Kyozan the meaning of Bodhidharma coming from the West… It is a traditional question containing many implications: “Why did Bodhidharma come from India to China?” Certainly the first implication is that India was no longer receptive to the highest flight of consciousness of Buddha. Bodhidharma was in search of fresh ground, of new pastures.
and put the character for Buddha inside it. Without saying a word, just making a circle in the air and putting the Chinese character for Buddha inside it…not a single word is spoken but everything is said, including that which cannot be said in any way. He is indicating that life is like a circle in the air, very fragile. Like a writing on the sands on the beach, and a tidal wave comes and takes away all the writing or a wild breeze comes and disturbs everything that is written. Kyozan is saying that your life is even more illusory, just a circle in the air; you cannot even see it. But inside the circle a tremendous force of consciousness, represented by the Buddha, is hidden in all its splendor... --Osho No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 2 |
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Osho discusses the character for Buddha-"fo"
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