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A great and philosophical official Riko once asked the strange Zen Master, Hansen to explain to him the Koan of the Goose in the bottle. “If a man puts a Gosling into a bottle,” Said Rikon, “and feeds him until he is full grown, how can the man get the goose out without killing it or Breaking the bottle? Hansen gave a great clap with his hands and shooted “Rico!” “Yes, Master,” said the official with a start. “She said Nansen, “the Goose is out!” “Zen is not interested in dogma; it is interested in helping you to contact your own being” That’s alright the philosopher Yelled back. “I am one round ahead of him.”

Excerpted from ‘OSHO’ by Zen It’s History & Teaching