Dear Friends,
this is a piece of writing from a book called " Osho Fragrance"
just want to share them with all of you.
here it goes.
Osho talks about an incident in the life of Chuang Tzu, the great Taoistic mystic of China. His wife had died and he was sitting infront of his hut playing on an instrument and singing. The emperor came to pay his respects. The emperor had rehearsed in his mind what to say to console Chuang Tzu. He Thought of every good thing to console him, but the moment he saw Chuang Tzu, he became very uneasy. Chuang Tzu was singing. He looked very happy, when just in the morning his wife had died.
The emperor became uneasy and said " Chuang Tzu, it is enough if you are not weeping, but the singing is too much. it is going too far"
Chuang Tzu asked, " But why should i weep?"
The emperor said, " It seems you have not heard that your wife is dead"
Chuang Tzy said, " Ofcourse, my wife is dead. Why should i weep? if she is dead, she is dead. and i never expected that she was going to live forever. you weep because you expect. i never expected that she was going to live forever. i always knew she was going to die any day. and this day it happened. this was going to happen any day. and any day is as good for death as any other, so why should i not sing? if i cannot sing when there is death, then i cannot sing in life, because life is a continuous death. they are one. the moment someone is born, death is born with him, and moreover, the poor woman had lived so many years with me, so will you not allow me to sing a little in gratitute when she has left?" she must go in peace, harmony, music and love. why should i weep?"
some important lines that we should pay attention too...
"she must go in peace, harmony, music and love. why should i weep?
"if i cannot sing in death, then i cannot sing in life"
Crafted by: Mahesh Mahtani
this is a piece of writing from a book called " Osho Fragrance"
just want to share them with all of you.
here it goes.
Osho talks about an incident in the life of Chuang Tzu, the great Taoistic mystic of China. His wife had died and he was sitting infront of his hut playing on an instrument and singing. The emperor came to pay his respects. The emperor had rehearsed in his mind what to say to console Chuang Tzu. He Thought of every good thing to console him, but the moment he saw Chuang Tzu, he became very uneasy. Chuang Tzu was singing. He looked very happy, when just in the morning his wife had died.
The emperor became uneasy and said " Chuang Tzu, it is enough if you are not weeping, but the singing is too much. it is going too far"
Chuang Tzu asked, " But why should i weep?"
The emperor said, " It seems you have not heard that your wife is dead"
Chuang Tzy said, " Ofcourse, my wife is dead. Why should i weep? if she is dead, she is dead. and i never expected that she was going to live forever. you weep because you expect. i never expected that she was going to live forever. i always knew she was going to die any day. and this day it happened. this was going to happen any day. and any day is as good for death as any other, so why should i not sing? if i cannot sing when there is death, then i cannot sing in life, because life is a continuous death. they are one. the moment someone is born, death is born with him, and moreover, the poor woman had lived so many years with me, so will you not allow me to sing a little in gratitute when she has left?" she must go in peace, harmony, music and love. why should i weep?"
some important lines that we should pay attention too...
"she must go in peace, harmony, music and love. why should i weep?
"if i cannot sing in death, then i cannot sing in life"
Crafted by: Mahesh Mahtani
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