Hari Om Tat Sat

The Divine Sound: That is the Truth

Talks given from 17/01/88 pm to 25/02/88 pm English Discourse series

1 The master thief sound 2 Nobody is at home 3 In the search is the ego 4 Fear is to be understood, not conquered 5 This earth is more than a paradise 6 Guilt is inverted revenge 7 Your master is your whole universe 8 No one is insignificant 9 A god is a despot 10 The greatest art of being silent 11 Go dancing in 12 Every joke has a great reason 13 Ride on the wave of joy 14 Was god thinking of a circus 15 Everybody is unique, not equal 16 No master can betray love 17 Buddhas are trying to be buddhas 18 A gathering of friends 19 Truth is nobody's monopoly 20 Religion can only be aesthetic 21 Logic is not the way to life 22 Here everyone is the best 23 A woman is more poetic 24 A complete holiday for your whole life 25 Zen: a contagious blissfulness 26 The first religious people in this world 27 The vertical line opens a door to eternity 28 Vipassana comes in the end 29 Nobody is missing anything 30 Truth: beyond mind, beyond language

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1 The master thief sound

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 The master thief sound 17 January 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, I HAVE HEARD YOU SAY, HARI OM TAT SAT: THE DIVINE SOUND – THAT IS THE TRUTH. WHEN YOU SPEAK I HEAR THE SOUND OF TRUTH RESONATING IN ME, YET I AM NOT ENLIGHTENED. HOW IS IT THAT I CAN RECOGNIZE THAT WHICH I HAVEN’T REALIZED?...

10 The greatest art of being silent

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 The greatest art of being silent 22 January 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, I HAVE BEEN IN POONA FOR TWO WEEKS, AND EVERY DAY I FEEL MORE AND MORE STUPID AND HELPLESS. YOU SAY THAT ONLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND CAN BE WITH YOU. LISTENING TO YOU, ENJOYING EVERY WORD YOU SAY, I WONDER: DO I REALLY UNDERSTAND, OR AM I JUST HAPPY TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE?...

11 Go dancing in

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 Go dancing in 22 January 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, WHY DON’T YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A CERTAIN SELECTION BEFORE THEY REACH YOU? IF SO, THEN THESE ARE THE WRONG PERSONS AT THE RIGHT PLACE, BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE THE STUPID ONES INSTEAD OF MINE, WHICH HAVE SOME QUALITY. IT’S NOT ONLY AN EGO-SATISFACTION-COMPARISON STATE....

12 Every joke has a great reason

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 Every joke has a great reason 23 January 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, ARE ALL JOKES IRRATIONAL? Devageet, it is not that all jokes are irrational. You cannot even find one joke that is irrational. But the joke has its own psychology and rationality. The psychology of the joke has to be understood and then the rationality of it will be clear....

13 Ride on the wave of joy

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 Ride on the wave of joy 23 January 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, WHY IS IT THAT, APART FROM SITTING WITH YOU TWICE A DAY, I ONLY FIND MYSELF MEDITATING WHEN I AM DOWN OR CONFUSED? WHY IS THAT I RARELY MEDITATE OUT OF MY JOYOUSNESS? Deva Anupo, your question touches very deeply the human heart and its workings....

14 Was god thinking of a circus

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 Was god thinking of a circus 1 February 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME IN DISCOURSE – WHETHER OR NOT YOU ACTUALLY SEE ME – I FEEL YOUR LOVE POURING OUT OF YOU AND PENETRATING TO MY HEART. AT FIRST IT FEELS A LITTLE SCARY BECAUSE I FEEL VERY EXPOSED, AND THEN I LOVE THE FEELING INSIDE MY HEART....

15 Everybody is unique, not equal

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 Everybody is unique, not equal 2 February 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, I FEEL A NEW KIND OF AUTHORITY AND LOVE GROWING IN ME, A CLARITY ABOUT MYSELF AND LOVE FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS. IT FEELS LIKE EVERYBODY IS EQUAL FOR ME AND I DON’T HAVE A SPECIAL AFFECTION TOWARDS ANYBODY. I FEEL FREE AND BEAUTIFUL....

16 No master can betray love

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 No master can betray love 2 February 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, TO THE WESTERN WORLD THE TERMS “FREEDOM” AND “THE MASTER” ARE VIRTUALLY MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE; FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MET YOU THIS IS WILDLY INACCURATE. HOW DO YOU REDEFINE “FREEDOM” AND “THE MASTER” FOR THE WESTERN UNDERSTANDING? Vadan and Iti, the Western world has not come in contact with the tremendous reality that happens in the meeting of a master and a disciple....

17 Buddhas are trying to be buddhas

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 Buddhas are trying to be buddhas 3 February 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, THE OTHER DAY, WHEN YOU SAID WE LOOK LIKE GAUTAM BUDDHAS WHEN WE LAUGH, A BIG LET-GO HAPPENED DEEP INSIDE ME AND I CRIED FOR A LONG TIME. TODAY I FEEL VERY FRAGILE AND THE CRYING OFTEN COMES BACK. I CANNOT EVEN MEDITATE....

18 A gathering of friends

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 A gathering of friends 3 February 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, IN THE OLD DAYS IN BOMBAY, EVEN THOUGH I FELT PHYSICALLY SO CLOSE TO YOU, YOU WERE SO FAR AWAY. NOW SITTING HERE WITH YOU IN BUDDHA HALL, WHERE THOUSANDS OF US MOVE AROUND YOU – COMPARED TO THE ROOM IN BOMBAY – I FEEL YOU SO INTIMATELY AND PERSONALLY, LIKE I NEVER DID BEFORE....