Who is complementary to a Buddha?

Does a buddha also need something as a complementary? Who is complementary to a buddha?

Buddha or Buddhahood is not any polarity. It is not opposite to anything. It is beyond the duality. Night is against day. Life is against death. Love is against hate. Buddhahood is not against anything. It is to transcend the duality. When you are neither day nor night, you are a Buddha. When you are neither life nor death, you are a Buddha. When you are neither this nor that, NETI NETI, you are a Buddha. Buddhahood simply means transcendence of duality. So Buddhahood is all and nothing. There is nothing as polar opposite to, and there is no complementary to it. Remember this: you would like to become a Buddha because you would like to be happy. But then you misunderstand. Buddhahood is beyond happiness and unhappiness. That was the insistence in yesterday's talk: it is beyond agony, and beyond ecstasy also. So the man who has really attained…

Question: THE MIND WHICH IS UNATTACHED TO ALL THINGS IN THE WORLD, DOES NOT THINK, DOES NOT FEEL, IS FLUID AND FLEXIBLE. ALL BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS ACHIEVE BUDDHAHOOD AND NIRVANA AS A RESULT OF THE MERCIFUL VOW. THE BUDDHA-NATURE MEANS NON-BIRTH, NON-EXTINCTION; THEN KNOW THAT ILLUSION IS BIRTH, DEATH, REINCARNATION. THOUGH YOU PRACTISE VIRTUE, DO NOT GRIEVE THAT MISFORTUNE ARISES; THE GUILTY KARMA OF THE PREVIOUS WORLD IS VANISHING AWAY. WHEN THEY ARE NOT TWO THINGS, THEY ARE NOT ONE THING, AND THE WIND IN THE INDIAN-INK PICTURE IS COOL INDEED. WHY ARE PEOPLE CALLED BUDDHAS AFTER THEY DIE? BECAUSE THEY DON'T GRUMBLE ANY MORE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE A NUISANCE It is difficult to understand, for the people who come from the West. Languages are born out of climates -- that's why sometimes it is very difficult to translate. For example, in the West, 'warmth' is a beautiful word.

Question: BELOVED OSHO, ENLIGHTENMENT AND DELUSION "BUDDHA" IS THE MEDICINE FOR SENTIENT BEINGS; ONCE THE DISEASE OF SENTIENT BEINGS IS REMOVED, THE MEDICINE HAS NO FURTHER USE. IF YOU WANT TO ATTAIN ONENESS, JUST GIVE UP BOTH BUDDHAS AND SENTIENT BEINGS AT ONCE! AN ANCIENT WORTHY SAID, "JUST PERCEIVE NOTHINGNESS IN THE MIDST OF THINGS." "I FORMED THE REPOSITORY OF THUSNESS WITH SUBTLE ILLUMINATION THAT IS NEITHER DESTROYED NOR BORN; AND THE REPOSITORY OF THUSNESS IS ONLY THE ILLUMINATION OF SUBLIME ENLIGHTENMENT SHINING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COSMOS." NEVERTHELESS, BOTH ARE ULTIMATELY EMPTY FALSEHOODS. IF ONE ABANDONS THE POWER OF ACTIONS TO GRASP THE POWER OF THE PATH, THEN I WOULD SAY THAT THIS PERSON DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE SKILL IN MEANS OF ALL THE BUDDHAS IN EXPOUNDING THE TRUTH AS IS APPROPRIATE TO THE OCCASION. WHY?

Osho, immediately after his enlightenment Buddha said: Having known by myself, whom shall I call a master and whom shall I teach, whom shall I make a disciple? And yet for forty years he initiated and taught millions. But before the Mahaparinirvana, his final instruction was: Atma Deepo Bhava! Bhagwan, please shed some light on this.

You know how to play the veena. Your fingers are skillful. The veena is there. Yet music is not arising. You are not placing your fingers on the strings. You are not pouring your skill onto the veena. Pour your skill onto the veena; the veena will shower music on you. Everything is present. You know how to cook. There is flour, salt, ghee, lentils, water, the fire is lit—and you sit hungry! And you also know how to cook! Nothing is lacking. Everything is there. Only a little coordination is needed. A little arrangement is needed. There will be no need to remain hungry. Therefore Buddha says: Whom shall I teach? What shall I teach? Truth cannot be taught at all. Whatever is taught will not be truth. Even to say “taught” is too much; truth cannot even be said. Whatever is taught is not your nature. All teaching…

Question: ON THE SEA OF DEATH AND LIFE, THE DIVER'S BOAT IS FREIGHTED WITH "IS" AND "IS NOT". BUT IF THE BOTTOM IS BROKEN THROUGH, "IS AND "IS NOT" DISAPPEAR. THE MIND CANNOT BECOME THE BUDDHA; THE BODY CANNOT BECOME THE BUDDHA; ONLY WHAT CANNOT BECOME THE BUDDHA CAN BECOME THE BUDDHA. AS LIGHTNING WHICH DISAPPEARS LIKE DEW, WHICH VANISHES LIKE A PHANTOM -- THUS THINK OF YOURSELF. A MIND TO SEARCH ELSEWHERE FOR THE BUDDHA IS THE FOOLISHNESS IN THE VERY CENTER OF FOOLISHNESS. THE DEW ON THE LOTUS LEAF UNDYED BY ITS COLOUR, JUST AS IT IS, IS THE REAL FORM OF BUDDHA. To understand life, this is one of the very fundamentals to see, that each thing implies its opposite and each thing automatically turns into its opposite.