“If you compare Jesus and Bodhidharma you will be in for a great surprise. Jesus says, ‘You are the sheep, I am the shepard and if yo get lost I will find you.’ It appears to those who don’t understand to be a great compassionate ideology.
Bodhidharma’s statement is, Buddhas don’t save buddhas. He is saying you are all buddhas, whether you know it or not – how can anybody save? How can one buddha save another buddha? All that a buddha can do is to wake you up. When you wake somebody up, do you think you are holier and special, and you have done a great service to humanity by waking a poor fellow who was sleeping?
Buddhas don’t save buddhas. This is a very pregnant statement. It gives equality to every being. The only difference is…a few are asleep and are unaware of who they are, and a few have become awakened and know who they are. But essentially there is no difference at all, and there is no question of saving anybody. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh” – from dust jacket front insert