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Osho : A Zen master had been put into jail several times…. Now a step further! These Zen people are really eccentric people, mad people \u2013 but they do beautiful things.<\/p>\n

A Zen master had been put into jail several times…. Now, it is one thing to forgive a thief, it is one thing not to think that he is bad, it is another thing to go to jail oneself. And not once, many times \u2013 for stealing small things from his neighbours. And the neighbours knew, and they were puzzled: Why does this man steal? and such small things. But the moment he would be out of prison he would steal again, and he would go back. Even the judges were worried. But they had to send him to jail, because he would confess.<\/p>\n

He would never say, \u2019I have not stolen.\u2019<\/p>\n

Finally the neighbours gathered together, and they said, \u2019Sir, don\u2019t steal any more. You are getting old, and we are ready to provide you with all that you need \u2013 all your necessities, whatsoever it is. You stop this! We are very much worried, and we are very sad. Why do you go on doing this?<\/p>\n

And the old man laughed. And he said, \u2019I steal in order to get in with the prisoners, and bring them the inner message. Who will help them? Outside, for you prisoners, there are many masters. But inside the jail there is no master. Who will help them, you tell me?<\/p>\n

This is my way to get in and help those people. So when my punishment is over and I am thrown out, I have to steal something and go back again. I am going to continue this. And I have found there in jail such beautiful souls, such innocent souls \u2013 sometimes far MORE innocent….\u2019<\/p>\n

Once it happened, one of my friends became a governor of a state in India, and he allowed me to go into jails all over his state. And I went for years, and I was surprised. The people who are in jails are far more innocent than the politicians in New Delhi, than the rich people, than the so-called saints. I know almost all the saints of this country.<\/p>\n

They are more cunning. I have found in the criminals such innocent souls…. I can understand this old Zen master\u2019s idea \u2013 of stealing, of getting caught, and bringing the message to them. \u2019I steal in order to get in with the prisoners and bring them the inner message.\u2019<\/p>\n

Source: ” Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 2 ” – Osho<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[67,165,30],"tags":[143,2,31],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discourses","category-osho","category-zen-teachings","tag-master","tag-osho","tag-zen"],"yoast_head":"\nZen Master in Jail - Guru Quote<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Zen master had been put into jail several times.... 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