According to Osho, the Zen koan ‘Bodhidharma’s coming from the West’ is not a historical query but a device to explode the mind’s need for meaning. It points to meaninglessness-as-meaning: pure suchness. When thought stops, your original face appears. The ‘West’ and ‘coming’ are distractions; the real journey is inward, to immediate, silent awareness here-now.
It’s a trick question that stops your thinking so you can feel the quiet, real you inside.