Number of words – 156 Zen means the same as dhyan. And Zen is a Japanese change of this word. Dhyan is the whole effort of Indian consciousness and means to be so alone, so into your own being, that not even a single thought exists. In fact in English there is no direct translation … Read more

Number of words – 261 The seed is an introversion. Try to understand the phenomenon of the seed. A seed is an introverted phenomena. It is centripetal. The energy is moving inward. That’s why it is a seed. Closed from the outer world completely. In fact a seed is the loneliest, most isolated thing in … Read more

Number of words – 83 And Budhidharma said, “Sit down here in the courtyard of the temple. There is no person around. Close your eyes as you are sitting in front of me with my staff. You’ve got to catch hold of the mind. Just close your eyes and go inside looking for it. Find … Read more

Number of words – 96 If you look at Japanese and Chinese paintings of Buddha, they don’t look like the Indian Buddha. They have changed him totally. If you look at Indian paintings of Buddha, his body is proportionate. It’s proportion as it should be. He was a Prince. Buddha was a beautiful man. Perfectly … Read more

Number of words – 46 Mulla Nasruddin’s wife said to him, “You don’t love me as much as you loved me before, when you were courting me.” Nasruddin said, “Darling don’t pay much attention to those things. It was just campaign propaganda. Excerpted from ‘Zen: It’s History & Teaching’ by Osho

Number of words – 275 Remember, the first thing a child has to do when he is born is to breath in and last thing a man does when he dies is to breath out. Life begins with breathing in and death begins with breathing out. Each moment when your breathe in you are reborn; … Read more

Number of words – 47 One of the famous German thinkers, Count Kesselring, has written that health is irreligious. Illness has a religiousness about it, because an ill person is sad. Desireless not because he has become desireless, but because he is weak. Excerpted from ‘Zen: It’s History & Teaching’ by Osho

Number of words – 211 Hindus, Mohammedans, Christians and Jews have created a difficult situation for millions of people. They have been giving people the idea that redemption will be given to you by a messenger; All you have to do is to believe and wait. Jesus will redeem you or Mohammed, or Krishna. What … Read more

Number of words – 58 Buddha was to give a talk one day. Thousands of disciplines had come from miles around. The Buddha appeared. He was holding a flower. Time passed, but Buddha said nothing. He just looked at the flower. The crowd grew restless, but Mahakashaya who could resist himself no longer, laughed. Excerpted … Read more

Number of words – 110 A great and philosophical official, Riko, once asked the strange Zen Master, Nansen 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 … Read more