Dōgen, the Zen master: A search and a fulfillment

by osho-anand-burt-ma-deva-prashanta

new sealed hard cover book

Genres: Philosophy, Zen

185 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Deepak Imandi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dogen's ideas summarized into a nutshell goes like, "If you do work totally, as if its a prayer, as if its your first love, as if its your last day on earth", then you start experiencing steadily, your inner Buddhahood. This short, sweet book is filled with loads of fun and comic situations. I would say that this book is a coffee place, relaxing kind of a book.

[Alok · Rating 5 out of 5]

How Osho explains Dogen's teachings is itself a zen-like experience. While reading this book, I got so immersed in the words that I became one with them.

If there's one thing I would like to take from this book, it would be this: Do every work with your entire totality. Be completely there when you are doing something whether it's drinking tea or working in a tea garden. If you can do this, you will experience complete satisfaction and inner joy for sure. And realizing your buddhahood won't be far.

[Akhil Jain · Rating 5 out of 5]

My fav quotes (not a review):
"the teacher speaks more clearly, because he is not worried about his own experience. The master speaks hesitantly, because he knows whatever he is saying is not perfectly appropriate, does not express the experience itself ... that it is a little way off."
"The moment you rejoice in the beauty of a rose, the time for it to disappear back into the earth is not far away."
"Everyone has to become a message, not a missionary."
"When you are in silence and a cuckoo from the bamboos starts singing, it deepens your silence."
"Jablonski gets married, but does not know what to do with his bride on the wedding night. So the next day he goes to ask advice from Doctor Gas-Bag. ”It is easy,” says Gas-Bag, and takes Jablonski to the window. He points to two dogs screwing out in the street and says, ”You do it just like that.” A week later, Jablonski comes back. ”Well,” asks the doctor, ”how did it go?” ”Great, Doc,” says Jablonski, proudly. ”It was simple, no big deal at all. The only problem was getting my wife out into the street!”"

[Abhinav · Rating 5 out of 5]

Osho's unconventional presentation style becomes a good example of the out-of-the-box philosophy read. The jokes at the end of each chapter (or documented session) and personal discussions are distracting to the reader unaffiliated to Osho. Too much documentation is not good! A lesson well learned!
On the whole, an interesting read.