< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 15 October 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, JOSHU, ALSO KNOWN AS CHAO-CHOU, WAS BORN IN 778. WHEN HE FIRST MET NANSEN, JOSHU ENTERED THE MASTER’S ROOM IN THE MONASTERY. NANSEN WAS LYING DOWN, AND HIS FIRST QUESTION TO JOSHU WAS: “WHERE HAVE YOU COME FROM?” ANG TEMPLE,” REPLIED JOSHU. (“JUI-HSIANG” MEANS HOLY IMAGE). “DO YOU STILL SEE THE HOLY IMAGE?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Ruined and homeless 16 October 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ON FIRST ENTERING NANSEN’S MONASTERY, JOSHU WAS MADE TO SERVE IN THE KITCHEN AS THE STOKER. ONE DAY HE CLOSED ALL THE DOORS AND PILED WOOD ON THE FIRE UNTIL THE WHOLE KITCHEN WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. THEN HE SHOUTED, “FIRE! FIRE! COME TO MY RESCUE!” WHEN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY HAD FLOCKED TO THE DOOR, HE SAID, “I WILL NOT OPEN THE DOOR UNLESS YOU CAN SAY THE RIGHT WORD....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 To know the timeless 17 October 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, JOSHU STAYED WITH NANSEN FOR THIRTY YEARS. AFTER HIS ENLIGHTENMENT HE LIVED FOR THIRTY YEARS MORE IN THE KUAN-YIN TEMPLE. ONCE, HE SAID: “SMOKE FROM THE CHIMNEYS AROUND ME I SEE IN VAIN, NO BUN OR RICE CAKE SINCE LAST YEAR HAVE I EATEN. NOW THOUGHTS OF THEM MAKE MY MOUTH WATER....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 Go on digging 18 October 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ON ONE OCCASION, JOSHU SAID TO HIS MONKS: I HAVE SINGLE-HEARTEDLY PRACTICED ZAZEN IN THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE FOR THIRTY YEARS. IF YOU WANT TO REALIZE ENLIGHTENMENT, YOU SHOULD REALIZE THE ESSENCE OF BUDDHISM, DOING ZAZEN. IN THE COURSE OF THREE, FIVE, TWENTY OR THIRTY YEARS, IF YOU FAIL TO GRASP THE WAY, YOU MAY CUT OFF MY HEAD AND MAKE IT INTO A LADLE TO DRAW URINE WITH....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 An open sky of witnessing 19 October 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, A MONK PUT THE QUESTION TO JOSHU: “I HAVE HEARD THAT YOU SAID THAT WHEN THE UNIVERSE IS DESTROYED THE BUDDHA NATURE WILL NOT BE DESTROYED. WHAT IS THIS ‘NATURE’?” JOSHU RESPONDED BY SAYING, “THE FOUR ELEMENTS AND THE FIVE COMPONENTS.” THE MONK ASKED AGAIN, “THESE ARE THE VERY THINGS THAT WILL BE DESTROYED; WHAT IS THIS ‘NATURE’?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 The ultimate here 20 October 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ON ONE OCCASION, AS JOSHU WAS RECEIVING NEW ARRIVALS IN HIS MONASTERY, HE ASKED ONE OF THEM, “HAVE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE?” “YES,” THE MONK REPLIED. “HELP YOURSELF TO A CUP OF TEA!” JOSHU SAID TO HIM. THEN HE TURNED TO ANOTHER NEW ARRIVAL AND SAID, “HAVE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 7 Eternity in his hands 21 October 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, WHEN TOSU WAS IN TOJO PROVINCE, JOSHU ASKED HIM, “AREN’T YOU THE MASTER OF TOSU HERMITAGE?” TOSU SAID, “GIVE ME SOME TEA, SALT, AND CASH!” JOSHU WENT BACK TO THE HERMITAGE, AND THAT EVENING SAW TOSU COMING BACK WITH SOME OIL. JOSHU SAID TO HIM, “I HEARD MUCH OF TOSU, BUT ALL I FIND IS AN OLD MAN SELLING OIL....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 8 The lion’s roar 22 October 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONCE JOSHU WAS ASKED, “WHAT IS THE SPECIAL TEACHING OF YOUR SCHOOL?” JOSHU’S RESPONSE WAS, “THOUGH THE FOLDING SCREEN IS BROKEN, THE FRAME IS STILL THERE.” AT ANOTHER TIME, THE SAME QUESTION WAS ASKED OF JOSHU, AND HE REPLIED, “ASK IN A LOUD VOICE – I’M HARD OF HEARING.” WHEN THE MONK HAD REPEATED THE QUESTION IN A LOUD VOICE, JOSHU SAID, “YOU ASK ME MY SPECIAL TEACHING – I KNOW YOUR SPECIAL TEACHING....