OUR BELOVED MASTER, One day, Ungan was sweeping the garden with a bamboo broom. His brother  Dogo came over to him and said, “Hey, you look terribly busy!” Ungan said, “Although busy, there is something which is not busy.” Dogo said, “That means there are two moons.” Then Ungan put the broom on...

OUR BELOVED MASTER, The monk, Sompu, was once washing a buddha statue. Yakusan came and  asked him, “Now you are washing this, but can you wash that?” Sompu replied, “Please get that and bring it to me.” The master didn’t say anything. On  another occasion, when Yakusan was sitting down, a monk...

OUR BELOVED MASTER, The monk in charge of the monastery once said to Yakusan, “I have rung  the bell; please, Osho, it is time for the regular discourse.” Yakusan said, “Okay. You come and follow me, holding up my bowl.” The  monk didn’t understand the master’s meaning, and Ungan – who was also...