“A real man of awakening is not hard, he is not frozen. He has melted. The ice has disappeared into water.”

Osho says, “If you really understand me only then will you drop your clinging to me.”

In his third essay on Zen, by means of an exquisite tour de force and employing many poems, Surendra unveils Ikkyū’s intriguing life in simple detail and unusual format.

Osho speaks about Japanese Zen master Ikkyu, who was also a great poet.

“Turn each opportunity of life into meditation. Do it fully aware, alert, watchful, witnessing,” says Osho while commenting on Zen master Ikkyu’s question. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.