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CHAPTER 1. THE LANGUAGE OF SUDDENNESSI have heard that an American Christian, a very rich man but very miserly, went to Israel. And everyvisitor is bound to go to Lake Galilee which is the holiest place – where Jesus lived for most of hislife. And he asked the boatman, ”How much will it cost to take me to the place where Jesus walkedon water?”He said, ”It will cost ten dollars.”The American said, ”That explains everything about how Jesus walked on water. Ten dollars? Forgetabout it. I am not in a mood to walk on water.”You will not find in Buddha anything that is not possible for you. He is as human a being as you are.He does not proclaim himself to be anything special. That is his grandeur. That is his greatness.In this incident, Hyakujo is asking his mother, pointing to the statue of Buddha, ”What is that?”The mother said, ”That is a buddha.”Hyakujo said, ”He looks like a man.”He never tried to look like anything else, he simply wanted to look like man so that every man canbe encouraged – that you don’t have to walk on water, you don’t have to turn water into whiskey....You can be a buddha without any difficulty because it is your inner nature. It does not depend onmiracles. Religion is not magic. It is a very simple and humble effort to search within yourself for thedeepest point where you are joined with the universe. That joining point is the buddha.Hyakujo said, even though he was a small child, ”He looks like a man. I want to become a buddhaafterwards. If this man could become a buddha, I am also a man. Right now I am too small, but lateron, I am going to become a buddha.”Hyakujo became a monk afterwards, when he was twenty years old. He joined a monastery at YuehChou, and his first master was called Tao-chih. Tao-chih gave him his first spiritual name which wasHui Hai meaning, Ocean of Wisdom.Hyakujo was not a monk for long before he heard about the great master, Ma Tzu, and went to himat Chiang-si.Maneesha has asked:BELOVED OSHO,WHEN HYAKUJO FIRST ARRIVED AT CHIANG-SI TO PAY HIS RESPECTS TO MA TZU, MA TZUINQUIRED, ”FROM WHERE HAVE YOU COME?”These are Zen questions. They don’t mean what they appear to mean. When he says, ”From wherehave you come?” he means: From where in the eternity have you come here? Are you aware ofyour eternal nature? – that you are coming here from utter emptiness?Hyakujo: The Everest of Zen, with Basho’s Haikus6Osho
CHAPTER 1. THE LANGUAGE OF SUDDENNESSBut Hyakujo could not understand at that point. He simply thought that Ma Tzu was asking anordinary question.”FROM THE GREAT CLOUD MONASTERY AT YUEH CHOU,” ANSWERED HYAKUJO.”AND WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO GAIN BY COMING HERE?” ASKED MA TZU.HYAKUJO REPLIED, ”I HAVE COME SEEKING THE BUDDHA-DHARMA.”TO THIS MA TZU REPLIED, ”INSTEAD OF LOOKING TO THE TREASURE HOUSE WHICH ISYOUR VERY OWN, YOU HAVE LEFT HOME AND GONE WANDERING FAR AWAY. WHAT FOR?I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HERE AT ALL. WHAT IS THIS BUDDHA-DHARMA THAT YOUSEEK?”WHEREUPON HYAKUJO PROSTRATED HIMSELF AND ASKED, ”PLEASE TELL ME TO WHATYOU ALLUDED WHEN YOU SPOKE OF A TREASURE HOUSE OF MY VERY OWN.”Now he has asked the right question.MA TZU REPLIED, ”THAT WHICH ASKED THE QUESTION IS YOUR TREASURE HOUSE.”Your consciousness, your being – who asked the question? Don’t look for the answer. Look fromwhere the question is coming, then you will have to look inside. The question is coming from yourinnermost core.”THAT WHICH ASKED THE QUESTION IS YOUR TREASURE HOUSE. IT CONTAINSABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING YOU NEED AND LACKS NOTHING AT ALL. IT IS THERE FOR YOUTO USE FREELY, SO WHY THIS VAIN SEARCH FOR SOMETHING OUTSIDE YOURSELF?”NO SOONER WERE THESE WORDS SPOKEN THAN HYAKUJO RECEIVED A GREATILLUMINATION AND RECOGNIZED HIS OWN NO-MIND. BESIDE HIMSELF WITH JOY, HEBOWED IN DEEP GRATITUDE.HYAKUJO SPENT THE NEXT SIX YEARS IN ATTENDANCE UPON MA TZU...This has stopped happening in the world because we have forgotten the language of suddenness.We believe only in gradual growth. Suddenness seems to be irrational, illogical, impossible but it istrue about everything. If you want anything, it will be gradual. There is only one exception; that isyou. You are already there. So it is only a question of just turning your eyes in, just looking inwardswith absolute urgency and in a single moment everything is transformed.When Ma Tzu told him, ”That which asked the question is your treasure house,” he must haveimmediately looked within – from where the question had arisen. ”IT CONTAINS ABSOLUTELYEVERYTHING YOU NEED AND LACKS NOTHING. IT IS THERE FOR YOU TO USE FREELY, SOWHY THIS VAIN SEARCH FOR SOMETHING OUTSIDE YOURSELF?”Just as he went down from where the question had arisen, he must have reached to the greatillumination instantly. Nowadays people ask a question to get an answer. About everything else itHyakujo: The Everest of Zen, with Basho’s Haikus7Osho
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