The Bodhi Story…
Bodhi is a Sanskrit word meaning enlightened and “awakened” and comes from the name of the eminent Indian scholar Bodhidharma who brought the art of Zen Meditation to China in 520 A.D.
Bodhidharma achieved enlightenment after sitting in a mountain cave in front of a rock wall for nine years refusing to talk to anyone. After struggling with the tortuous prison of his busy mind-made sense of self, which was filled with illusory reactive thoughts of fear and desire and mental noise over future and past, he finally achieved a state of stillness that was beyond thought and form and at peace with the present moment. He learned that by allowing, “what is” to exist without needing to change anything, it brought him the inner peace and aliveness that was at the core of his being, his true nature.
Life has no meaning. Rejoice! It has no meaning. Dance, sing, enjoy! It has no meaning. You need not be serious. It is a cosmic joke! What is there to get? But the achieving mind is always trying to get something, even out of a joke. Can't you relax at all? Can't you simply listen and laugh? ~ Osho
