Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest

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Osho is one who has searched within himself and come to know who he is. He turns these tales of the monks’ exploits into something unique, something that goes straight to the very essence of life.
Osho is one who has searched within himself and come to know who he is. He turns these tales of the monks’ exploits into something unique, something that goes straight to the very essence of life.

Excerpt from: Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest, Chapter 1
"The bird flying across the sky leaves no footprints. This is called ‘the way of the birds’ – simply disappearing into the nothingness of the sky, without leaving a trace behind. Zen wants you to be just like the birds’ way – a nobody, a nothingness.

"It is strange but true that in your nothingness you are for the first time, born. The nothingness is the womb out of which your spiritual heights are revealed.

"Just as you cannot follow the bird because he leaves no footprints, the buddha also leaves no footprints. You cannot follow a buddha for the simple reason that you are a buddha; you have just forgotten it. And once you try to follow a buddha, you are going astray.

"Those who leave footprints behind them – create organized religions, give commandments for the coming future, scriptures to be followed by those who have not yet come – are all engaged in nonreligious activity.Religion is a rebellion, a rebellion against following.

"This is a religious place. You are not my followers: you can love me, I can love you. Following means a subtle spiritual slavery. I don’t have any follower and I don’t want anybody to be a follower of anybody else either. The moment you start following someone, you are going to miss yourself. You will be lost in dark nights and dark clouds, and it will become more and more difficult to find the way back home." Osho
In this title, Osho talks on the following topics:
duality... temples... beginning... silence... dust... celebrate... changes... ummon... nanyo... hogen...
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Type Série Completa
Publisher OSHO Media International
ISBN-13 978-0-88050-264-1
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