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"The very word Buddha means 'enlightened mind.' The word buddhi, 'intellect,'
is also derived from the same root. The root budh has many meanings. There is no single English word that conveys its meaning. It has many meanings; it is very fluid and poetic. In no other language does the root budh
have so many meanings. The root budh has at least five meanings.
The first meaning is 'to awaken, to awaken oneself and to make others awaken, not to be in a dream.' As such, this word denotes a state opposite to sleep, to illusion, from which the enlightened one awakens
as from a dream. This is the first meaning of the root budh - 'to achieve enlightenment.' Usually, people live in a dream. Even if you think you are not sleeping, you are. You are walking down the road and you think you are not sleeping - in your mind. But from Buddha's point of view, you are sleeping soundly because thousands of thoughts and desires are swirling in your
consciousness. Your inner light is in a dense haze; it is like a dream. Yes, your eyes are open, but people can walk in a dream with their eyes open. And Buddha says that you too are walking in a dream with your eyes open. But your inner eye is closed. You do not yet know who you are. You have not yet looked
into your own reality. You have not awakened. A mind full of thoughts has not awakened; it cannot awaken. Only a mind that has discarded thoughts and ideas, that has dispelled the clouds and in which the sun shines and the sky is clear - an awakened mind
Mind is the ability to be in the present. The more you are thinking about the past or the future, the less mindful you are. Mind is the ability to be here now, to be in this moment, and nowhere else. Only then have you awakened from the dream.
For example, you are in a house, and suddenly the house catches fire - your life
is in danger. For a moment, you become enlightened. At that moment, your mind becomes clear. At that moment, you forget what happened to you before. At that moment, you will not be distracted by extraneous thoughts - that you loved a woman 30 years ago and it was wonderful! Or how a few days ago you went to a Chinese restaurant
and you still feel the taste and aroma of the freshly prepared food.
No, when your house is on fire, you cannot afford such
reflections. Suddenly, you return your thoughts to the present second: your house is burning and your life is at stake. It no longer matters what will happen tomorrow, it no longer matters what happened
yesterday, even today no longer has any meaning. There is only this moment, only this instant. This is the first meaning of the root budh -
'mind.' A person who wants to be truly enlightened, to be a Buddha in truth, must every
moment of his life live as we live very rarely - only in moments of danger. The first meaning is 'a state opposite to sleep.' And it is quite clear that you can only see reality when you are not sleeping. You can meet it face to face, you can look truth in the eye - or call it 'God' - only when you are enlightened. You understand the meaning of life.
Osho
is also derived from the same root. The root budh has many meanings. There is no single English word that conveys its meaning. It has many meanings; it is very fluid and poetic. In no other language does the root budh
have so many meanings. The root budh has at least five meanings.
The first meaning is 'to awaken, to awaken oneself and to make others awaken, not to be in a dream.' As such, this word denotes a state opposite to sleep, to illusion, from which the enlightened one awakens
as from a dream. This is the first meaning of the root budh - 'to achieve enlightenment.' Usually, people live in a dream. Even if you think you are not sleeping, you are. You are walking down the road and you think you are not sleeping - in your mind. But from Buddha's point of view, you are sleeping soundly because thousands of thoughts and desires are swirling in your
consciousness. Your inner light is in a dense haze; it is like a dream. Yes, your eyes are open, but people can walk in a dream with their eyes open. And Buddha says that you too are walking in a dream with your eyes open. But your inner eye is closed. You do not yet know who you are. You have not yet looked
into your own reality. You have not awakened. A mind full of thoughts has not awakened; it cannot awaken. Only a mind that has discarded thoughts and ideas, that has dispelled the clouds and in which the sun shines and the sky is clear - an awakened mind
Mind is the ability to be in the present. The more you are thinking about the past or the future, the less mindful you are. Mind is the ability to be here now, to be in this moment, and nowhere else. Only then have you awakened from the dream.
For example, you are in a house, and suddenly the house catches fire - your life
is in danger. For a moment, you become enlightened. At that moment, your mind becomes clear. At that moment, you forget what happened to you before. At that moment, you will not be distracted by extraneous thoughts - that you loved a woman 30 years ago and it was wonderful! Or how a few days ago you went to a Chinese restaurant
and you still feel the taste and aroma of the freshly prepared food.
No, when your house is on fire, you cannot afford such
reflections. Suddenly, you return your thoughts to the present second: your house is burning and your life is at stake. It no longer matters what will happen tomorrow, it no longer matters what happened
yesterday, even today no longer has any meaning. There is only this moment, only this instant. This is the first meaning of the root budh -
'mind.' A person who wants to be truly enlightened, to be a Buddha in truth, must every
moment of his life live as we live very rarely - only in moments of danger. The first meaning is 'a state opposite to sleep.' And it is quite clear that you can only see reality when you are not sleeping. You can meet it face to face, you can look truth in the eye - or call it 'God' - only when you are enlightened. You understand the meaning of life.
Osho