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| The Miracle talks on Zen by Osho 10 talks given live Aug. 1988 Pune, India |

The Miracle: name in book Chinese Rinzai....................Linji 临济义玄 Dogen...................(Daoyuan) 道元希玄 Seigen..................Qingyuan 青原行思 Yun-Men...............Yunmen 云门文偃 Ejaku.....................Huiji 仰山慧寂 Eno.......................Huineng 慧能 |
... the 'devotee' is not at all a part of the Zen tradition... and there are reasons why the word has not appeared. The reasons are that devotees – the very word `devotee' has become contaminated with the idea of God, with worship. To devote yourself, to dedicate yourself, to surrender yourself... but all these words are not the essence of the word `devotee'. Because of these misconceptions about the devotee, Zen has not used the word at all – because there is no God to be devoted to and there is no worship to be done; you have to be just yourself. My own experience is that just to be yourself is great, but not great enough. There is one step more – not to be... – Osho The Miracle, ch. 2 |
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Complete English text Click here |
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