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ZEN: THE PATH OF PARADOX
VOL. 2
Chapter 6: The Door to the Wild
Question 5
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Question 5
OSHO, WOULD YOU NOT LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TO ME?
The question is from Anand Fareed. Fareed, I have nothing to say. And all that I say is only to say this, that I have nothing to say. And all that I say to you is just to prepare you for a moment of eternal silence when you also stop saying, and you start being.
Once Buddha asked his disciple, Subhuti, 'Subhuti, what do you think? Does the Buddha expound the Dharma?' Subhuti said, 'World-Honoured One, the Buddha does not expound anything.'
And for forty-two years, Buddha was expounding the dharma. And Subhuti says, 'World-Honoured One, the Tathagata does not expound anything.' And Buddha gave his confirmation to Subhuti's understanding -- because another disciple, Ananda, was sitting there, and Ananda said, 'What do you mean? He has been expounding the dharma for forty-two years, continuously -- morning, afternoon, evening, year in, year out. What else is he doing?'
But Buddha confirmed Subhuti's understanding, not Ananda's understanding. Subhuti knows -- Ananda has only heard the words. And Buddha says, 'Ananda, you will have to wait to know. Subhuti is right.'
And it happened, when Buddha died, all the monks, all the disciples, gathered together to collect all the sayings of Buddha. Ananda was not allowed to enter in the hall; Subhuti was the head. Now, this seems strange -- but these people called Buddhas are strange people.
Ananda had lived for forty two years continuously with Buddha like a shadow. He had moved with him wherever he had gone, he had slept in his room for forty-two years -- he was the only one who was so close. He had heard all that he had said, and his memory was tremendously perfect.
Now Subhuti is the head of the congregation which is going to collect the sayings of Buddha -- and the man who had heard him always.... Subhuti was not always with him, rarely -- because Subhuti was sent to spread Buddha's message to other parts of the country. So he was rarely there; he had heard Buddha only a few times. He becomes the head, who is going to collect Buddha's sayings -- and Ananda, who seems to be the right person to be the head, is not even allowed into the hall.
And Subhuti says to Ananda, 'You sit at the door as a guard -- as you used to sit with Buddha too. You sit at the door outside. Unless you become enlightened we are not going to allow you inside.'
And Subhuti, who says Buddha has not expounded anything, becomes the head of the exposition of the dharma scriptures -- all that has been collected under the guidance of Subhuti. But this basic understanding is there, this tacit understanding is there, that all this is superficial -- because the ultimate cannot be said. But people are foolish, so even a Buddha has to say the ultimate for these foolish people.
Ananda remained outside the hall. Five hundred monks are inside -- they are all juniors to Ananda, Ananda is the seniormost. Not only is he the senior-most disciple, he is also a cousin-brother to Buddha -- not only a cousin-brother, he is the elder cousin-brother to Buddha. And he is standing there outside, crying.
For twenty-four hours, it is said, he was standing there crying. And after twenty-four hours, something exploded in him, and he understood. He understood why Buddha had confirmed that 'Subhuti is right; Ananda, you are not right. You have only heard my words -- and the words are nothing. The reality is silent.'
He danced. And the moment it happened outside the hall, Subhuti was inside, and they were collecting the sayings: suddenly he stopped and he said, 'Call Ananda in. Now he is worthy to be asked in'
The monks went out, they found Ananda dancing. They had never seen this man so blissful, so luminous. And Ananda said, 'Buddha was right, I had been only hearing the words. Now I have heard the soundless sound.'
Subhuti said, 'Now you can also relate whatsoever you know, whatsoever you have heard from Buddha. Now your memory can be trusted, because knowing has arisen. Up to now your memory was just mechanical -- it had no light inside it.'
So say I to you, Fareed: I have nothing to say. And if you hear me rightly, that is the message.
Next: Chapter 6: The Door to the Wild, Question 6
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