even the whole universe within themselves. There should be no limit to it.
Question 8
BELOVED OSHO,
THE DEVICE OF MALA AND SAFFRON CLOTHES GIVES US AN INTEGRITY, FREEDOM FROM SOCIAL NORMS AND COURAGE TO STAND ALONE. NOW, WITH A FREE SANNYAS, ARE YOU GOING TO CREATE MORE SUBTLE DEVICES TO ACHIEVE THIS?
I am certainly -- because it is time that your meditation should make you different from anybody who is not meditating. Your silence, your love, your compassion, your friendliness, should make you aloof from anybody else.
Mala and clothes are very material things. I would like now some spiritual distinctions to be created -- and they are already there. It has happened many times -- people have reported it to me. They had gone to do some work, and perhaps the mala and the clothes might have been a hindrance in the work, so they went in plain, ordinary clothes, but they were recognized. The shopkeeper said, "But something is different about you. You are not the usual kind of person who comes."
And that will be far more beautiful -- that you are recognized by your spirituality, by your integrity, by your individuality, by your compassion, by your love.
But I have not said that people who want to remain in orange and
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