Recently I've posted an article about Osho's Ten Commandments. People, who commented, had divided opinions about it. I'll try to explain each commandment of Osho using a Zen story. Osho's first commandment was "Never obey anyone's command unless it is coming from within you also." It is very significant statement. Don't even follow Buddha if what he says is not coming from within you. The last sermon of Buddha was - "Be a lamp unto yourself". And following Zen story shows it beautifully:
In Tokyo in the Meiji era there lived two prominent teachers of opposite characteristics. One, Unsho, an instructor in Shingon, kept Buddha's precepts scrupulously. He never drank intoxicants, nor did he eat after eleven o'clock in the morning. The other teacher, Tanzan, a professor of philosophy at the Imperial University, never observed the precepts. When he felt like eating, he ate, and when he felt like sleeping in the daytime, he slept.
One day Unsho visited Tanzan, who was drinking wine at the time, not even a drop of which is supposed to touch the tongue of a Buddhist.
"Hello, brother," Tanzan greeted him. "Won't you have a drink?"
"I never drink!" exclaimed Unsho solemnly.
"One who does not drink is not even human," said Tanzan.
"Do you mean to call me inhuman just because I do not indulge in intoxicating liquids!" exclaimed Unsho in anger. "Then if I am not human, what am I?"
"A Buddha," answered Tanzan.
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Friday, October 24, 2008
Osho's Ten Commandments Explained : A Buddha
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