| Chapter 10 Ninakawa Smiles Chinese -- simplified characters |
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| No Water, No Moon--Chinese |
| mp3 audio in standard Chinese by a native speaker from the People's Republic of China. |
| No Water, No Moon talks on Zen stories by Osho |
| Death is the crescendo, the highest peak that life can attain. In the moment of death much is possible. If you have been preparing and preparing, meditating and waiting, then at the moment of death enlightenment is very easily possible – because death and enlightenment are similar. A master, one who is enlightened, can easily make you enlightened at the moment of death. Even before, whenever it happens, you have to be ready to die... --Osho No Water, No Moon, ch. 10 |
Just before Ninakawa passed away the Zen Master Ikkyu visited him.
"Shall I lead you on?" Ikkyu asked.
Ninakawa replied , " I came here alone, and I go alone. What help could you be to me?"
Ikkyu answered, " If you think you really come and go,
that is you delusion. Let me show you the path in which there is no coming and going."
With his words, Ikkyu had revealed the path so clearly that Ninakawa smiled and passed
away.
"Shall I lead you on?" Ikkyu asked.
Ninakawa replied , " I came here alone, and I go alone. What help could you be to me?"
Ikkyu answered, " If you think you really come and go,
that is you delusion. Let me show you the path in which there is no coming and going."
With his words, Ikkyu had revealed the path so clearly that Ninakawa smiled and passed
away.
| 蜷川去了 就在蜷川快要去世之前， 一休禅师来看望他。 “要我来引导你吗？”一休问。 蜷川回答道：“我独自一个人来， 我也独自一个人去。 你能帮我什么忙呢？” 一休回答道：“如果你以为你真的 来了又去了，那么这只是 你的错觉。让我来指给你看没有来也 没有去的路。” 一休的话已经很清楚地显示了 那条路，以至于蜷川微笑着， 然后去世了。 |
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