QUESTION OF THE MEANING OF LIFE IS SIMPLY NONSENSE - OSHO

ZORBA IS THE WAY TO BUDDHA.LIFE IN ITSELF IS SO BEAUTIFUL THAT TO ASK THE QUESTION OF THE MEANING OF LIFE IS SIMPLY NONSENSE. IT HAS TO BE REMEMBERED WE ASK ABOUT MEANING ONLY WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG.THE PEOPLE WHO ASK WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MISSED LIFE, WHO ARE ALIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL BREATHING, THEIR STILL BEATING, THEIR PULSE STILL GOING ON; OTHER THEY ARE DEAD. EXCEPT FOR THESE THREE THINGS THERE IS NOTHING IN THEIR LIFE.NATURALLY THE QUESTION ARISES: WHAT IS THE MEANING? HEART BEATING, BREATHING CONTINUOUS, PULSE PERFECTLY RIGHT BUT CAN THESE THREE THING GIVES YOU ANY FULFILMENT, ANY JOY? CAN THESE THREE THINGS BE THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE, THE MEANING OF BEING? THIS IS VEGETATING, NOT LIVING. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ASK, “WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?” BECAUSE THEY ARE MISSING IT.THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY LIVE IN LOVE WITH LIFE, IN LOVE WITH SMALL THING OF LIFE, NOT HANKERING FOR ANY GREAT THINGS, NON-AMBITIOUS. SIPPING A CUP OF TEA IS ENOUGH OF A JOY FOR THEM. JUST TO SEE THE SUNRISE IS SUCH A GLORY THAT WHO BOTHERS ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE? THEY ENJOY THEIR FOOD, THEY ENJOY THEIR CLOTHES, THEY ENJOY THEIR HOUSE, THEY ENJOY THEIR GARDEN, THEY ENJOY THEIR LOVE, THEIR BELOVEDS. THEY ENJOY MUSIC THEY ENJOY POETRY. THEY ENJOY EV EVERYTHING THAT IS ENJOYABLE, WITH NO GUILT. JOY IS NOT A SIN, AND TO BE HAPPY IS NOT A CRIME. ON THE CONTRARY, NOT TO ENJOY ONESELF IS A SIN, NOT TO BE HAPPY IS TO BE A CRIMINAL, BECAUSE THE PERSON IS NOT HAPPY IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING WRONG SOONER OR LATER. HE IS POTENTIALLY ON THE WAY TO CRIME. IF HE CANNOT BE HAPPY, HE CANNOT ALLOW ANYBODY ELSE TO BE HAPPY, THAT IS INTOLERABLE TO HIM. HE WILL BE DESTRUCTIVE OF OTHER PEOPLE’S JOY’S. IF HE CANNOT ENJOY HIMSELF, HE IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW ANYBODY ELSE ENJOY THEMSELVES EITHER. IT HURTS HIM THAT OTHER ARE ENJOYING THEMSELVES: “WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?” THE PAGAN IS NEVER A SAVIOUR, FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT IF SOMEBODY WANT TO BE MISERABLE, IT IS HIS BIRTHRIGHT LET HIM ENJOY HIS MISERY! IF HE IS ENJOYING HIS MISERY, WHO WE ARE TO INTERRUPT? IF HE WANTS TO GO TO HELL, THEN ARE YOU TO PREVENT HIM? HE IS NOT PREVENTING YOU FROM GOING TO HEAVEN; YOU JUST GO AND TAKE YOUR FLOCK WITH YOU, BUT LEAVE HIM ALONE.THE PAGAN LIVES WITHOUT ANY PRINCIPLES. TO LIVE ACCORDING TO PRINCIPLES IS NOT TO LIVE. TO LIVE ACCORDING TO PRINCIPLES YOU HAVE TO CUT MUCH OF YOUR LIVING ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLE. THE PRINCIPLE IS MORE IMPOTRANT THAN YOUR LIFE ITSELF. YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE YOUR LIFE TO THE PRINCIPLE; YOU CANNOT SACRIFICE THE PRINCIPLE TO YOUR LIFE. THE HAS NOTHING HIGHER THAN HIS LIFE. THE AUTHENTIC PAGAN HAS NO NEED OF RELIGION BECAUSE, WHATEVER RELIGION CAN PROVIDE, HE ALREADY HAS IT. RELIGION GIVES YOU ONLY HOPES; THE HAS ALL THOSE HOPES REALISED HERE NOW.THE PAGAN IS ONE WHO HAS NO SHOULD; HIS LIFE IS SHOULD-FREE. HE SIMPLY LIVES WITHOUT ANY GUIDELINES, WITH ANY PRINCIPLES WITHOUT ANY SAVIOUR, PROPHET, MESSIAH. HE HIMSELF IS HIS SAVIOUR, HIS MESSIAH, HIS PROPHET, HIS HOLY BOOK. THE IS REALLY A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL. I HAVE CALLED HIM ZORBA. THE PAGAN GOES ON LIVING PEACEFULLY IN HARMONY WITH NATURE; AND WITHOUT ANY EFFORT OF HIS PART, RELIGIOUSNESS FLOWERS IN HIM IF A MAN CAN BE AUTHENTICALLY A ZORBA, HE IS NOT FAR AWAY FROM BEING BUDDHA. HE HAS TRAVELLED ALMOST HALF THE PATH. AND THE FIRST HALF IS THE MOST DIFFICULT BECAUSE ALL THE RELIGIONS ARE AGAINST IT. ALL THE RELIGIONS DRAG YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE, AWAY FROM THE FIRST HALF; AND ONCE YOU ARE DRAGGED IN SOME OTHER DIRECTION, YOU CAN NEVER BE A BUDDHA BECAUSE ONLY THIS WAY GOES TO BUDDHA. ZORBA IS THE WAY TO BUDDHA.