Here's another Osho quote from my hallowed fridge door that has resonance for me.

"A sannyasin has to learn pure acting. He has to look at the world as a great drama. A thousand and one plays are going on and you have to participate in many games. You are constantly moving from one stage to another: from the house to the office, from the office to the church, from the church to the club, and so on, so forth. They are all different stages, different sets, and you have to play different roles. But they are all roles - don't take them seriously.

There is no need to renounce them. To renounce them means you have taken them seriously.

That's why I say never renounce anything. Live your role, enjoy it, it is fun, but take it lightly, take it easily

You use masks, but you know that that is not your original face. And you can remove the mask, because now you know it is a mask-it can be removed, it is removable. And now you can know your original face too.

The man who is aware that life is a game comes to know his original face. And to know one's original face is to know all that is worth knowing, because that is the face of God. That is the face of truth. That is the face of love. That is the face of freedom."

why does it matter?

This dialog brings up the question: Who is Zorba the Buddha? Was it the long bearded man of inner silence that drove a Rolls Royce, wore beautiful robes, hand made slippers, diamond wristwatches and fuzzy hats? Or is it the people that took care of the Rolls Royce's, gave him the watches, designed his clothes, took care of his body and worked in the kitchen?

Yahoo!

He did not wear hats when he was in Poona. Only when he went to the Himalaya and in winter in Oregon. However, in Poona he liked to be photographed with the top of his head not showing, probably to jide the fact that he was loosing hair.
by the way, I am trying to hook up with people who were in Poona in those days, please contact me. am new to this group, wonder how many of you I know.