In my assertions you will find a thousand and one contradictions, because they have been made
in reference to different people. The more you will be growing, different assertions will be
made by me -- because my assertions are a response to you. I am not talking with the walls. I
am  talking  to  you,  and  I  can  give  only  that  much  which  you  can  receive.  The  higher  your
consciousness, the deeper your consciousness, the more different the things that will be stated
by me.

Naturally, those different statements will be very contradictory. If one goes for a logical
consistency,  he  will  not  find  any.  You  cannot  find  any  logical  consistency  in  Buddha's
statements. That's why, the day Buddha died, Buddhism was divided into thirty-six schools.
The  exact  day  he  died,  and  the  disciples  were  divided  into  thirty-six  schools  --  what
happened?

Because he had been making so many statements to different people -- because of their
different  consciousness  and  understanding  --  they  all  started  quarrelling  and  fighting.  They
said, "This has been said to me by Buddha!" Just think: the first five disciples, to whom he
had said, "I have attained -- now come to me and I will take you there"... if those first disciples
met Sariputra and Sariputra said, "It is attained through a kind of non-attainmentness; one who
declares that he has attained is wrong, because it cannot be attained" -- what would those first
disciples have said? They would have said, "What are you talking about? We are the oldest
disciples, the seniormost, and this was the first statement that Buddha has made to us: 'I have
attained!' In fact we would have never followed him if he had not declared that. Because he
declared it, we followed him. Our motive was clear: that he had attained, we also wanted to
attain; that's why we followed him. And he had said to us, 'I am your refuge. Come and take
refuge  in  me.  Let  me  be  your  shelter.'  And  what  nonsense  are  you  talking  about?  Buddha
could not have said this. You must have misunderstood. Something has gone wrong, or you
have fabricated it."

 


Osho - The Heart Sutra
Chapter 7 - Full Emptiness