Never Born, Never Died

By Oshō

"Always remember, whatsoever I say to you, you can take it in two ways. You can simply take it on my authority, 'Because Osho says so, it must be true' – then you will suffer, then you will not grow.

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January 22, 2022 A Flute on the Lips of God (Come, Come, Yet Again Come - 03)
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2h 37min
January 21, 2022 From the Body to the Soul (Come, Come, Yet Again Come - 02)
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1h 46min
January 20, 2022 Whoever Knocks Is a Welcome Guest (Come, Come, Yet Again Come - 01)
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2h 25min
January 19, 2022 Fictitious Father, Crackpot Son (Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - 08)
Yakusan once asked his disciple, Ungan, “I heard that you know how to deal with the lions – is that true?”
Ungan replied, “Yes, it is.”
Yakusan asked, “How many of them do you get and deal with?”
“Six,” Ungan replied.
Yakusan then said, “I also know how to deal with the lion.”
Ungan asked, “How many do you get?”
Yakusan replied, “Only one.”
Ungan then commented, “One is six; six is one.”
Later on, when Ungan visited Isan, Isan said, “I have heard that when you were with Yakusan, you had a conversation about getting and dealing with lions. Is that true?”
“Yes, it is,” replied Ungan.
Isan asked, “Do you continue to deal with them, or do you sometimes stop doing that?”
Ungan replied, “When I want to, I deal with them; and when I want to stop, I stop.”
“When you stop,” asked Isan, “where do the lions go?”
Ungan replied, “Stopping is stopping.”
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4h 19min
January 18, 2022 Not Faith, but Fear (Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - 07)
Ungan remained with Yakusan for some time, then one day decided to leave: he explained to Yakusan that he had made a vow to stay with Hyakujo. Yakusan agreed, and Ungan set off down the mountain, Dogo accompanying him a little way, and then returning to Yakusan, who asked, “Did you see your brother off?”
“Yes, I did,” replied Dogo, and then added, “Is it alright for my brother to leave you?”
“You don’t have to ask such a thing,” said Yakusan. “We have been very intimate for such a long time – we can do or say whatsoever we would like to. So there is nothing for you to ask me.”
“No, Osho,” said Dogo. “Your word can become a reference for the future, so please say something.”
“Okay, I will say one thing,” replied Yakusan. “The eyes are alright, only the discipline is lacking.”
Hearing this, Dogo immediately left the monastery in pursuit of his brother. When he caught up with him the following day, Dogo told Ungan what Yakusan had said. The two brothers turned around and went back to Yakusan, and remained with him till his death.
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2h 46min
January 17, 2022 Good Soldiers of Christ (Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - 06)
Once, when Ungan was in Yakusan’s presence, the master said to him, “What does Hyakujo Osho usually teach?”
Ungan replied, “He says, ‘Go beyond three phrases,’ or ‘Go beyond six phrases and get it.’”
Yakusan commented, “With a distance of seven hundred miles between us, fortunately we don’t have anything to do with Hyakujo.” But then he continued, “What else does he teach?”
Ungan said, “Once, after the discourse, when the congregation stood up from their seats, Hyakujo called out to them. When they looked back at the master, Hyakujo said, ‘What is that?’”
Yakusan commented, “You should have said that earlier – Hyakujo is still doing well. Thanks to you, I was able to see Hyakujo.”
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3h 12min
January 16, 2022 Turning Lions into Sheep (Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - 05)
On a rainy day, monk Gao visited Yakusan, who commented, “Today it’s quite humid.”
“I will beat this drum,” said Gao.
Ungan said, “There is no leather – what drum do you beat?”
Dogo added, “There is no drum – what leather do you beat?”
And Yakusan commented, “Today, the melody is very good.”
Once, at the mealtime, Yakusan himself beat the drum, and monk Gao entered the hall, dancing. Yakusan dropped the drumstick and asked, “Which piece is that?”
“This is the second piece,” said Gao.
Yakusan asked, “What is the first piece?”
Gao took the seat, helped himself to some rice, took the bowl of rice with him and left.
On another occasion, a monk came to Yakusan for guidance.
“Who are you?” Yakusan asked him.
“Jotan,” replied the monk.
Yakusan shouted, “Last time it was Jotan and this time, too, it is Jotan!”
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4h 32min
January 15, 2022 This You Call Civilization? (Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - 04)
Once, when Yakusan was reciting a sutra, a monk asked him: “You don’t usually allow us to recite sutras. Why do you yourself recite a sutra?”
“I just want to entertain my eyes,” replied Yakusan.
The monk asked, “Can I also recite sutras like you?”
“If you want to recite sutras like me,” answered Yakusan, “you must pierce even through the hide of a cow.”
On another occasion, Yakusan was asked by governor Ri, “What are the precepts, meditation and wisdom?”
Yakusan answered, “This poor monk hasn’t such useless furniture.”
Ri said, “Don’t be so mysterious!”
Yakusan said, “If you want to have what I have, you must sit on the highest mountain, go down to the bottom of the deepest sea.”
“You don’t throw off your burdens even when you go to bed; you are busy with illusions.”
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2h 17min
January 14, 2022 The Sword and the Lotus (Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - 03)
Yakusan talked with Meikei Osho and later told Ungan: “Meikei was once a government superintendent in his past life.”
Ungan asked, “Osho, what have you done in your past lives?”
Yakusan replied, “Being afraid and shaky, with hundreds of uglinesses and thousands of clumsinesses, I somehow have managed to live lives.”
Ungan later repeated this to Dogo, who commented: “It is a good story, but one question is missing.”
“What, may I ask?” Inquired Ungan.
Dogo said, in the manner of literary, scholarly Chinese: “How did you become like that?”
Ungan took the question to Yakusan, using the same scholarly Chinese.
Yakusan answered, “I never open any books.”
On another occasion, Yakusan asked Ungan, “A horse has horns; can you see them?”
Ungan replied, “if it has, there is no need to see.”
“That horse is of the best quality,” added Yakusan.
Ungan replied, “If that is so, I’ll take it.”
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4h 18min
January 14, 2022 Service with a Smile (Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - 02)
OUR BELOVED MASTER,
THERE WAS A MONK WHO HAD STAYED WITH YAKUSAN FOR THREE YEARS AND SERVED AS THE HEAD COOK.
ONCE, YAKUSAN ASKED HIM, "HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?" "THREE YEARS," THE MONK REPLIED.
"I DON'T KNOW YOUR FACE AT ALL," SAID YAKUSAN.
THE MONK DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YAKUSAN MEANT, AND, OUT OF RESENTMENT, LEFT THE MONASTERY. ANOTHER MONK ONCE SAID TO YAKUSAN, "I HAVE A DOUBT. PLEASE, MASTER, CLEAR IT AWAY."
YAKUSAN SAID, "THEN COME TO ME AT THE REGULAR DISCOURSE." THAT NIGHT, SEATED FOR DISCOURSE, YAKUSAN ADDRESSED THE ASSEMBLY OF MONKS IN FRONT OF HIM, SAYING, "TONIGHT A MONK WILL CLEAR HIS DOUBT AWAY. WHERE ARE YOU? COME UP HERE!"
THE MONK AROSE AND CAME FORWARD. NO SOONER HAD HE REACHED THE MASTER THAN YAKUSAN KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO HIS ROOM.
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3h 46min

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