The only disciple who survived

PYTHAGORAS was the first man to TRY THE IMPOSSIBLE, and HE SUCCEEDED!

In him, EAST and WEST became ONE. In him, YIN and YANG became ONE. In him, MALE and FEMALE became ONE. He was an ardhanarishwar -- a TOTAL UNITY of the polar opposites -- Shiva and Shakti together, INTELLECT OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER AND INTUITION OF THE DEEPEST CALIBER. Pythagoras is a peak, a sunlit peak...

And a deep, dark VALLEY too. It is a very rare combination.

But HIS WHOLE LIFE'S EFFORT was DESTROYED by THE STUPID PEOPLE, by THE MEDIOCRE MASSES.

These few verses are the only contribution left. These verses can be written on one postcard. This is ALL THAT IS LEFT of that great man's effort, endeavor. And this too is not written by his own hand. It seems ALL THAT HE HAD WRITTEN was DESTROYED.

The DAY PYTHAGORAS DIED, THOUSANDS OF HIS DISCIPLES were MASSACRED AND BURNT. Only one disciple escaped the school. His name was LYSIS. And he ESCAPED, NOT to save his life -- he escaped just TO SAVE something of THE MASTER'S TEACHINGS. These GOLDEN VERSES of PYTHAGORAS were written by Lysis, the ONLY DISCIPLE WHO SURVIVED.

The WHOLE SCHOOL was BURNT, and THOUSANDS OF DISCIPLES were SIMPLY MURDERED and BUTCHERED. And ALL THAT PYTHAGORAS HAD ACCUMULATED on his journeys -- great treasures, great scriptures from China, India, Tibet, Egypt, years and years of work -- ALL WAS BURNT.

Lysis wrote these few verses.

And, as it has been the ANCIENT TRADITION that A REAL DISCIPLE KNOWS NO OTHER NAME THAN HIS MASTER'S, these verses are not called 'Lysis' Verses' -- they are called 'Golden Verses of Pythagoras'. He
has not written his name on them.

This has been happening again and again...

It happened with VYASA in INDIA, a GREAT MASTER. In his name there are so many scriptures that it is impossible that one man could write so many scriptures. It is humanly impossible. EVEN IF ONE THOUSAND PERSONS WROTE THEIR WHOLE LIVES CONTINUOUSLY, then too SO MANY SCRIPTURES COULD NOT BE WRITTEN.

Then what happened? They are ALL AUTHORED BY VYASA - they are NOT ALL WRITTEN BY VYASA, but by his DISCIPLES.

BUT THE REAL DISCIPLE KNOWS NO OTHER NAME THAN HIS MASTER'S. He has DISAPPEARED in the Master, so whatsoever he writes, he WRITES IN THE NAME OF THE MASTER.

SO MANY THEORIES have been evolved by linguists, by scholars, by professors... They think there have been so many Vyasas, many people of the same name. That is ALL NONSENSE. There has been ONLY ONE VYASA.

But down the centuries MANY PEOPLE LOVED HIM SO DEEPLY that when they wrote something, they felt it was THE MASTER WRITING THROUGH THEM - they SIGNED MASTER'S NAME because THEY WERE ONLY VEHICLES, just INSTRUMENTS, MEDIUMS.

THE SAME HAPPENED in Egypt to HERMES: many scriptures, all written by the disciples. And the same happened with ORPHEUS in Greece, and the same with LAO TZU in China and CONFUCIUS in China.

THE DISCIPLE LOSES his IDENTITY. He becomes UTTERLY ONE WITH THE MASTER.

OSHO
Philosophia Perennis
Vol 1, Ch #1: The Greatest Luxury
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