Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - Chapter-08

Fictitious father, crackpot son

29 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

YAKUSAN ONCE ASKED HIS DISCIPLE, UNGAN, "I HEARD THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THE LIONS -- IS THAT TRUE?"

UNGAN REPLIED, "YES, IT IS."

YAKUSAN ASKED, "HOW MANY OF THEM DO YOU GET AND DEAL WITH?"

"SIX," UNGAN REPLIED.

YAKUSAN THEN SAID, "I ALSO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THE LION."

UNGAN ASKED, "HOW MANY DO you GET?"

Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - Chapter-07

Not faith, but fear

28 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

UNGAN REMAINED WITH YAKUSAN FOR SOME TIME, THEN ONE DAY DECIDED TO LEAVE: HE EXPLAINED TO YAKUSAN THAT HE HAD MADE A VOW TO STAY WITH HYAKUJO. YAKUSAN AGREED, AND UNGAN SET OFF DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, DOGO ACCOMPANYING HIM A LITTLE WAY, AND THEN RETURNING TO YAKUSAN, WHO ASKED, "DID YOU SEE YOUR BROTHER OFF?"

"YES, I DID," REPLIED DOGO, AND THEN ADDED, "IS IT ALRIGHT FOR MY BROTHER TO LEAVE YOU?"

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK SUCH A THING," SAID YAKUSAN. "WE HAVE BEEN VERY INTIMATE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME -- WE CAN DO OR SAY WHATSOEVER WE WOULD LIKE TO. SO THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU TO ASK ME."

"NO, OSHO," SAID DOGO. "YOUR WORD CAN BECOME A REFERENCE FOR THE FUTURE, SO PLEASE SAY SOMETHING."

"OKAY, I WILL SAY ONE THING," REPLIED YAKUSAN. "THE EYES ARE ALRIGHT, ONLY THE DISCIPLINE IS LACKING."

HEARING THIS, DOGO IMMEDIATELY LEFT THE MONASTERY IN PURSUIT OF HIS BROTHER. WHEN HE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM THE FOLLOWING DAY, DOGO TOLD UNGAN WHAT YAKUSAN HAD SAID. THE TWO BROTHERS TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK TO YAKUSAN, AND REMAINED WITH HIM TILL HIS DEATH.

Friends, One of the would-be sannyasins, Graeme McIntyre, has left his body in deep meditation in this Gautama the Buddha Auditorium, amongst other meditators, in deep peace and silence. He had expressed his desire to become a sannyasin that very evening.

Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - Chapter-06

Good soldiers of christ

27 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

ONCE, WHEN UNGAN WAS IN YAKUSAN'S PRESENCE, THE MASTER SAID TO HIM, "WHAT DOES HYAKUJO OSHO USUALLY TEACH?"

UNGAN REPLIED, "HE SAYS, 'GO BEYOND THREE PHRASES,' OR 'GO BEYOND SIX PHRASES AND GET IT.'" YAKUSAN COMMENTED, "WITH A DISTANCE OF SEVEN HUNDRED MILES BETWEEN US, FORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HYAKUJO." BUT THEN HE CONTINUED, "WHAT ELSE DOES HE TEACH?"

UNGAN SAID, "ONCE, AFTER THE DISCOURSE, WHEN THE CONGREGATION STOOD UP FROM THEIR SEATS, HYAKUJO CALLED OUT TO THEM. WHEN THEY LOOKED BACK AT THE MASTER, HYAKUJO SAID, 'WHAT IS THAT?'" YAKUSAN COMMENTED, "YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT EARLIER -- HYAKUJO IS STILL DOING WELL. THANKS TO YOU, I WAS ABLE TO SEE HYAKUJO."

Friends, The Christians have been claiming that they have discovered the world. It is just holy shit. Columbus never discovered America, he re-discovered it. It had been discovered many times before, and there are valid evidences for it.

Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - Chapter-05

Turning lions into sheep

26 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

ON A RAINY DAY, MONK GAO VISITED YAKUSAN, WHO COMMENTED, "TODAY IT'S QUITE HUMID."

"I WILL BEAT THIS DRUM," SAID GAO.

UNGAN SAID, "THERE IS NO LEATHER -- WHAT DRUM DO YOU BEAT?"

DOGO ADDED, "THERE IS NO DRUM -- WHAT LEATHER DO YOU BEAT?"

AND YAKUSAN COMMENTED, "TODAY, THE MELODY IS VERY GOOD."

ONCE, AT THE MEALTIME, YAKUSAN HIMSELF BEAT THE DRUM, AND MONK GAO ENTERED THE HALL, DANCING. YAKUSAN DROPPED THE DRUMSTICK AND ASKED, "WHICH PIECE IS THAT?"

Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - Chapter-04

This you call civilization?

25 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

ONCE, WHEN YAKUSAN WAS RECITING A SUTRA, A MONK ASKED HIM:

"YOU DON'T USUALLY ALLOW US TO RECITE SUTRAS. WHY DO YOU YOURSELF RECITE A SUTRA?"

"I JUST WANT TO ENTERTAIN MY EYES," REPLIED YAKUSAN.

THE MONK ASKED, "CAN I ALSO RECITE SUTRAS LIKE YOU?"

"IF YOU WANT TO RECITE SUTRAS LIKE ME," ANSWERED YAKUSAN, "YOU MUST PIERCE EVEN THROUGH THE HIDE OF A COW."

ON ANOTHER OCCASION, YAKUSAN WAS ASKED BY GOVERNOR RI, "WHAT ARE THE PRECEPTS, MEDITATION AND WISDOM?"

YAKUSAN ANSWERED, "THIS POOR MONK HASN'T SUCH USELESS FURNITURE."

Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - Chapter-03

The sword and the lotus

24 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

YAKUSAN TALKED WITH MEIKEI OSHO AND LATER TOLD UNGAN: "MEIKEI WAS ONCE A GOVERNMENT SUPERINTENDENT IN HIS PAST LIFE."

UNGAN ASKED, "OSHO, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN YOUR PAST LIVES?"

YAKUSAN REPLIED, "BEING AFRAID AND SHAKY, WITH HUNDREDS OF UGLINESSES AND THOUSANDS OF CLUMSINESSES, I SOMEHOW HAVE MANAGED TO LIVE LIVES."

UNGAN LATER REPEATED THIS TO DOGO, WHO COMMENTED: "IT IS A GOOD STORY, BUT ONE QUESTION IS MISSING."

"WHAT, MAY I ASK?" INQUIRED UNGAN.

DOGO SAID, IN THE MANNER OF LITERARY, SCHOLARLY CHINESE: "HOW DID YOU BECOME LIKE THAT?"

UNGAN TOOK THE QUESTION TO YAKUSAN, USING THE SAME SCHOLARLY CHINESE.

YAKUSAN ANSWERED, "I NEVER OPEN ANY BOOKS."

ON ANOTHER OCCASION, YAKUSAN ASKED UNGAN, "A HORSE HAS HORNS; CAN YOU SEE THEM?"

Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - Chapter-02

Service with a smile

23 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

THERE WAS A MONK WHO HAD STAYED WITH YAKUSAN FOR THREE YEARS AND SERVED AS THE HEAD COOK. ONCE, YAKUSAN ASKED HIM,

"HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?"

"THREE YEARS," THE MONK REPLIED.

"I DON'T KNOW YOUR FACE AT ALL," SAID YAKUSAN.

THE MONK DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YAKUSAN MEANT, AND, OUT OF RESENTMENT, LEFT THE MONASTERY.

ANOTHER MONK ONCE SAID TO YAKUSAN, "I HAVE A DOUBT. PLEASE, MASTER, CLEAR IT AWAY."

YAKUSAN SAID, "THEN COME TO ME AT THE REGULAR DISCOURSE."

Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons - Chapter-01

The opium of the people

22 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

ON ONE OCCASION, YAKUSAN WROTE DOWN THE CHINESE CHARACTER SIGNIFYING BUDDHA, AND ASKED HIS DISCIPLE, DOGO: "WHAT IS THIS LETTER?"

DOGO REPLIED, "IT'S THE LETTER FOR 'BUDDHA'."

YAKUSAN COMMENTED, "YOU ARE A MONK SO FULL OF CHATTER!"

ONCE, AT THE EVENING DISCOURSE, YAKUSAN DIDN'T LIGHT THE CANDLE AS USUAL. A MONK CAME AND STOOD BY HIS SIDE. YAKUSAN SAID, "I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PHRASE. IF A BULL GIVES BIRTH, I WILL TELL IT TO YOU."