a flower and the moon

THERE IS NOTHING YOU SEE THAT IS NOT A FLOWER;

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN THINK OF WHICH IS NOT THE MOON.

Great statements, so condensed...

THERE IS NOTHING YOU SEE THAT IS NOT A FLOWER - it may be in the seed, it may be not yet manifest, but there is nothing that has not the potential to blossom.

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN THINK OF WHICH IS NOT THE MOON - The moon has become symbolic in Zen because of Gautam Buddha. Gautam Buddha was born on a full-moon night, he became enlightened on a full-moon night, and he died on a full-moon night. Because of this coincidence the moon has become a symbol of Buddha. Wherever you are, whoever you are, you are the moon, the buddha.

- Turning In, Chapter #2 (OSHO)

osho-space

the swinging bridge

is quieted with creepers -

this tendrilled life

~ Basho

haiku

foggy studio window —

the primary colours

lined up in jars

Gina

Distant mountains

reflected in the eye

of the dragonfly

-Issa

Haiku

You must have heard about the haikus of the Zen masters of Japan. They are examples of objective art. One of the famous haikus of Basho...and Basho is a genius, but he is not writing through the mind. Whatever he is writing is growing within him in his silence like a flower, and he gives it as a gift to the world.

Listen deeply to this haiku. You have to visualize it; then only will you be able to feel its freshness, its beauty, and its penetration into your own being. Just visualize:

An ancient pond.

A frog jumps in.

This sound.

Just these three lines...not even lines.

If you visualize it, you will find yourself sitting by the side of an ancient pond...a frog jumps in. You will hear the sound of the frog jumping in, and after the sound, an immense silence. That silence is the message. Basho is trying to give you the message which he has lived, felt, and he feels a responsibility that it should reach to anybody who is in search of it.

Osho: The Razor's Edge, Chapter 22