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The Golden Wind
Darshan Diary
by Osho
individual talks with seekers   July 1980
Pune, India
this volume has yet to be
published in print book form.

    The only way to know god, to feel god, is
    meditation. Meditation means a state of
    consciousness when all thoughts have been
    dropped.

    The Zen masters call the state of meditation
    'the season of autumn', when all the leaves fall
    and the trees are standing bare, naked. When
    consciousness drops all thoughts it is like a tree
    without leaves, without foliage, exposed to the
    wind, to the moon, to the sun, to the rain --
    uncovered, unhidden. In that exposure there is
    communion with god. That communion is love.
    In that communion one becomes a beloved of
    god.

    There is a very famous Zen koan. A monk
    asked a great master, Ummon, "What will
    happen when the leaves fall and the trees
    become bare?" Zen people always ask
    questions indirectly because life is such a
    mystery, you have to be delicate about it, you
    cannot ask directly... To be direct appears to
    be aggressive and violent; hence Zen has
    created beautiful metaphors.

    Now this is a metaphor: the monk is asking
    "What happens when meditation happens?",
    but not so directly. He is asking in a more poetic
    way; not so mathematically, but more
    metaphorically. He says, "What will happen
    when the leaves fall and the trees become
    bare?"

    Ummon simply said, "The golden wind."

    This is the whole story, but all has been asked
    and all has been said; nothing more is needed.
    The monk bowed down, touched the feet of the
    master and thanked him for his great insight
    and compassion.

    In autumn the breeze is very cool, very fresh,
    very rejuvenating, and when all the leaves have
    fallen and are fluttering, all those yellow leaves
    create a golden atmosphere. They make even
    the wind golden! Although the wind remains
    uncolored, you can feel the song of the leaves,
    the dance of the leaves, the joy of the leaves,
    and you can see the wind enjoying the whole
    dance...

                                                      – Osho
                                        The Golden Wind, ch. 1
    Complete text in Chinese simplified characters
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    The Golden Wind　

    Chinese pinyin:
    Jinse de feng

    Chinese traditional:
    金色的風

    Chinese simplified:
    金色的风