God is the Business of the Priests

WHEN IMPO TOOK LEAVE OF MA TZU, MA TZU ASKED, ”WHERE ARE YOU GOING?”

IMPO REPLIED, ”I’M GOING TO SEKITO.”

MA TZU WARNED, ”THE PATH ON THE STONE-HEAD IS SLIPPERY!”

IMPO SAID, ”I HAVE THE POLE OF AN ACROBAT WITH ME – I CAN MAKE A SHOW WITH IT WHENEVER I WANT,” AND WITH THAT HE LEFT.

WHEN HE GOT TO SEKITO, IMPO WENT AROUND SEKITO’S ZEN STOOL ONE TIME, SWUNG HIS STICK WITH A SHOUT AND ASKED, ”WHAT IS THE DHARMA OF THIS?”

SEKITO SAID, ”HOW SAD! HOW SAD!”

IMPO DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, BUT HE WENT BACK TO MA TZU AND TOLD HIM THE STORY. MA TZU SAID, ”YOU GO AGAIN, AND WHEN SEKITO SAYS, ‘HOW SAD,’ YOU START CRYING.”

SO IMPO WENT TO SEKITO AGAIN AND ASKED IN THE SAME MANNER, ”WHAT IS THE DHARMA OF THIS?”

AT THAT, SEKITO STARTED CRYING.

IMPO AGAIN WAS LEFT WITHOUT ANY WORD, AND RETURNED TO MA TZU. MA TZU COMMENTED, ”I TOLD YOU – THE PATH ON THE STONE-HEAD IS SLIPPERY!”

God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth 169 ♡♥Osho♡♥