Come Follow To You, Vol 1 - Oshorajneesh.com

transformed Mahakashyap, Sariputta, Modgalayan, Anand, but the credit goesmore to Mahakashyap, Sariputta, Anand and Modgalayan and less to Buddhabecause they were rare beings. If Mahavir transformed Gautam, Sudharana, thecredit goes more to the disciples because they were rare beings.But Jesus is tremendously powerful. Peter -- a fisherman, uneducated -- orAndrew or Matthew or Thomas or John -- all poor, uneducated people whowould have been lost in any crowd and you would not have been able to findthem. They were just stones, ordinary pebbles on the way, and Jesus transformedthem into Koh-i-noors.Mahakashyap was a rare being in his own right; there is every possibility thateven without Buddha he would have become a Buddha. It would have taken alittle longer, maybe he would have taken a little more time, but it seems almostcertain that he would have become a Buddha even without Buddha. But think ofSimon called Peter or his brother Andrew. Nobody can conceive that withoutJesus they could have become anything whatsoever.He not only promised, he DID the miracle. FOLLOW ME AND I WILL MAKEYOU FISHERS OF MEN -- and more men have certainly been caught in the netJesus has thrown into the sea of humanity than in any other net. Half of theworld is caught in the net. All the apostles, all twelve of the apostles, were veryordinary, uneducated, common people, and upon them he built the wholestructure.Peter, Simon called Peter -- Jesus has made him the very rock on which the wholeof Christianity stands. The word 'Peter' means 'rock'. On Peter's rock the whole ofChristianity stands and is supported by him. Yes, Jesus did make them fishers ofmen -- and not only fishers of men. He delivered more than he promised: hemade them fishers of God. AND THEY STRAIGHTWAY LEFT THEIR NETS,AND FOLLOWED HIM.When Mahakashyap came to Buddha, he argued. When Mahakashyap came toBuddha he had five thousand of his own disciples, he was a great teacher in hisown name. When Sariputta came he had thousands of disciples of his own, hewas a great scholar. For years he waited and argued. They were not men of trust,they were men of doubt and skepticism -- very cultured minds, cultivated minds,geniuses in a way.But Jesus worked with ordinary mud and transformed it into gold. You cannotfind a greater alchemist than Jesus. AND THEY STRAIGHTWAY LEFT THEIRNETS, AND FOLLOWED HIM -- this is the miracle.People went to Mahavir and argued, people went to Buddha and argued,because the whole Indian continent has been arguing for millennia. People havebecome trained here; they are born with philosophies. People come to me, veryordinary people, but they never come down below the level of BRAHMA, theultimate. They talk about BRAHMA; it has become part of their blood.But Jesus worked with very simple people. His VERY PRESENCE was the proof.In religion: presence is first, proof is second. In philosophy: proof is first,Come Follow To You Vol 1Osho