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Osho on Zen disciple Zengen
Awakening
Osho: At
the
death
of
a
parishioner,
Master
Dogo, accompanied
by
his
disciple Zengen,
visited
the
bereaved
family.
Without
taking
time
to
express
a
word
of
sympathy, Zengen
went
up
to
the
coffin,
rapped
on
it,
and
asked
Dogo,
"Is
he
really
dead?"
"I
won't
say,"
said
Dogo.
"Well?!"
insisted
Zengen.
"I'm
not
saying,
and
that's
final!"
said
Dogo.
On
their
way
back
to
the
temple,
the
furious
Zengen
turned
on
Dogo
and
threatened,
"By
god,
if
you
don't
answer
my
question,
why
I'll
beat
you!"
"All
right,"
said Dogo,
"Beat
away."
A
man
of
his
word,
Zengen
slapped
his
master
a
good
one.
Some
time
later,
Dogo
died,
and
Zengen,
still
anxious
to
have
his
question
answered,
went
to
the
master
Sekiso,
and
after
relating
what
had
happened,
asked
the
same
question
of
him.
Sekiso,
as
if
conspiring
with
the
dead
Dogo,
would
not
answer.
"By
god!"
cried
Zengen.
"You
too?"
"I'm
not
saying,"
said
Sekiso,
"and
that's
final."
At
that
very
instant
Zengen
experienced
an
awakening.
Source:
from Osho Books
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