Osho on Zen and Patanjali – Zen is for natural people, uncorrupted, for innocent children. Patanjali will be forgotten; Zen will remain. Zen says be natural. Do you watch nature? Have you seen nature’s spontaneity and regularity both?
Osho Zen Quotes Osho Zen Sayings – Osho Quotes on Zen Tradition
Osho Quotes on Zen Tradition – ZEN IS JUST ZEN. There is nothing comparable to it. It is unique. The great miracle of Zen is in the transformation of the mundane into the sacred. I love the statement that the ‘man of Zen walks in Zen and sits in Zen’.
Osho on memorizing the scriptures – Memorizing the scriptures means that you are committing theft
Osho on memorizing the scriptures – Scriptures can be very deceptive because the replies are also written there. But to repeat the answer from the scripture is just like using the answers written at the end of the arithmetic book.
Osho on Ekido (Zen Master) – Only a Zen master beats his disciples
Osho on Zen Master Ekido – This type of phenomenon is special to Zen and to Zen masters. Only a Zen master beats his disciples. The master hit the disciple so hard that he died. One thing is said about Ekido — that when this disciple died he never said anything about it
Osho on Zen Koans – A Koan is a puzzle, A Koan is an impossible puzzle
Osho on Zen Koans – Zen has a special method of meditation. They call it ‘koan’ or ‘ko-an’. A koan is a puzzle. But it is not like an ordinary puzzle. It is a puzzle that cannot be solved. Ordinary puzzles can be solved.
Osho on Zen way of living – It is the only life-affirmative religion
Osho on Zen way of living – It is the only life-affirmative religion. All other religions are religions of denial. Anything that seems to be a hindrance, they escape from it. Zen tries to turn it from a hindrance into a help – and it has succeeded.