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Osho on Chuang Tzu

116 discourses in which Osho speaks about Chuang Tzu, most mentions first. Each line is his own sentence from that talk.

  1. The Empty Boat #11: Chuang Tzu's Funeral · 39 mentions · 20 July 1974
    “This is the whole of Chuang Tzu's philosophy, his whole way of life: When everything is happening, why are you worried?”
  2. When the Shoe Fits #8: The Turtle · 37 mentions · 18 October 1974
    “Chuang Tzu is against both types of conflict.”
  3. When the Shoe Fits #1 · 36 mentions · 11 October 1974
    “Chuang Tzu is one of the rarest of flowerings, rarer even than a Buddha or a Jesus.”
  4. The Empty Boat #3: The Owl and the Phoenix · 31 mentions · 12 July 1974
    “Modern psychology also agrees with Chuang Tzu, with Lao Tzu, with Buddha, with all those who have known, that inferiority creates ambition.”
  5. The Razor's Edge #14: Easy is right · 31 mentions · 4 March 1987
    “Anand Shanti, Chuang Tzu is very rare -- in a way the most unique mystic in the whole history of man.”
  6. The Empty Boat #1: The Toast Is Burned · 28 mentions · 10 July 1974
    “Before I enter into Chuang Tzu's beautiful parable of The Empty Boat, I would like to tell you one other story, because that will set the trend for this meditation camp which you are entering.”
  7. Tao Upanishad #99 · 26 mentions · 31 January 1975
    “It is said that Lao Tzu’s disciple Chuang Tzu was sitting by a river, fishing.”
  8. The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol 2 #14: Contentment: The Dispersion of Desires · 22 mentions · 5 August 1972
    “Chuang Tzu's wife died.”
  9. Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons #2: Service with a smile · 19 mentions · 23 January 1989
    “It happened to Chuang Tzu, a great master, perhaps one of the very rarest ones ....”
  10. The Empty Boat #8: The Useless · 17 mentions · 17 July 1974
    “…s, which is dialectical, where the opposite helps, gives balance, gives tone, makes the background, then only can you understand Chuang Tzu -- because the whole Taoist vision is based on the complementariness of the opposites.…”
  11. From Personality to Individuality #3: Beware! I am here to destroy your dreams · 16 mentions · 1 January 1985
    “Chuang Tzu has a beautiful story about this.”
  12. Sat Chit Anand #19: Whenever you close your umbrella you have glimpses · 16 mentions · 1 December 1987
    “But the circumference can be experienced, and that's what has attracted millions of people to a man like Gautam Buddha or Chuang Tzu or Jesus or Moses ...”
  13. The Last Testament, Vol 2 #19: Organism, Not Organization · 15 mentions · 8 September 1985
    “A: Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lieh Tzu, were certainly great Masters that have walked on the earth -- rare human beings -- but they have not made a clear-cut way so that others can also follow.”
  14. Neti Neti Satya Ki Khoj #4 · 15 mentions
    “Chuang Tzu was a sage in China.”
  15. Beyond Psychology #16: Emptiness has its own fullness · 14 mentions · 20 April 1986
    “Chuang Tzu's story is famous.”
  16. Hari Om Tat Sat #30: Truth: beyond mind, beyond language · 14 mentions · 25 February 1988
    “One of the most absurd and most loving mystics of China was Chuang Tzu.”
  17. Om Mani Padme Hum #16: The psychology of the buddhas · 14 mentions · 29 December 1987
    “One morning Chuang Tzu sat up in his bed -- which was strange, because he used to get up and get out of his bed.”
  18. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 #35: Turning inward toward the real · 14 mentions · 24 February 1973
    “Chuang Tzu is reported to have said that one night he dreamt that he had become a butterfly.”
  19. Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to No-Mind #15: Can we celebrate now? · 14 mentions · 26 June 1988
    “One morning when Chuang Tzu woke up, his disciples were very sad because they saw him weeping.”
  20. A Bird on the Wing #2: No Mind, No Truth · 13 mentions · 11 June 1974
    “Chuang Tzu once dreamt that he had become a butterfly.”
  21. Hari Om Tat Sat #10: The greatest art of being silent · 13 mentions · 22 January 1988
    “I have told you the beautiful story of Chuang Tzu...”
  22. When the Shoe Fits #5: Monkey Mountain · 13 mentions · 15 October 1974
    “Chuang Tzu always watched monkeys.”
  23. Light on the Path #10: I love the rascal saints · 12 mentions · 9 January 1986
    “But there have been rascals who became great saints: Chuang Tzu in China, Hotei in Japan, Bodhidharma in India; and in this very century, George Gurdjieff in the West...”
  24. Sermons in Stones #25: Yes is the heartbeat of life · 12 mentions · 24 December 1986
    “There is a beautiful story about Chuang Tzu.”
  25. Take It Easy, Vol 1 #9: Do you smell the mountain laurels? · 12 mentions · 19 April 1978
    “Let me remind you of the famous dream of Chuang Tzu:”
  26. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 1 #9: The truth beyond magic · 12 mentions · 29 August 1976
    “It is said about Chuang Tzu that he dreamed one night that he had become a butterfly, moving from one flower to another, rushing in the garden.”
  27. The Empty Boat #10: Wholeness · 12 mentions · 19 July 1974
    “In Japan, through Buddha, Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, a particular art has been developed called ZENDO.”
  28. That Art Thou #43: Adhyatma Upanishad · 11 mentions · 17 October 1972
    “Chuang Tzu, one of the great Taoists of China, was sitting in front of his hut playing on an instrument and singing.”
  29. The Empty Boat #5: Three in the Morning · 11 mentions · 14 July 1974
    “Chuang Tzu loved this story very much.”
  30. The First Principle #2: Greed behind greed behind greed · 11 mentions · 12 April 1977
    “It is Chuang Tzu.”
  31. The Transmission of the Lamp #15: There are times when you need the open sky · 11 mentions · 2 June 1986
    “So Chuang Tzu, one of the most absurd but one of the most significant mystics, has a beautiful parable.”
  32. When the Shoe Fits #2: The Tower Of The Spirit · 11 mentions · 12 October 1974
    “Rarely is there a man like Buddha, Jesus, or Chuang Tzu -- one who is at home, whose life is an ecstasy and not a suffering and an anxiety.”
  33. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 1 #3: On The Character of Tao · 10 mentions · 13 June 1975
    “Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu and Lieh Tzu -- they are the three pillars of the world of Tao.”
  34. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 11 #8: Laughter: love, joy, gratitude · 10 mentions · 18 April 1980
    “It is said about Chuang Tzu that one morning he woke up and started laughing.”
  35. The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #12: Non-duality · 10 mentions · 20 July 1987
    “In the life of Chuang Tzu comes one of the most beautiful incidents.”
  36. The True Sage #3: The watchman · 10 mentions · 13 October 1975
    “Chuang Tzu says that once he dreamt that he had become a butterfly.”
  37. Turning In #1: The absolute host · 10 mentions · 12 August 1988
    “That's what happened to Chuang Tzu.”
  38. Tao Upanishad #3 · 10 mentions · 21 June 1971
    “Lao Tzu had a disciple, Chuang Tzu.”
  39. The Beloved, Vol 1 #3: What is there, is there · 9 mentions · 23 June 1976
    “Chuang Tzu says, "In dream, I saw myself becoming a butterfly.”
  40. When the Shoe Fits #10: Man Is A Born In Tao · 9 mentions · 20 October 1974
    “Chuang Tzu is for needs.”
  41. Dharam Sadhana Ke Sutra #7 · 9 mentions
    “I have heard of a wondrous sage, Chuang Tzu.”
  42. Krishna Smriti #4 · 9 mentions · 27 September 1970
    “Chuang Tzu has made a very deep joke.”
  43. Ah, This! #3: I am Higher · 8 mentions · 5 January 1980
    “I have heard that Chuang Tzu, a Taoist Master, used to be in the service of the King of China.”
  44. Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book of Nothing #2: The way is perfect · 8 mentions · 22 October 1974
    “Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Bodhidharma, Sosan -- they are the Masters of this law of reverse effect.”
  45. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #4: Religion has no History, It is Eternal · 8 mentions · 27 September 1970
    “Chuang Tzu has made a profound joke about life as we know it.”
  46. The Empty Boat #2: The Man of Tao · 8 mentions · 11 July 1974
    “Now we will enter this sutra of Chuang Tzu:”
  47. The Empty Boat #7: Three Friends · 8 mentions · 16 July 1974
    “Taoists, Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, say that if you can laugh, if you can feel belly laughter that comes from the very core of your being, that is not just painted on the surface, if you can feel laughter that comes from the deepest center of your being, spreads…”
  48. The Empty Boat #9: Means and Ends · 8 mentions · 18 July 1974
    “Says Chuang Tzu:”
  49. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 #5: Right and wrong knowledge · 8 mentions · 29 December 1973
    “Chuang Tzu once saw a dream that he has become a butterfly.”
  50. Zen: Zest, Zip, Zap and Zing #7: The True Master: The Ultimate Rebel · 8 mentions · 2 January 1981
    “Only once in a while, at times which are far and few between, do you come across a Jesus, a Buddha, a Zarathustra, a Lao Tzu, a Chuang Tzu, but then you don't have any way to understand these people.”
  51. Samadhi Kamal #4 · 8 mentions
    “There was a sage, Chuang Tzu.”
  52. From Death to Deathlessness #13: Put Mother Theresa in jail · 7 mentions · 14 August 1985
    “There is a beautiful story about Chuang Tzu, a great mystic of China.”
  53. Glimpses of a Golden Childhood #37 · 7 mentions
    “But Lao Tzu, or if you want someone even more childlike than Lao Tzu, then his disciple, Chuang Tzu....”
  54. The Book of Wisdom #22: The greatest Joke there is · 7 mentions · 4 March 1979
    “Chuang Tzu is reported to have said, "My greatest problem is one which I am unable to solve.”
  55. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 6 #8: Everything is possible · 7 mentions · 28 October 1979
    “Chuang Tzu used to tell that parable again and again.”
  56. The Empty Boat #4: Apologies · 7 mentions · 13 July 1974
    “One of the basic laws of Tao, of Lao Tzu, of Chuang Tzu, is that if you are spontaneous it is the highest prayer; you cannot miss God, whatsoever you do you will reach him.”
  57. Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #21 · 7 mentions · 11 March 1978
    “Chuang Tzu—the great Chinese sage, an avatar in Indian terms—was sitting on a riverbank, blissfully watching the waves.”
  58. Bin Bati Bin Tel #6 · 7 mentions · 26 June 1974
    “Chuang Tzu’s wife died.”
  59. Es Dhammo Sanantano #60 · 7 mentions · 10 December 1977
    “Chuang Tzu’s famed story—I have told it many times.”
  60. Geeta Darshan Vol. 9 #8 · 7 mentions
    “Chuang Tzu’s wife died.”
  61. Ishavashya Upanishad #11 · 7 mentions · 9 April 1971
    “Chuang Tzu was a fakir in China.”
  62. Sabai Sayane Ek Mat #4 · 7 mentions · 14 September 1975
    “That is why Chuang Tzu said: one night I dreamt that I had become a butterfly; since then all my beliefs loosened.”
  63. Tao Upanishad #30 · 7 mentions · 13 April 1972
    “Chuang Tzu—Lao Tzu’s disciple—had a child born at home.”
  64. Books I Have Loved #14 · 6 mentions
    “Alas, could he not have known something of Buddha, Chuang Tzu, something of Nagarjuna, Kabir, al-Hillaj Mansoor...”
  65. Come Follow To You, Vol 1 #6: The luxury of God · 6 mentions · 26 October 1975
    “I have heard about Chuang Tzu that he was talking to his disciples and many of them were fast asleep, as disciples are.”
  66. Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book of Nothing #4: Return to the root · 6 mentions · 24 October 1974
    “It is said of Chuang Tzu:”
  67. The Empty Boat #6: The Need to Win · 6 mentions · 15 July 1974
    “Now try to understand Chuang Tzu's sutra about the need to win.”
  68. The Guest #2: The time has come to be free · 6 mentions · 27 April 1979
    “Chuang Tzu says that he dreamed in the night that he had become a butterfly, and since then he has been very confused -- confused because now in the morning, he thinks it may be just that the butterfly had fallen asleep and was dreaming that she was Chuang Tzu…”
  69. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 #23: Several more looking methods · 6 mentions · 16 December 1972
    “Chuang Tzu was passing over a bridge with his master, Lao Tsu.”
  70. When the Shoe Fits #3: Flight From The Shadow · 6 mentions · 13 October 1974
    “Try to understand this, because only then will you be able to understand Chuang Tzu's parable.”
  71. Kathopanishad #3 · 6 mentions · 6 October 1973
    “I have heard: Chuang Tzu, a great Chinese mystic, was a minister to an emperor.”
  72. Nahin Sanjh Nahin Bhor #7 · 6 mentions · 17 September 1977
    “Chuang Tzu’s famous saying: I slept at night and dreamt I had become a butterfly.”
  73. Come Follow To You, Vol 3 #7: The more you love, the more fear disappears · 5 mentions · 17 December 1975
    “In Chuang Tzu's garden there was one rose-bush which used to flower much.”
  74. Hari Om Tat Sat #13: Ride on the wave of joy · 5 mentions · 23 January 1988
    “The emperor was very much impressed by Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lieh Tzu.”
  75. Notes of a Madman #2: Series #2 · 5 mentions
    “Lao Tzu chose Chuang Tzu to be his successor.”
  76. Om Mani Padme Hum #8: Aha! · 5 mentions · 25 December 1987
    “Lao Tzu's greatest disciple was Chuang Tzu.”
  77. Returning to the Source #3: It Is Very Sharp · 5 mentions · 13 December 1974
    “Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu had made the soil there.”
  78. Returning to the Source #7: Snowflakes As Beautiful As These Don't Fall · 5 mentions · 17 December 1974
    “But Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, they lived in the world; they lived fully aware.”
  79. The Heartbeat of the Absolute #18: At The Door Of Samadhi · 5 mentions
    “Chuang Tzu was a Chinese master.”
  80. The Razor's Edge #4: First be selfish · 5 mentions · 27 February 1987
    “You are saying, "When you dance with us and we dance with you, with a shake of your head, the pillars of Chuang Tzu dissolve, the roof falls away, and we take off!”
  81. The Wild Geese and the Water #14: The Bird has Flown · 5 mentions · 24 February 1981
    “Lao Tzu never gave the reason -- nobody knows why, but perhaps this was his reason too, because his disciples Chuang Tzu, Lieh Tzu, and others, were always following him, and he was making a laughing stock of everybody.”
  82. When the Shoe Fits #7: Autumn Floods · 5 mentions · 17 October 1974
    “The mind says: Even anti-philosophy is a philosophy, even Chuang Tzu is a philosopher.”
  83. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 8 #4: Your balloon is missing · 5 mentions · 14 April 1976
    “When I said Chuang Tzu dreamt, Chuang Tzu himself had related that dream.”
  84. Es Dhammo Sanantano #76 · 5 mentions · 5 April 1977
    “Chuang Tzu was an extraordinary Chinese sage.”
  85. Jevan Rahasya #10 · 5 mentions
    “A Chinese sage, Chuang Tzu, was once passing by a cremation ground.”
  86. Tao Upanishad #108 · 5 mentions · 9 February 1975
    “Let me end with a story of Chuang Tzu.”
  87. Books I Have Loved #2 · 4 mentions
    “I was so overwhelmed by Zarathustra, Mirdad, Chuang Tzu, Lao Tzu, Jesus and Krishna that I forgot a few of the books which are even far more significant.”
  88. Hari Om Tat Sat #27: The vertical line opens a door to eternity · 4 mentions · 24 February 1988
    “But if you want to reach to the heights of a Buddha or to the heights of a Chuang Tzu, then you will have to drop all belief systems.”
  89. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 11 #10: Laugh your way to God · 4 mentions · 20 April 1980
    “The Chinese Buddha has absorbed Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lieh Tzu.”
  90. The Golden Wind #27 · 4 mentions · 28 July 1980
    “I have always loved Chuang Tzu's famous statement: 'One night I dreamt that I became a butterfly, and since then I have always been in trouble because I have not been able to figure it out: if Chuang Tzu can dream that he is a butterfly, who knows?”
  91. The Razor's Edge #27: This i call the "razor's edge" · 4 mentions · 10 March 1987
    “Just as in this Chuang Tzu Auditorium, if there is light it is not possible that half of the auditorium will remain dark and half will become full of light -- either the whole will remain in darkness, or the whole will become full of light.”
  92. When the Shoe Fits #6: Symphony For A Seabird · 4 mentions · 16 October 1974
    “Rules are conscious, understanding is unconscious, and Chuang Tzu is always in favour of the unconscious.”
  93. Zarathustra: A God That Can Dance #1: Prologue part 1 · 4 mentions · 26 March 1987
    “…jay Bilethiputta, Ajit Keshkambal, and others, had reached to the same peak of awakening; in China, Confucius, Mencius, Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lieh Tzu and many others; in Greece, Socrates, Pythagoras, Plotinus, Heraclitus; and in Iran, Zarathustra.…”
  94. Hansa To Moti Chuge #2 · 4 mentions · 12 May 1979
    “Chuang Tzu was passing by a cemetery.”
  95. Jeevan Sangeet #4 · 4 mentions · 4 June 1969
    “There was an extraordinary man, his name was Chuang Tzu.”
  96. Kathopanishad #9 · 4 mentions · 9 October 1973
    “The famous tale of Chuang Tzu: one night he dreamt he had become a butterfly.”
  97. Tao Upanishad #49 · 4 mentions · 21 July 1972
    “With him stood Chuang Tzu, a disciple of Lao Tzu.”
  98. Dang Dang Doko Dang #4: When Grapes Are Sour · 3 mentions · 14 June 1976
    “Good, but falling in love with Chuang Tzu means falling in love with oneself.”
  99. Hari Om Tat Sat #1: The master thief sound · 3 mentions · 17 January 1988
    “It is said about Chuang Tzu that when for the first time he entered the hut where Lao Tzu, his would-be master, was living, Lao Tzu looked at Chuang Tzu and said, "Remember one thing, never ask me how to become enlightened."”
  100. Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book of Nothing #1: The Great Way · 3 mentions · 21 October 1974
    “you become a Buddha, you become a Sosan, a Chuang Tzu.”
  101. Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book of Nothing #6: Strive to no goals · 3 mentions · 26 October 1974
    “Sometimes it is a Mohammed, sometimes it is a Jesus, sometimes it is a Buddha, sometimes it is a Sosan, a Chuang Tzu.”
  102. I Am Not As Thunk As You Drink I Am #26 · 3 mentions · 27 October 1980
    “His disciple Chuang Tzu went even further.”
  103. Sat Chit Anand #21: Seriousness is a sickness · 3 mentions · 2 December 1987
    “He had chosen Chuang Tzu as his disciple just because Chuang Tzu was continuously making everybody laugh.”
  104. Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol 1 #5: A World Inside You · 3 mentions · 15 June 1980
    “Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu and Lieh Tzu were walking together along a forest path one day when they came upon a fast-flowing river which barred their way.”
  105. Tao: The Pathless Path, Vol 1 #1: Voluntary death · 3 mentions · 11 February 1977
    “In the West, except for Jesus' parables, nothing like Lieh Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Buddha...”
  106. The Great Pilgrimage: From Here to Here #18: The alphabet of rejoicing · 3 mentions · 15 September 1987
    “Chuang Tzu was asked, "This seems to be a very strange kind of proverb.”
  107. The Messiah, Vol 2 #8: Into the very center of silence · 3 mentions · 23 January 1987
    “It is an ancient story, told by Chuang Tzu -- in whose name this auditorium is dedicated.”
  108. When the Shoe Fits #9: Duke Hwan And The Wheelright · 3 mentions · 19 October 1974
    “Now try to understand these words of Chuang Tzu.”
  109. Deepak Bara Naam Ka #1 · 3 mentions · 1 October 1980
    “Lao Tzu got a disciple like Chuang Tzu—of the same caliber as Lao Tzu.”
  110. Ek Omkar Satnam #15 · 3 mentions · 5 December 1974
    “Chuang Tzu was returning home one night, passing a royal cremation ground.”
  111. Jagat Taraiya Bhor Ki #5 · 3 mentions · 15 March 1977
    “Chuang Tzu always kept a skull by his side — a great knower.”
  112. Maha Geeta #15 · 3 mentions · 25 September 1976
    “Chuang Tzu was returning from a village.”
  113. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #16 · 3 mentions · 25 September 1969
    “Chuang Tzu, in China, was an extraordinary thinker.”
  114. Prabhu Mandir Ke Dwar Par #4 · 3 mentions · 9 June 1969
    “Chuang Tzu was once walking past a cremation ground when a skull struck his foot in the dark.”
  115. Tao Upanishad #11 · 3 mentions · 21 July 1971
    “Lao Tzu’s disciple Chuang Tzu has said: If you want to know, beware of knowledge.”
  116. Tao Upanishad #24 · 3 mentions · 30 January 1972
    “When Chuang Tzu, his greatest disciple, arrived, Lao Tzu explained all and he listened.”