The purpose of a fish trap
is to catch fish,
and when the fish are caught
the trap is forgotten.
The purpose of words
is to convey ideas.
When the ideas are grasped
the words are forgotten.
Where can I find a man
who has forgotten words?
He is the one
I would like to talk to.
is to catch fish,
and when the fish are caught
the trap is forgotten.
The purpose of words
is to convey ideas.
When the ideas are grasped
the words are forgotten.
Where can I find a man
who has forgotten words?
He is the one
I would like to talk to.
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| The Empty Boat--Chinese |
| Only a sage is worth talking to. Only a sage is worth listening to. Only a sage is worth living with. What is a sage? An empty boat – no words inside, the empty sky without the clouds. No sound, no noise, nobody mad, no chaos within, a continuous harmony, equilibrium, balance. He lives as if he is not. He is as if he is absent. He moves, but nothing moves within him. He talks, but the inner silence is there. It is never disturbed; he uses words, but those words are only vehicles – through those words he is sending you something which is beyond words. And if you catch and grab the words, you will miss... --Osho The Empty Boat, ch. 9 |
| talks on Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi) 庄子的故事 by Osho (Aoxiu) 作者: 奥修 |
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| The Empty Boat |
mp3 audio clip in standard Chinese, by a native speaker
from the People's Republic of China.
text in simplified Chinese, the form used throughout
mainland China.
from the People's Republic of China.
text in simplified Chinese, the form used throughout
mainland China.
| Chapter 9 Means and Ends |
| 手段和目的 鱼网的目的 是捕鱼， 当捕到鱼时 鱼网被忘掉了。 语言的目的 是传达思想。 当把握了思想时 语言被忘掉了。 我在哪里能找到 已经忘掉语言的人？ 他就是 我想与他交谈的。 |