-- The Upright Listening --

A monk asked, "What is upright listening?"

Zen master Xita Guangmu said, "It doesn't enter through your ear."

The monk said, "How can that be?"

Xita said, “Do you hear it?"

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Crazy Zen stories can be understood only when you go crazy for meditation! Fall in love with meditation. Go very deep within yourself. Only then you will realize the meanings of these Zen Stories.

अब और गर्दिश-ए-तक़दीर क्या सताएगी ?

लुटा के इश्क़ में नाम-ओ-निशान बैठे हैं...!

The poet says:
What more, misfortune can harm me?
I am here after having destroyed my existence in love!

Only when you meditate so passionately, the meaning of these stories are revealed. Otherwise all you will do with these stories is either play a game of philosophies or just entertain your mind and move on!

If you ask a Hindu “What is upright listening?” He will say: listening to Vedas. If you ask a Mohemmadan “What is upright listening?” He will say: listening to Koraan! And same is the dogma of all the religions! Anything which goes against their scriptures is wrong and anything which is in favor of their scriptures is right! This is the dogma! Hence a Mohemmadan cannot endorse Vedas. A Hindu cannot endorse Bible and so on so forth! This is why a philosopher cannot understand these Zen Stories.

And also if someone is here only for entertainment, he cannot understand these stories. Remember! If you do not meditate and just read these stories merely for entertainment then you are doing a big harm to yourself. Very soon you will get bored of these stories. A non-meditator is carrying a monkey mind with himself! A non-meditator is bound to become bored of these stories sooner or later. Only if you are a meditator then each and every story will motivate you to meditate. Otherwise very soon you will too get bored, move on and hence yourself close this door of Zen. Thus would yourself make yourself devoid of knowing the treasure which was already yours! Start meditating before this happens. Don’t just read these stories for the sake of entertainment.