< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 The unteachable teaching 1 May 1975 am in Buddha Hall A MAN CAME TO LIBNANI, A SUFI TEACHER, AND THIS INTERCHANGE TOOK PLACE. MAN: I WISH TO LEARN. WILL YOU TEACH ME? LIBNANI: I DO NOT FEEL THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO LEARN. MAN: CAN YOU TEACH ME HOW TO LEARN? LIBNANI: CAN YOU LEARN HOW TO LET ME TEACH YOU?...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 The way of the birds 27 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, A MONK SAID TO TOZAN, “YOU ALWAYS TELL LEARNERS TO TAKE THE WAY OF THE BIRDS. WHAT IS THIS WAY OF THE BIRDS?” TOZAN SAID, “YOU MEET NOBODY ON IT.” THE MONK THEN ASKED, “HOW CAN WE GO ON THIS WAY?” TOZAN ANSWERED, “BY EGOLESSNESS, ATTENDING TO EACH STEP AS IT COMES....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 The Way of the White Clouds 10 May 1974 am in Buddha Hall Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHY IS YOUR WAY CALLED THE WAY OF THE WHITE CLOUDS? Just before Buddha died somebody asked him: When a buddha dies where does he go? Does he survive or simply disappear into nothingness? This is not a new question, it is one of the oldest, many times repeated and asked....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 The Welcome 3 June 1964 pm I see man engulfed in deep darkness. He has become like a house whose lamp has been snuffed out on a dark night. Something in him has been extinguished. But a lamp that has been extinguished can be relit. I see as well that man has lost all direction. He has become like a boat that has lost its way on the high seas....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 The whiskers of the pebble 12 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, A MONK ASKED BOKUSHU, “WHAT IS THE INNER MEANING OF THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHISM?” BOKUSHU SAID, “I WON’T ANSWER.” “WHY NOT?” ASKED THE MONK. “BECAUSE,” SAID BOKUSHU, “YOU THINK AND THINK AND THEN COME AND ASK ME.” THE MONK FURTHER ASKED, “WHAT IS THE MEANING OF BODHIDHARMA COMING FROM THE WEST?...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 The World of Tantra 1 October 1972 pm in Woodlands, Bombay SUTRA: DEVI ASKS: OH SHIVA, WHAT IS YOUR REALITY? WHAT IS THIS WONDER-FILLED UNIVERSE? WHAT CONSTITUTES SEED? WHO CENTERS THE UNIVERSAL WHEEL? WHAT IS THIS LIFE BEYOND FORM PERVADING FORMS? HOW MAY WE ENTER IT FULLY, ABOVE SPACE AND TIME, NAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS? LET MY DOUBTS BE CLEARED! Some introductory points....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 This disappearance is anatta 20 February 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, WHEN TENJIKU WAS ASKED ABOUT THE INCIDENT OF TANKA BURNING THE STATUE, HE REPLIED, “WHEN IT IS COLD WE GATHER AROUND THE HEARTH BY THE FIRE.” “WAS HE WRONG OR NOT?” PERSISTED THE MONK. “WHEN IT IS HOT WE SIT IN A BAMBOO FOREST IN THE VALLEY,” SAID TENJIKU....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 This is the Bridge to That 11 December 1980 am in Buddha Hall Q2 and Q4 on video MANDUKYOPANISHAD SANTI-PATHAH OM BHADRAM KARNEBHIH SRNUYAMA DEVAH STHIRAIR ANGAIS TUSTUVAMSAS TANUBHIR VYASEMA DEVA-HITAM YAD AYUH SVASTI NA INDRO VRIDDHASRAVAH SVASTI NAH PUSA VISVAVEDAH SVASTI NASTAKRSYO ARISTANEMIH SVASTI NO VRHASPATIRDADHATU OM SANTIH SANTIH SANTIH OM ITYETAD AKSARAM, IDAM SARVAM TASYOPAVYAKHYANAM, BHUTAM 2 BHAVAD BHAVISYAD ITI, SARVAM ONKARA EVA....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 Thoughts are always subversive 4 May 1986 pm in Punta Del Este, Uruguay Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, YOU HAVE HAD PROBLEMS STAYING IN SOME COUNTRIES. IS IT BECAUSE YOUR THOUGHTS ARE SUBVERSIVE? Thoughts are always subversive. Only people who do not think are not subversive. Thinking is a crime. Jesus is crucified, Socrates is poisoned, Gautam Buddha is stoned. These people have not harmed anybody....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 To be ordinary is the most extraordinary thing in the world 15 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, PLEASE SPEAK ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEDIOCRITY AND ORDINARINESS. Mediocrity is the general state of humanity as it is. It is a retardedness of intelligence. Nobody wants you to be intelligent, because the more intelligent you are, the more it is difficult to exploit you, to enslave you....