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new door by saying that, SACRED AND SECULAR ORIGINALLY LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE.
Sekiso is a disciple of Nansen.
WITH COMPASSIONATE HANDS THE GREAT MASTER HAS OPENED THE GATE FOR THE FIRST TIME. DON'T ASK WHO OR HOW MANY ARE IN THE HALL.
Numbers don't matter; don't ask how many have entered the gate. The significant point is that Nansen has opened the gate, that the secular and sacred can be together. There is no need for them to be separated.
It was an immensely radical departure from the past.
DON'T ASK WHO OR HOW MANY ARE IN THE HALL. THESE TILES AND RAFTERS CONTAIN ALL OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.
When a man like Nansen lives in a temple, then the rafters and the tiles also become something divine, something sacred, but not sacred against the secular. Nansen has joined the earth with the sky.
My love for Nansen is immense because of this understanding that the earth and the sky are not separate -- are not separateable. And both should be enjoyed.
Question 1
Maneesha has asked:
BELOVED OSHO,
WHY HAVE YOU CALLED THE SERIES NANSEN: THE POINT OF DEPARTURE?
Because he opened the gate for the first time, making it clear that the sacred and the secular are one, just different ways of seeing. There is no need to torture the body to purify the soul. They both can dance together as sacred a dance as possible. And unless a spirituality transforms even your body, it is not much of a spirituality.
Zorba has not to be killed, Zorba has to be transformed. Zorba is the buddha, just in the seed form. You don't have to destroy the seeds, you have to find a right soil, a right climate for the seeds, and wait for the season when the clouds bring the first rains, and your seeds will start sprouting. The seeds and the flowers are not separate -- the seed is the flower hidden, the flower is the seed come out in the open.
That's why, Maneesha, I have called this series NANSEN: THE POINT OF DEPARTURE. From the past spirituality Nansen is a tremendous departure, accepting secular and sacred as together, one -- two aspects of one reality.
You can understand my love for Nansen, because
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