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CHAPTER 9. RIGHT SEARCH, WRONG DIRECTION not, you will merge with the void. This is why the true master tries to develop those of his disciples who have the greatest capacity for compassion into bodhisattvas. Two elements remain at the end: compassion and wisdom. Among you there are those who have either a greater proportion of compassion or a greater proportion of wisdom. Those who have a greater proportion of wisdom will immediately merge into the void. They cannot be trained to be gurus. Those with a greater proportion of compassion are qualified to become gurus and tirthankaras and bodhisattvas. So it falls to the guru to train his disciples. Those in whom he finds the element of love, compassion and service to a greater degree, he works on so that the longing for compassion stays with them to the very end. When such a disciple’s knowledge ripens, the element of compassion and love is still there. When his boat is ready to set sail one post will still hold the line – the post of compassion. When there is plain, dry knowledge within, there is nothing to hold the boat back. As soon as it is ready to sail it disappears into the void. A person who has attained Shivahood either remains or is absorbed, according to his own will; he can remain in existence to serve or he disappears into the void. It is entirely up to his own will. Remember, only he has a will of his own, not you! You are not present in your being, so how can your actions be by your own will? You may say, ”I wanted to do this and therefore I did it,” but this is not correct; whatever you do is due to the pressure of some longing or desire. What is free will? You may say that you have free will if, when somebody swears at you, you do not get angry. It is possible you may not show it, but as soon as someone insults you the anger is there inside. You possess free will if, when someone insults you, you are as calm inside as if nothing had happened; or if, when someone praises you, you are as calm and unaffected by the praises as if it were directed to someone else. There should not be the slightest change within you; only then can you say that you are the master of yourself. This mastery can only be decided in the ultimate moment. Correspondingly, Buddhism has two major branches; hinayana and mahayana. Mahayana means the greater vehicle; this is the ’big boat’ of the bodhisattva. Even after he sits in his boat he waits so that others may join him. Hinayana is the lesser vehicle, the ’small boat’ which can carry only one person, and that is the boat of the arhat. As soon as he is ready he steps in and sets sail. It is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, the arhat or the bodhisattva. From this state it is difficult to judge; what suits a person’s nature is best for him. Those who have a feminine heart become bodhisattvas. Those who have a masculine heart become arhats. There are these two types of hearts, and in the final analysis, it is the heart that decides. Either you have a heart saturated with love and compassion, or you have the heart of a plain, dry man of knowledge; you are either a devotee or a sage. This world is created by the combination of opposites: there is light and darkness, male and female, birth and death; and so also there is knowledge and compassion. At the last moment both these elements are present at the shore; whichever is stronger becomes the deciding factor. Then you have to use your own free will, for a liberated person has no ties. For the very first time his free will comes into existence. It is only a self-realized person whose will is free, who can really reach a The Great Path 172 Osho
CHAPTER 9. RIGHT SEARCH, WRONG DIRECTION decision. Before that, anything the person does is determined by his desires; it just flows from his longings. He cannot really decide. Someone once asked Gurdjieff, ”Please tell me what I should do.” Gurdjieff’s answer was, ”If only you could do something I would surely have told you!” Right now you are incapable of doing anything. You are merely flowing blindly. You are like a wisp of straw in a racing river. You go wherever the current takes you. Where are you? Someone once told Buddha that he wanted to serve people. Buddha looked at him compassionately and said, ”You, yourself, are not yet; so how will you serve?” The decision happens at the last moment. Only after Self-Realization do you attain the power to decide, for then you are Shiva-like. Then you are no longer the creation but the creator. Then you are no longer a part of this universe; you are God, Himself. Then the play is in your hands; then you are in control. Then, when the time comes to depart, it is you who decides whether to stay back and wait for the others to board your boat, and you become a tirthankara; or you want to be concerned about them. You will say that each man must find his own path; each man has to follow his own way. Who can guide whom? Who is to sit in whose boat? And you will open your sails and set forth. It is necessary to remember this sutra: TO MERGE INTO THE VOID OR REMAIN BEHIND IS WITHIN HIS WILL; for by paying attention to it you may begin to think about what you will opt in that last moment, if you are given the chance. This thought will invariably rise within you, and it is useful, for this very seed of a thought will grow into a tree by the time you reach the end of life’s journey. The Great Path 173 Osho
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CHAPTER 9. RIGHT SEARCH, WRONG DIRECTION<br />
decision. Before that, anything the person does is determined by his desires; it just flows from his<br />
longings. He cannot really decide.<br />
Someone once asked Gurdjieff, ”Please tell me what I should do.” Gurdjieff’s answer was, ”If only<br />
you could do something I would surely have told you!”<br />
Right now you are incapable of doing anything. You are merely flowing blindly. You are like a wisp<br />
of straw in a racing river. You go wherever the current takes you. Where are you?<br />
Someone once told Buddha that he wanted to serve people. Buddha looked at him <strong>com</strong>passionately<br />
and said, ”You, yourself, are not yet; so how will you serve?”<br />
<strong>The</strong> decision happens at the last moment. Only after Self-Realization do you attain the power to<br />
decide, for then you are Shiva-like. <strong>The</strong>n you are no longer the creation but the creator. <strong>The</strong>n you<br />
are no longer a part of this universe; you are God, Himself. <strong>The</strong>n the play is in your hands; then you<br />
are in control. <strong>The</strong>n, when the time <strong>com</strong>es to depart, it is you who decides whether to stay back and<br />
wait for the others to board your boat, and you be<strong>com</strong>e a tirthankara; or you want to be concerned<br />
about them. You will say that each man must find his own path; each man has to follow his own way.<br />
Who can guide whom? Who is to sit in whose boat? And you will open your sails and set forth.<br />
It is necessary to remember this sutra: TO MERGE INTO THE VOID OR REMAIN BEHIND IS<br />
WITHIN HIS WILL; for by paying attention to it you may begin to think about what you will opt in that<br />
last moment, if you are given the chance. This thought will invariably rise within you, and it is useful,<br />
for this very seed of a thought will grow into a tree by the time you reach the end of life’s journey.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Path</strong> 173 Osho
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