"Not only was it irrelevant, there was no grammar, there were no words at all, but only sounds. Because of Jabbar, the name 'gibberish' came into existence.

"But Jabbar was saying something through his gibberish. He was saying, 'All that we can say about existence is gibberish.' He was very much in tune with existence.

"It seems unbelievable that he had one thousand disciples. Sitting by his side, when he was silent they would be silent; when he would go into gibberish, they would go into gibberish – and nearabout twenty-five people became enlightened. Not a word was said by Jabbar, nothing was heard by anybody.

"You cannot write a treatise on Jabbar because he never spoke anything except gibberish. But he was a radiant man, a man who had come to flowering, whose spring had come, and who was not afraid to be vulnerable and open and receptive. He went along with the wind.

"Zen has done the same from a different angle, but you must be aware of the fact that any authentic master – to whatever age, to whatever country he belongs – is not interested in preaching you a doctrine. His interest is to bring you in communion, in balance with the reality that surrounds you.

"Zen has used many methods never known before. You cannot conceive in a Greek context the validity of any method of Zen. Even Socrates and Plato would have been at a loss if they had met Bodhidharma or Jabbar.

"I always think what a hilarious meeting it would be: Jabbar meeting Socrates. Socrates was so logical, so rational. His honesty was exactly the same as Jabbar's; he was ready to risk his life for his truth, but still he did not rise, until the last moment of his life, to enlightenment. The day he dropped all knowledge, all wisdom, the day he dropped language as such, that very moment a tremendous silence descended upon him. And those of you who are slowly slowly moving towards the great experience will become aware of it – not because I say so, but because you experience it so.

"How can you say anything about the tremendous silence that is here now? Our minds are preventing us…our minds are taking us away from the very center of our being."