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The Bowl Or The Skull?
A pilgrim proceeded beyond Tibet in a desert in search of a great spiritual master who would show him the truth. The journey was irksome in the thickly blanketed, dark night as he staggered in fatigue and pain, his feet encountering the rough edges of the rocks and the wind dashing against him fiercely, ruffling his hair and beard.
The pilgrim lost all hopes of reaching the destination as extreme thirst threatened his perseverance. He sought refuge in Amida Buddha and faintly made a prayer. As he pulled himself on, his feet struck something that was unfamiliar. As he glanced down, he found it to be a silver bowl with a white snow melting in it. He quenched his thirst out of the bowl and made a prayer of gratitude to Buddha, the light of all lights and drifted to sleep.
In the morning when the lonesome pilgrim opened his eyes, he reached for the silver bowl to drink out of it. To his utter shock and disgust, he found the bowl to be a human skull with bits of flesh still sticking on to it. In its hollow was brain fluid with some maggots swimming in it. Out of utter disgust, the pilgrim vomited. As he did he got the ultimate truth; enlightenment dawned on him! He then turned back and hurried home!
Osho
says
that
if
the
mind
is
dropped,
one
can
attain
Satori
even
at
home.
The
seeker
got
the
truth
that
whatever
one
perceives
depends
on
the
projection
of
the
mind.
In
the
night,
when
the
pilgrim
thought
that
the
skull
was
a
silver
bowl
and
the
liquid
was
water,
there
was
no
sign
of
nausea
and
he
in
fact
had
a
sound
sleep.
When
the
daylight
revealed
the
fact
of
the
bowl
being
the
skull
and
the
water
being
the
fluid
with
maggots
swimming
in
it,
he
revolted
and
vomitted
instantly!
He
understood
that
it
was
all
the
projection
of
the
mind
that
plays
tricks.
Buddha
might
have
really
presented
a
silver
bowl
with
water
for
him
or
he
might
not
have.
The
focus
however
is
not
on
the
bowl
or
the
skull.
It
is
the
mind's
projection
that
has
to
be
considered.
Osho thus says, when beliefs which are mere projections of the mind are dropped, all there is, is only the truth.
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