Love and Hate: Just Two Sides of the Same Coin (OSHO Singles) by Osho Media International

Author:Osho Media International [International, Osho Media]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Osho Media International
Published: 2012-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

One Zen monk was imprisoned again and again throughout his whole life. He was a great master with thousands of disciples. Even the magistrates loved him, respected him. And they prayed of him, “Why do you do such strange things? We can’t understand this, it is beyond our comprehension” – because he was stealing small things from his own disciples and naturally the law had to take its course.

The magistrates would say, “We know there is something else in it. Why would you steal one shoe? It is useless, you cannot use it. And now we have to send you to jail for two months.”

The Zen master was always very happy when he heard his sentence and he used to ask, “Can’t you send me for a little longer? Anyway, when I come out, I will do it again and you will have to send me in again. Why can’t you send me for a longer period and save me from doing all these things?”

Only when he was dying, did his disciples ask, “Now let us at least ask… We will never again have a chance to know why you were stealing things, things which did not matter to you at all. We were always ready to bring anything you wanted, but you never said anything, you never asked for anything.”

He laughed and said, “The real reason was that I wanted to be as long as possible in the jail because there are three thousand people there and I have found them to be more innocent, more natural people than I find outside the jail. Outside, there are many masters and many religions which are all doing their work. Nobody takes care of those poor people in the jail. When I am there, I teach them meditation, I teach them how to be aware – the jail has become a monastery!

“We have completely changed it; all the prisoners are meditating. The jailer cannot detect it because they are simply doing everything with awareness. They are continuing to do the same work as before: if cutting wood, then cutting wood; if cutting rocks, then cutting rocks; if making roads, then making roads. Whatever they were doing before they are doing now, but with a great difference.

“The best monastery I know of right now,” he said, “is the jail where I have been continually going. There are some people who are sentenced for life – for twenty, thirty years – and this is a great opportunity. For thirty years, they can meditate without any disturbance from the outside world. Where else could I find such people?

“And I am immensely happy because in that jail I am leaving behind me a thread which will continue for centuries. It will remain: whoever goes there is bound to get involved in meditation because some old-timers will always be there.”

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