If Zen is the path, and you are the gate, then who lives in the house?
Prem Michael, Zen is the path, and I am the gate, and you live in the house. You have completely forgotten – that’s what makes the possibility of making a path, to remind you. The path is only a reminder. You have completely forgotten that you are in the house. You think you are out of the house; hence a gate is needed to bring you in. […]
Your question is beautiful. “If Zen is the path and you are the gate, then who lives in the house?” You live in the house, but you have forgotten. And to remind you, a path has to be created; to remind you, a gate has to be created. To remind you, you have to be taken on the path and given help to enter the house, which in fact you have never left.
Just an imaginary game – getting out on the path, doing great disciplines, meditations, the master . . . Finally, the gate comes, and you say, “Aha! I have arrived.” And this is the house which you have never left.
-Osho
From Hari Om Tat Sat, Discourse #10
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