On the way towards a buddha you will meet thousands of people,
and they will say a thousand things, and you will believe them, and you will return to your home.
Buddha is not standing just in front of you,
you will have to pass thousands of people before you reach a buddha.
They can distract you. Anybody can distract you, and you never think how impotent you are.
Anybody can distract you.
Somebody you meet on the road says, "Where are you going? Are you mad?"
And suddenly you stop.
Somebody has put an idea into you, and now you will follow this man.
And you will never ask anybody who this man is.
And you will think yourself very wise. You are simply gullible.
And you have no strength of being. You can be led astray by anybody.
A master is to instruct you in the highest dimension of life and existence.
That's not possible if you already think that you know. Then you are closed.
OSHO
