According to Osho, Hotei’s ‘fireworks’ point to the unpredictable, celebrative flash of awakening: enlightenment is a lived explosion, not a concept to be handed over on demand. The master withholds explanation so the disciple ripens; when readiness and the right moment meet, insight ignites by itself—sudden, total, playful—turning ordinary life into a dance of awareness.
Enlightenment is like surprise fireworks inside you—you can’t be told it, you wait and then it suddenly lights up your whole sky.