THIS, THIS: A Thousand Times This: The Very Essence of Zen： OSHO＜7＞

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THIS, THIS: A Thousand Times This: The Very Essence of Zen ＜5＞
OSHO 1988/05～06 Rebel Pub. House , English
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Osho最後のZENシリーズ目次 

UNGO DOYO WAS THE CHIEF DISCIPLE OF TOZAN. WHEN HE FIRST MET TOZAN, HE WAS ASKED, "WHAT IS YOUR NAME?"

HE ANSWERED, "DOYO."

TOZAN SAID, "TELL ME TRANSCENDENTALLY!"

UNGO REPLIED, "SPEAKING TRANSCENDENTALLY, MY NAME IS DOYO."

TOZAN SAID, "WHEN I SAW MY MASTER, MY ANSWER WAS NO DIFFERENT."

UNGO REMAINED WITH TOZAN MANY YEARS. TOZAN NEVER HAD LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED DISCIPLES, OF WHOM TWENTY-EIGHT WERE ENLIGHTENED.

AFTER UNGO HAD REALIZED HIS OWN ENLIGHTENMENT AND BECAME A MASTER, A MONK ASKED HIM A QUESTION.

UNGO SAID, "YOU ARE A FOOL!"

THE MONK SAID, "SO ARE YOU!"

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF 'FOOL'?" ASKED UNGO.

THE MONK DANCED.

OFF HE WENT, AND UNGO PRAISED HIM, IN HIS ABSENCE, SAYING, "AFTER ALL, EVERYBODY IS OUT TO GET SOMETHING, THOUGH OF COURSE ZEN-GETTING IS A NO- GETTING."

ON ANOTHER OCCASION, AN OFFICIAL SAID TO UNGO: "THE WORLD-HONORED ONE HAD A SECRET MESSAGE; MAHAKASHYAPA DID NOT KEEP IT A SECRET. WHAT IS THIS SECRET WORD OF BUDDHA?"

UNGO CALLED TO HIM, "YOUR HONOR!"

HE ANSWERED, "YES?"

UNGO SAID, "YOU UNDERSTAND?"

"NO," HE REPLIED.

UNGO SAID, "IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, THAT IS BUDDHA'S SECRET WORD; IF YOU DO, THAT IS MAHAKASHYAPA'S NOT KEEPING IT A SECRET."  p209

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