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innocent.
Okay, Maneesha?
Yes, Osho.
Can we celebrate now?
YES!
Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to No-Mind
Chapter #2
Chapter title: Listen to the message of the run
12 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium
Archive code: 8806125
ShortTitle: QUANT02
Audio: Yes
Video: Yes
Length: 60 mins
BELOVED OSHO,
WHEN HYAKUJO WAS A YOUNG BOY, HIS MOTHER TOOK HIM TO A TEMPLE, AND ENTERING, SHE BOWED TO THE BUDDHIST STATUE.
POINTING TO THE STATUE, HYAKUJO ASKED HIS MOTHER, "WHAT'S THAT?"
"THAT'S A BUDDHA," SHE REPLIED.
HYAKUJO SAID, "HE LOOKS LIKE A MAN. I WANT TO BECOME A BUDDHA AFTERWARDS."
MANY YEARS LATER, HYAKUJO BECAME A MONK. ONE DAY, AS ATTENDANT TO BASO, HE WENT WANDERING IN THE MOUNTAINS. ON HIS RETURN HE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO WEEP.
ONE OF HIS FELLOW MONKS SAID, "ARE YOU THINKING OF YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER?"
"NO," SAID HYAKUJO.
"DID SOMEBODY SLANDER YOU?" ASKED THE MONK.
"NO," ANSWERED HYAKUJO..
"THEN WHAT ARE YOU WEEPING FOR?" PERSISTED THE MONK.
"GO AND ASK THE MASTER," SAID HYAKUJO..
THE MONK WENT AND ASKED BASO, WHO SAID, "GO AND ASK HYAKUJO."
THE MONK CAME BACK TO THE ROOM AND FOUND HYAKUJO LAUGHING.
"YOU WERE WEEPING A LITTLE WHILE AGO; WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING NOW?" HE ASKED.
HYAKUJO SAID, "I WAS WEEPING A LITTLE WHILE AGO, AND NOW I AM LAUGHING."
Maneesha, a few moments ago there was no rain and now it is raining. Existence is irrational. You don't ask the rains, "Why are you raining now when you were not raining a few minutes ago?" You don't ask the bamboos, "Why are you dancing with the rain, when you were standing like absolutely British gentlemen?"
Existence is irrational. The moment you ask why you have missed the point. This anecdote is great, great also in reference to your meditations.
WHEN HYAKUJO WAS A YOUNG BOY, HIS MOTHER TOOK HIM TO A TEMPLE, AND ENTERING, SHE BOWED TO THE BUDDHIST STATUE.
POINTING TO THE STATUE, HYAKUJO ASKED HIS MOTHER, "WHAT'S THAT?"
"THAT'S A BUDDHA," SHE REPLIED.
HYAKUJO
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