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CHAPTER 1

Emptinessnoholiness

22April1988pminGautamtheBuddhaAuditorium

BELOVEDOSHO,

EMPERORWUOFLIANGASKEDBODHIDHARMA,”WHATISTHEFIRSTPRINCIPLEOFTHE

HOLYTEACHINGS?”

BODHIDHARMASAID,”EMPTINESS,NOHOLINESS.”

”WHOISTHISSTANDINGBEFOREME?”

”NOKNOWING.”

THEEMPERORDIDNOTGRASPHISMEANING.THEREUPONBODHIDHARMACROSSED

THERIVERANDWENTTOTHELANDOFWEI.

THEEMPERORLATERSPOKEOFTHISTOSHIKOWHOSAID,”DOYOUINFACTKNOWWHO

THISPERSONIS?”

THEEMPERORSAID,”NOKNOWING.”

SHIKOSAID,”THISISTHEBODHISATTVAKANNON,THEBEAREROFTHEBUDDHA’SHEART

SEAL.”

THEEMPERORWASFULLOFREGRETANDWANTEDTOSENDFORBODHIDHARMA,BUT

SHIKOSAID,”ITISNOGOODSENDINGAMESSENGERTOFETCHHIMBACK.EVENIFALL

THEPEOPLEWENT,HEWOULDNOTTURNBACK.”

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SETCHOPUTITLIKETHIS:

THEHOLYTEACHING?”EMPTINESS!”

WHATISTHESECRETHERE?

AGAIN,”WHOSTANDSBEFOREME?”

”NOKNOWING!”

INEVITABLE,THETHORNSANDBRIARSSPRINGINGUP;

SECRETLY,BYNIGHT,HECROSSEDTHERIVER.

ALLTHEPEOPLECOULDNOTBRINGHIMBACK.

NOW,SOMANYYEARSGONEBY.

STILLBODHIDHARMAFILLSYOURMIND–INVAIN.

STOPTHINKINGOFHIM!

AGENTLEBREEZEPERVADESTHEUNIVERSE.

THEMASTERLOOKSAROUND:

”ISTHEPATRIARCHTHERE?–YES!BRINGHIMTOME,ANDHECANWASHMYFEET.”

OSHO,

THISVERSESEEMSTOCONTAINTHEESSENCEOFZEN–”NOKNOWING.”ISTHISWHY

YOUHAVECALLEDZENTHEONLYLIVINGRELIGION?

Maneesha,beforeyouaskedthequestion,thetreeshaveheardit.

Itisoneofthemostfundamentalthingstoberememberedbyallofyouthatareligionislivingonly

whenthereisnoorganizeddoctrine,nosystemofbeliefs,nodogma,notheology.Whenthereis

justthissilenceandthetreesenjoyingthedanceinthebreeze,inyourheartsomethinggrows.Itis

yourown,itdoesnotcomefromanyscripture;nobodycangiveittoyoubecauseitisnotknowledge.

ThatisthegreatestdifferencebetweenallthereligionsononesideandZenontheotherside.All

religionsexceptZenaredead.Theyhavebecomefossilizedtheologies,systemsofphilosophies,

doctrines,buttheyhaveforgottenthelanguageofthetrees.Theyhaveforgottenthesilenceinwhich

eventreescanbeheardandunderstood.Theyhaveforgottenthejoythathastobenaturaland

spontaneoustotheheartofeverylivingbeing.

Themomenttheexperiencebecomesanexplanation,anexpression,itbreathesnomore;itisdead

–andallovertheworldpeoplearecarryingdeaddoctrines.

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IcallZentheonlylivingreligionbecauseitisnotareligion,butonlyareligiousness.Ithasno

dogma,itdoesnotdependonanyfounder.Ithasnopast;infactithasnothingtoteachyou.Itis

thestrangestthingthathashappenedinthewholehistoryofmankind–strangestbecauseitenjoys

inemptiness,itblossomsinnothingness.Itisfulﬁlledininnocence,innotknowing.Itdoesnot

discriminatebetweenthemundaneandthesacred.Forit,allthatis,issacred.

Lifeissacredwhateverform,whatevershape.

Whereverthereissomethinglivingandaliveitissacred.

TodaywearebeginningtodiscussafewincidentsinthelonghistoryofZen–whichareunique

becausenootherreligionexistsonanecdotes.Theyarenotholyscripture;theyaresimplyincidents

thathavehappened.

Itisuptoyou...

Ifyouunderstandthemtheycanopenyoureyesandyourheart.Ifyoudon’tunderstandthem

nothingelsewilleverbeabletoopenyoureyesandyourheart.AndwhatIamsayingiscategorical,

absolute.

Thesesmallanecdotesintheirverysmallnessjustlikedewdropscontainthewholesecretofthe

ocean.

Ifyoucanunderstandthedewdropthereisnoneedtounderstandtheoceanyouhaveunderstood

it.

Pleasebeverysilentandcareful.

EmperorWuofChinaaskedBodhidharma...Fourteenhundredyearsbefore,Bodhidharmahad

gonetoChina.Hewasauniqueman:hisstatements,hisactions,hisbehavior,allcontainedthe

pureessenceofreligion.Buthewasnotaprofessor,hewasnotamissionary.Hewasamanwho

wasreadytosharehisbeingwithyouwithoutholdinganythingback–butyouhavetobereadyto

receiveit.

Naturally,EmperorWuaskedBodhidharma,WHATISTHEFIRSTPRINCIPLEOFTHEHOLY

TEACHINGS?That’showotherBuddhistmonkshaddescribedittohim.ButBodhidharmawas

notanordinaryBuddhistmonk;infact,hehasnothingtodowithBuddhism.Heishisownself–he

belongstonobody.ItisjustacoincidencethathismasterhappenedtobeaBuddhist.Hehimself

neversaidthathewasaBuddhist;hecouldnotcommitsuchagreatstupidity.

Youwillseethatthemanwasalmostalionandhiswordswerejustliketheroarofalion.Those

whohaveseenBodhidharmawereblessedpeopleandthosewhounderstoodhim,thereisnoway

todeﬁnetheirgratitude.Hewasnotamanofmanywords;hewasverytelegraphic.Hedidnot

useasinglewordmorethanneeded.Hedidnotcareaboutlanguage;hedidnotcareaboutthe

emperor...Hecaredonlyaboutthetruth–thatithasnottobespoiledbyanydescription,thatit

shouldbekeptcleanandpure.

BODHIDHARMASAID,”EMPTINESS,NOHOLINESS.”

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Doyouseethetelegraphiclanguage?HehasbeenaskedbyEmperorWutheﬁrstprincipleofholy

teachingsandheissayingemptinessistheﬁrst,butdon’tcallitholiness–thereisnoholiness.

Wheneverythingisholywhatisthepointtocallsomethingholy?Categoriesarepossibleonlywhen

somethingcanbeunholy.

Totheexperienceoftheawakenedthereisonlynothingnesssopure,solovelysobeautiful.

Butitisdifﬁculttocallit‘holy’becausethatbeautifulwordhasbeencorruptedbythereligions,by

creatingaﬁctitiousentity:UNholiness.Justtomakesomebodyasainttheyhavemadethewhole

ofhumanitysinners.

Therealityis:thereisnosaintandtherearenosinners;thereareonlypeoplewhoareasleep

andthereareonlypeoplewhoareawake.Thedifferenceissosmallthatjustalittleice-coldwater

thrownintoyoureyes–andthedifferencedisappears.

EMPTINESS,NOHOLINESS–andBodhidharmahassaidallthatcanbesaid.Infacthehassaid

eventhatwhichcannotbesaid;histeachingiscomplete.Hehascometothefullpointinasingle

sentence–notevenacompletegrammaticalsentence,butjustahint:

EMPTINESS,NOHOLINESS.

EmperorWuwasoneofthegreatestemperorsofChina,averyculturedman.Ithithimverystrongly.

Heneverexpectedthatanybodyshouldmisbehaveinfrontofthegreatemperor.Andthismandoes

notevensay,YourHoliness,or,YourHighness.Hedoesnotevenaddresstheemperor.Allthathe

saysis:EMPTINESS,NOHOLINESS.

Certainlyhemusthavebeenangryinside;itisnatural–hehadbeenwaitingforthreeyears.

Bodhidharmatookthreeyearstoreach–andhehadheardsomuchaboutthemanandtheman

seemstobeaverystrangefellow,alittleweird.Offendedbutnotshowingit,behavinglikeacultured,

sophisticatedhypocrite,heagainasked,”Thenwhoisthisstandingbeforeme?Iftheﬁrstprinciple

ofexistenceisemptinessandthereisnothingholy,thenwhoareyou?”WHOISTHISSTANDING

BEFOREME?

GreatwasBodhidharma.IcannotconceiveofanybodyelseinhisplacewhenIseehisanswer.It

issimplyjusthisown,absolutelyauthentic.Hedoesnotbotherthattheemperorisoffended–he

offendsevenmore.Butwhathesaysissuchagreattruththatheisnotresponsible.

Truthalwaysoffends.

That’swhytruthisalwayscruciﬁed.

Hesimplysaid,NOKNOWING.

Theemperorhadasked,WHOISTHISSTANDINGBEFOREME?andBodhidharmasaid,NO

KNOWING.Hedoesnotevenusetheword‘I’.Yousimplyseethebeautyofthemanandhisutter

commitmenttotruth–thathewillnotdescendevenasinglestepsothathecanbeunderstood.

Understoodornothiscommitmentistothetruth,nottoanyemperor.

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