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he is served, Virgil looks at the dog and then asks the bartender if he is interested in buying a talking dog for five hundred dollars.
The bartender laughs at the idea, but then the dog says, "Please mister, please buy me. This man is so mean to me, he doesn't look after me and never feeds me!"
The bartender is shocked. "Did you say you wanted five hundred dollars for him?" he says. "Why do you want to sell him?"
"I hate liars," replied Virgil, taking a drink.
The bartender hands over five hundred dollars and Virgil gets up and goes towards the door. "So long, you ungrateful creature," he says to the dog.
The dog looks up, "Ungrateful, is it?" says the dog. "Well, just for that, I am never going to speak again!"
Rupesh, give the first drum...
(Drumbeat)
(Gibberish)
Rupesh...
(Drumbeat)
Be silent, close your eyes
and gather your whole being in.
This is the quantum leap,
from mind to no-mind.
This space is you
and this moment is your only time.
In these two words
`here' and `now',
the whole of religion is complete.
Rupesh, give the drum...
(Drumbeat)
You fall dead.
Utterly dead.
I am not telling you to stop your breathing; your body can go on breathing.
You be in,
deeper and deeper in!
Rupesh, the last drum...
(Drumbeat)
Everybody has to come back to life.
This is resurrection!
One special beat for the guest gorilla.
(Drumbeat)
No, Rupesh! Gorilla cannot understand it, do it totally!
(Drumbeat)
(RUPESH GIVES A REALLY GOOD DRUMBEAT AND THE GORILLA SHOUTS WITH JOY.)
Okay, Maneesha?
Yes, Osho.
Can we celebrate now?
YES!
(AFTER THE ECSTATIC YAA-HOO CELEBRATION, THE GORILLA STARTS DANCING WITH MANEESHA AND AFTER A WHILE SARDAR, COMING FROM OUTSIDE, JOINS THE DANCE.)
Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to No-Mind
Chapter #4
Chapter title: Zen is as simple as the taste of tea
14 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium
Archive code: 8806145
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