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CHAPTER 4Lie down and witness29 September 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha AuditoriumBELOVED OSHO,ONE DAY WHEN HYAKUJO WAS TO GIVE HIS DAILY DISCOURSES TO HIS DISCIPLES, HEBEGAN BY SAYING, ”I AM NO ZEN ADEPT. I HAVE NOT A SINGLE THING TO OFFER ANYONE,SO I MUST NOT KEEP YOU STANDING HERE. GO AND TAKE A REST.”ON ANOTHER OCCASION, A GROUP OF DHARMA MASTERS SOUGHT AN INTERVIEW ANDSAID: ”WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK. ARE YOU PREPARED TO ANSWER THEM,MASTER?”HYAKUJO REPLIED, ”YES. THE MOON IS REFLECTED IN THAT DEEP POND; CATCH IT IF YOULIKE.”THE GROUP CONTINUED, ”WHAT IS THE BUDDHA REALLY LIKE?””IF THAT WHICH IS FACING THE LIMPID POND IS NOT THE BUDDHA, WHAT IS IT?” SAIDHYAKUJO.THE MONKS WERE PUZZLED BY THIS REPLY, AND AFTER A SHORT WHILE INQUIREDAGAIN: ”MASTER, WHAT DHARMA DO YOU EXPOUND IN ORDER TO LIBERATE OTHERS?”HYAKUJO RESPONDED, ”THIS POOR MONK HAS NO DHARMA BY WHICH TO LIBERATEOTHERS.”54
CHAPTER 4. LIE DOWN AND WITNESSTHEY EXCLAIMED, ”ALL ZEN MASTERS ARE OF THE SAME STUFF!”AT THIS, HYAKUJO ASKED THEM, ”WHAT DHARMAS DO YOU VIRTUOUS ONES EXPOUNDFOR LIBERATING OTHERS?”THE MONKS REPLIED, ”OH, WE EXPOUND THE DIAMOND SUTRA.”HYAKUJO ASKED, ”HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU EXPOUNDED IT?””MORE THAN TWENTY TIMES,” THEY ANSWERED.HYAKUJO CONTINUED, ”BY WHOM WAS IT SPOKEN?”TO THIS THE MONKS ANSWERED INDIGNANTLY: ”MASTER, YOU MUST BE JOKING! OFCOURSE YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS SPOKEN BY THE BUDDHA.”HYAKUJO SAID: ”WELL, THAT SUTRA STATES: ‘IF SOMEONE SAYS THE TATHAGATAEXPOUNDS THE DHARMA, HE THEREBY SLANDERS THE BUDDHA! SUCH A MAN WILLNEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN.’”HYAKUJO CONTINUED, ”NOW, IF YOU SAY THAT IT WAS NOT EXPOUNDED BY THE BUDDHA,YOU WILL THEREBY BELITTLE THAT SUTRA. WILL YOU VIRTUOUS ONES PLEASE LET MESEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THAT?”AS THEY MADE NO REPLY, THE MASTER PAUSED AWHILE BEFORE ASKING HIS NEXTQUESTION, WHICH WAS: ”THE DIAMOND SUTRA SAYS: ‘HE WHO SEEKS ME THROUGHOUTWARD APPEARANCE, OR SEEKS ME IN SOUND, TREADS THE HETERODOX PATH ANDCANNOT PERCEIVE THE TATHAGATA.’”TELL ME, VIRTUOUS ONE,” SAID HYAKUJO, ”WHO OR WHAT IS THE TATHAGATA?”ONE MONK REPLIED, ”SIR, AT THIS POINT I FIND MYSELF UTTERLY DELUDED.”HYAKUJO SAID: ”HAVING NEVER BEEN ILLUMINED, HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE NOWDELUDED?”THEN THE MONK ASKED, ”WILL THE VENERABLE ZEN MASTER EXPOUND THE DHARMA TOUS?”HYAKUJO REPLIED, ”THOUGH YOU HAVE EXPOUNDED THE DIAMOND SUTRA OVERTWENTY TIMES, YOU STILL DO NOT KNOW THE TATHAGATA!”Maneesha, before I discuss the sutras placed before me, I have to introduce a new animal god toAvirbhava’s museum of gods. This god is the fish.FISH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH ALL ASPECTS OF A MOTHER GODDESS ANDWITH ALL LUNAR DEITIES.Hyakujo: The Everest of Zen, with Basho’s Haikus 55 Osho
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CHAPTER 4Lie down and witness29 September 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha AuditoriumBELOVED OSHO,ONE DAY WHEN HYAKUJO WAS TO GIVE HIS DAILY DISCOURSES TO HIS DISCIPLES, HEBEGAN BY SAYING, ”I AM NO ZEN ADEPT. I HAVE NOT A SINGLE THING TO OFFER ANYONE,SO I MUST NOT KEEP YOU STANDING HERE. GO AND TAKE A REST.”ON ANOTHER OCCASION, A GROUP OF DHARMA MASTERS SOUGHT AN INTERVIEW ANDSAID: ”WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK. ARE YOU PREPARED TO ANSWER THEM,MASTER?”HYAKUJO REPLIED, ”YES. THE MOON IS REFLECTED IN THAT DEEP POND; CATCH IT IF YOULIKE.”THE GROUP CONTINUED, ”WHAT IS THE BUDDHA REALLY LIKE?””IF THAT WHICH IS FACING THE LIMPID POND IS NOT THE BUDDHA, WHAT IS IT?” SAIDHYAKUJO.THE MONKS WERE PUZZLED BY THIS REPLY, AND AFTER A SHORT WHILE INQUIREDAGAIN: ”MASTER, WHAT DHARMA DO YOU EXPOUND IN ORDER TO LIBERATE OTHERS?”HYAKUJO RESPONDED, ”THIS POOR MONK HAS NO DHARMA BY WHICH TO LIBERATEOTHERS.”54
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