What is the cause of the mind's stupor?

Verse (Sanskrit): मोक्षमार्ग-सूत्र: 4 जया सव्वत्तणं नाणं दंसणं चाभिगच्छइ। तया लोगमलोगं च जिणो जाणइ केवली।। जया लोगमलोगं च जिणो जाणइ केवली। तया जोगे निरुंभित्ता सेलेसिं पडिवज्जइ।। जया जोगे निरुंभित्ता सेलेसिं पडिवज्जइ। तया कम्मं खवित्ताणं सिद्धिं गच्छइ नीरओ।। जया कम्मं खवित्ताणं सिद्धिं गच्छइ नीरओ। तया लोगमत्थयत्थो सिद्धो हवइ सासओ।। Transliteration: mokṣamārga-sūtra: 4 jayā savvattaṇaṃ nāṇaṃ daṃsaṇaṃ cābhigacchai| tayā logamalogaṃ ca jiṇo jāṇai kevalī|| jayā logamalogaṃ ca jiṇo jāṇai kevalī| tayā joge niruṃbhittā selesiṃ paḍivajjai|| jayā joge niruṃbhittā selesiṃ paḍivajjai| tayā kammaṃ khavittāṇaṃ siddhiṃ gacchai nīrao|| jayā kammaṃ khavittāṇaṃ siddhiṃ gacchai nīrao| tayā logamatthayattho siddho havai sāsao|| Translation: Moksha-Marga Sutra: 4 By which knowledge and vision reach everywhere। by that the Victor, the Kevalin, knows the world and the non-world।। By which the Victor, the Kevalin, knows the world and the non-world। by that yoga is stilled; clinging is renounced।। By which yoga is stilled and clinging is renounced। by that, with…

Is all mind made out of the same material -- stupidity?

Yes. Mind is stupid. There is no mind which is intelligent. Mind cannot be intelligent; mind is stupidity. To say "stupid mind" is not right; it is repetitive because "stupidity" and "mind" both mean the same thing. Why is mind stupidity? Because mind is nothing but the past. the collected dust that you have gathered on the way -- layers and layers of dust. That hinders your intelligence. It is just like a mirror covered with dust: mind is dust; mirror is consciousness. When all dust is washed away, intelligence arises: when there is no mind you are intelligent; when there is mind you are stupid. Of course, there are two types of "stupid" -- ignorant stupids, knowledgeable stupids: people who don't know anything that are stupid and people who know too much and are stupid. And remember, the second type is more dangerous than the first because the second…

Osho, Master Shuzan raised his short staff and said: If you call it a short staff, you oppose its truth. And if you do not call it a short staff, you deny the fact. Now tell me, what would you like to call it? Osho, kindly explain the intent embedded in this Zen master's riddle.

As human opinion changes, beauty and ugliness change. What is beautiful? What is ugly? There is no definitive yardstick; it depends on your intellect. The intellect lives by comparison, so the very moment you see something you start comparing. This Zen master says to his disciple: do not compare—and without comparison, tell me what this is. He says: if you call it a short staff, you oppose truth—because in truth there is no comparison; comparison is of the mind. As long as mind remains, you will not know truth. Truth is incomparable. It is neither beautiful nor ugly; neither auspicious nor inauspicious; neither good nor bad. There is no division—there is only “is-ness.” Will you call this entire existence beautiful or ugly? Good or bad? People have called it one thing or another: the theist says “absolutely good—God created it.” The atheist says, “How can it be good with so…

When wolves were discovered in the village near master shoju's temple, shoju entered the graveyard nightly for one week and sat in zazen. This put a stop to the wolves' prowling.

OVERJOYED, THE VILLAGERS ASKED HIM TO DESCRIBE THE SECRET RITES HE HAD PERFORMED. 'I DIDN'T HAVE TO RESORT TO SUCH THINGS,' HE SAID, 'NOR COULD I HAVE DONE SO. WHILE I WAS IN ZAZEN A NUMBER OF WOLVES GATHERED ROUND ME, LICKING THE TIP OF MY NOSE, AND SNIFFING MY WINDPIPE, BUT BECAUSE I REMAINED IN THE RIGHT STATE OF MIND, I WASN'T BITTEN. AS I KEEP PREACHING TO YOU, THE PROPER STATE OF MIND WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE FREE IN LIFE AND DEATH, INVULNERABLE TO FIRE AND WATER. EVEN WOLVES ARE POWERLESS AGAINST IT. I SIMPLY PRACTICE WHAT I PREACH.' You cannot see both together. They are contradictory. They cannot be seen together. When you see the figure, the background disappears; when you see the background, the figure disappears. Mind has a limited capacity to know -- it cannot know the contradictory. That s why…

But Osho, as I understand it, there are certain subjects like chemistry, physics, or medicine where positive values are essential. What are your views about that?

Einstein was doing an experiment. He had failed seven hundred times, yet every morning he came into the laboratory laughing, ready to begin again. The young assistant with him was exhausted. “Is this old man mad? Seven hundred failures—and again he starts fresh!” The youth was tired; he said, “We should drop this now. How many times have we been defeated?” Einstein said, “Defeated? You’re crazy—each time we have won.” “Where have we won? Every experiment has failed.” Einstein answered, “In seven hundred directions we have searched, and we now know truth is not there. We have succeeded seven hundred times. Truth is being endlessly eliminated into nearness. Suppose truth will reveal itself on the seven hundred and fifteenth attempt; then fourteen more eliminations are needed. Then only that will remain; it cannot escape. Where will it go? We have searched seven hundred paths and found it absent. That much…