One of the basic causes for your not being enlightened
YOU NEED NOT AMEND YOURSELF, YOU NEED NOT IMPROVE YOURSELF -- that is all just tommy rot! Beware of all those who go on telling you to improve yourself, to become this or to become that, to become virtuous, who go on telling you that this is wrong, don't do it; that this is good, do it; that this will lead you to heaven and this will lead you to hell. THOSE WHO GO ON TELLING YOU TO AMEND YOUR NATURE AND IMPROVE UPON YOURSELF ARE VERY DANGEROUS PEOPLE. They are one of the basic causes for your not being enlightened. NATURE CANNOT BE AMENDED; IT HAS TO BE ACCEPTED. There is no way to be otherwise.
Whosoever you are, whatsoever you are, that's how you are, that's what you are. It is a great acceptance. Buddha calls it TATHATA, a great acceptance. NOTHING IS THERE TO BE CHANGED. How can you change it? And who is going to change it? It is your nature and you will try to change it? It would be just like a dog chasing its own tail. The dog
will go crazy. But dogs are not as foolish as man. Man goes on chasing his own tail, and the more difficult he finds it, the more he jumps and the more he tries and the more and more bizarre he becomes. NOTHING HAS TO BE CHANGED, BECAUSE ALL IS BEAUTIFUL -- that is ENLIGHTENMENT. All is as it should be, everything is perfect. This is the most perfect world, this moment lacks nothing. The experience of this is what enlightenment is.
OSHO
Zen: The Path of Paradox
Vol 1, Ch #4: Learn from the Peacocks
am in Buddha Hall
Posted by: "Sw. Amrit Subhuti" on RiverIIOsho
Whosoever you are, whatsoever you are, that's how you are, that's what you are. It is a great acceptance. Buddha calls it TATHATA, a great acceptance. NOTHING IS THERE TO BE CHANGED. How can you change it? And who is going to change it? It is your nature and you will try to change it? It would be just like a dog chasing its own tail. The dog
will go crazy. But dogs are not as foolish as man. Man goes on chasing his own tail, and the more difficult he finds it, the more he jumps and the more he tries and the more and more bizarre he becomes. NOTHING HAS TO BE CHANGED, BECAUSE ALL IS BEAUTIFUL -- that is ENLIGHTENMENT. All is as it should be, everything is perfect. This is the most perfect world, this moment lacks nothing. The experience of this is what enlightenment is.
OSHO
Zen: The Path of Paradox
Vol 1, Ch #4: Learn from the Peacocks
am in Buddha Hall
Posted by: "Sw. Amrit Subhuti" on RiverIIOsho
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