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Gautam Buddha Sannyasins - Manjushri and
Samantabhadra Enlightenment
Osho :
Such
statements cannot be made anywhere else than in the world of Zen. Manjushri
and Samantabhadra are two of the great disciples of Gautam Buddha, who
became enlightened while he was alive. Just the story of Manjushri becoming
enlightened will suffice you to understand that these people, Manjushri and
Samantabhadra, were as valuable as Gautam Buddha himself. Manjushri used to
sit under a tree to meditate, for years. And one day the night was over –
suddenly, out of season, the tree blossomed and flowers started falling like
rain.
In the East there are such beautiful trees which shower like rain. The one I
have loved the most... I don’t know which tree Manjushri was sitting under,
but most probably this must be the tree – I have loved it from my very
childhood. The tree is called madhukamini. It blossoms in the rainy season;
it blossoms in thousands of flowers all together, and in the night. And by
the morning you will find almost a carpet of flowers underneath it,
thousands of flowers of such beautiful fragrance. I have not come across
another tree like it.
Perhaps Manjushri was sitting under a madhukamini, or it may have been
another tree, it does not matter. What matters is, ten thousand disciples of
Buddha looked at the tree, looked at Manjushri... could not believe it. It
was not the time – what happened to the tree? Buddha said, ”You are seeing
only the tree and its flowers. You should look at Manjushri, what has
happened to Manjushri. The tree has simply heard it happening to Manjushri.
The tree has simply
synchronized. If Manjushri can blossom so suddenly, why cannot the tree do
the same? Look at Manjushri.”
And Manjushri was sitting in silence for seven days continuously, until
Buddha himself came to him and told him, ”Manjushri, seven days have passed.
It is time to get up and tell your fellow travelers what has happened in
your being.” Samantabhadra just became enlightened as he looked when Buddha
said, ”Don’t look at the tree, look at Manjushri.” Out of ten thousand
disciples only one, Samantabhadra, looked into Manjushri and became
enlightened himself. Enlightenment can be a chain effect.
Source: from book "No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity " by Osho
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