Zen, Master Of The Irrational And Practical
In comparison to Zen, Allreligions look like entertainment. Formal rituals, social conditionings-Zen goes through them like a sword cutting all the ropes that bind you. It has no ritual, it has no mantra, it has no way of sacrificing anything to anyone. Without God you cannot create rituals, sacrifices. Zen does not talk about great principles. It simply creates the device and leaves you to find the way out. Obviously it has been immensely successful. If some thing does not succeed, that only means your device was not right. You have not looked into the person and into his potential rightly Perhaps your device was good for somebody else, but not for this person. Zen has only created devices, leaving you completely free to find the truth. And it is strange; more people have become enlightened through Zen than through any other religion of the world. The other religions are very big, and Zen is a very small stream. Zen is pure essence, unpolluted, and uncorrupted by any non-essential. You cannot take away anything from Zen, because it is only a declaration of your self-nature; neither can you add anything to Zen, because anything added will be artificial. Zen is absolutely in favour of nature. It is not against entertainment; Infact only Zen is capable of laughing, of entertainment, but its entertainment is not different from its enlightenment. Thevery quality of entertainment differs. Rinzai once went to visit one of Ungan'sdisciples, Anan. On that occasion he asked Anzan: "What is the white cow of the dewy ground?" Anzan responded by saying: "Moо! Moo!" Rinzai commented: "You are dumb!" Anzan said, "How about you?" Rinzai observed, "You animal!" It is one of the Zen koans. It does not mean anything; it simply gives you a puzzle that cannot be solved. "What isthe white cow of the dewy ground?"-what kind of metaphysical question is this? No religion will ask such a question. Anzan responded by saying: "Mоo! Moo!" No answer is the right answer. One has to be utterly in silence; only silence can answer a Zen koan. But Anzan has used his mind and tried to figure out some way to indicate what the white cow is. He has brought the mind in. Rinzai commented: "You are dumb!" It means, do you think you can deceive me by making such sounds? Can't you speak? Are you dumb? The koanneeds a response. This "moo, moo" won't do. Anzan said: "How about you He was thinking, What could be appropriate than this answer?"In facanswer is ever appropriate for a Zen That has to be remembered. Don't loany answer, just look for silence. Jusutterly silent. In your silence the ma will be able to see your answer: Anzan said, "How about you?"-think my answer is not right, and I а dumb. Rinzai observed, "You animal!" In Zen, mind is an animal heritagunless you go beyond mind,youareauthentic human being. Just your bethat of a human being, but your minvery long process of four million yeaanimals. Youare not newcomers, yoold, as old as the time life has existedthis earth, andyou have passed throthe phases of animals. Your consciocarries a tremendous past.
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Zen, Master Of The Irrational And Practical
In comparison to Zen, Allreligions look like entertainment. Formal rituals, social conditionings-Zen goes through them like a sword cutting all the ropes that bind you. It has no ritual, it has no mantra, it has no way of sacrificing anything to anyone. Without God you cannot create rituals, sacrifices. Zen does not talk about great principles. It simply creates the device and leaves you to find the way out. Obviously it has been immensely successful. If some thing does not succeed, that only means your device was not right. You have not looked into the person and into his potential rightly Perhaps your device was good for somebody else, but not for this person. Zen has only created devices, leaving you completely free to find the truth. And it is strange; more people have become enlightened through Zen than through any other religion of the world. The other religions are very big, and Zen is a very small stream. Zen is pure essence, unpolluted, and uncorrupted by any non-essential. You cannot take away anything from Zen, because it is only a declaration of your self-nature; neither can you add anything to Zen, because anything added will be artificial. Zen is absolutely in favour of nature. It is not against entertainment; Infact only Zen is capable of laughing, of entertainment, but its entertainment is not different from its enlightenment. Thevery quality of entertainment differs. Rinzai once went to visit one of Ungan'sdisciples, Anan. On that occasion he asked Anzan: "What is the white cow of the dewy ground?" Anzan responded by saying: "Moо! Moo!" Rinzai commented: "You are dumb!" Anzan said, "How about you?" Rinzai observed, "You animal!" It is one of the Zen koans. It does not mean anything; it simply gives you a puzzle that cannot be solved. "What isthe white cow of the dewy ground?"-what kind of metaphysical question is this? No religion will ask such a question. Anzan responded by saying: "Mоo! Moo!" No answer is the right answer. One has to be utterly in silence; only silence can answer a Zen koan. But Anzan has used his mind and tried to figure out some way to indicate what the white cow is. He has brought the mind in. Rinzai commented: "You are dumb!" It means, do you think you can deceive me by making such sounds? Can't you speak? Are you dumb? The koanneeds a response. This "moo, moo" won't do. Anzan said: "How about you He was thinking, What could be appropriate than this answer?"In facanswer is ever appropriate for a Zen That has to be remembered. Don't loany answer, just look for silence. Jusutterly silent. In your silence the ma will be able to see your answer: Anzan said, "How about you?"-think my answer is not right, and I а dumb. Rinzai observed, "You animal!" In Zen, mind is an animal heritagunless you go beyond mind,youareauthentic human being. Just your bethat of a human being, but your minvery long process of four million yeaanimals. Youare not newcomers, yoold, as old as the time life has existedthis earth, andyou have passed throthe phases of animals. Your consciocarries a tremendous past.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Osho kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy : Osho Speaking Tree,Times of India