Chiyono
Chiyono, the Ranch's hair and beauty salon, was located in Devateerth Mall, in "downtown" Rajneeshpuram. It was named for the first female Zen master and head of a Zen organization. Who more appropriate for a beauty salon, right? But there is a trick.
She famously became enlightened when gazing at the reflection of the full moon in the old decrepit water bucket she was carrying and the bucket broke, leaving no water, and no moon reflected in it. That "ultimate accident" is celebrated in one of the better-known cards of the Osho Transformation Tarot deck, image right.
And the trick? Osho relates:
She went from one monastery to another to take sannyas, to become a nun; but even great masters refused -- because she was so beautiful she would create trouble. There were so many monks -- and of course monks are repressed people -- and she was so beautiful that they will forget God and everything. And she was really beautiful, so everywhere the door was closed. The master said, "Your search is okay, but I have to look towards my followers also. There are five hundred sannyasins; they will go mad. They will forget their meditations, their scriptures, everything. You will become the god. So Chiyono, don't disturb these poor people, you go."
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And she shaved her head too, as in the said-to-be extremely lifelike statue made of her near the end of her life. Then there's all the things Osho has said about make-up, for example:
You say to me, "Makeup can be used to spiritually enhance a woman's natural beauty...." That is sheer nonsense. Spirituality cannot be enhanced by any makeup. Spiritual beauty has nothing to do with anything that can be done from the outside. Spirituality is your original face; it is the discovery of your intrinsic nature. It has not to be tampered with, it has not to be painted, it has not to be arranged. It has no hairs on the legs because there are no legs, no armpits, no lips.
Your innermost being is pure consciousness.
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