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Talks given from 22/04/88 pm to 26/05/88 pm English Discourse series

1 Emptiness no holiness 2 From here to here - no space for the way 3 Pecking and tapping 4 Always now and here 5 Signatures on water 6 Perfect the circle, pure the ground 7 Just be 8 The voice of the raindrops 9 Three pounds of flax 10 Nothing is better than anything 11 What's in a name?12 Let no dust settle 13 The great death 14 Beat the drum 15 Dragons do not lie in puddles 16 Have you had your dinner?17 Just fall like a bag of rice

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1 Emptiness no holiness

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Emptiness no holiness 22 April 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, EMPEROR WU OF LIANG ASKED BODHIDHARMA, “WHAT IS THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF THE HOLY TEACHINGS?” BODHIDHARMA SAID, “EMPTINESS, NO HOLINESS.” “WHO IS THIS STANDING BEFORE ME?” “NO KNOWING.” THE EMPEROR DID NOT GRASP HIS MEANING. THEREUPON BODHIDHARMA CROSSED THE RIVER AND WENT TO THE LAND OF WEI....

10 Nothing is better than anything

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Nothing is better than anything 1 May 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, UMMON SPOKE TO HIS ASSEMBLY AND SAID, “EVERYBODY HAS HIS OWN LIGHT. IF HE TRIES TO SEE IT, EVERYTHING IS DARKNESS. WHAT IS EVERYBODY’S LIGHT?” LATER, IN PLACE OF THE DISCIPLES, HE SAID, “THE HALL AND THE GATE.” AND AGAIN HE SAID, “BLESSING THINGS CANNOT BE BETTER THAN NOTHING....

11 What\'s in a name?

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 What’s in a name? 2 May 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, KYOZAN ASKED SANSHO, “WHAT IS YOUR NAME?” SANSHO SAID, “EJAKU.” KYOZAN SAID, “EJAKU IS MY NAME!” SANSHO SAID, “MY NAME IS ENEN!” KYOZAN LAUGHED HEARTILY. SETCHO PUT IT LIKE THIS: BOTH GRASPING, BOTH RELEASING – WHAT FELLOWS! RIDING THE TIGER – MARVELOUS SKILL! THE LAUGHTER ENDS, TRACELESS THEY GO....

12 Let no dust settle

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 Let no dust settle 3 May 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, SEPPO ADDRESSED THE ASSEMBLY AND SAID, “ALL THE GREAT WORLD, IF I PICK IT UP WITH MY FINGERTIPS, IS FOUND TO BE LIKE A GRAIN OF RICE. I THROW IT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE, BUT YOU DO NOT SEE IT. BEAT THE DRUM, TELLING THE MONKS TO COME OUT TO WORK AND SEARCH FOR IT....

13 The great death

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 The great death 4 May 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, JOSHU ASKED TOSU, “WHAT IF A MAN OF THE GREAT DEATH COMES BACK TO LIFE AGAIN?” TOSU SAID, “YOU SHOULD NOT GO BY NIGHT; WAIT FOR THE LIGHT OF DAY AND COME.” SETCHO COMMENTS: OPEN-EYED, HE WAS ALL THE MORE AS IF DEAD; WHAT USE TO TEST THE MASTER WITH SOMETHING TABOO?...

14 Beat the drum

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 Beat the drum 5 May 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, KASAN SAID, “LEARNING BY STUDY IS CALLED HEARING; LEARNING NO MORE IS CALLED NEARNESS; TRANSCENDING THESE TWO IS TRUE PASSING.” A MONK ASKED, “WHAT IS TRUE PASSING?” KASAN SAID, “BEATING THE DRUM.” THE MONK ASKED AGAIN, “WHAT IS THE TRUE TEACHING OF THE BUDDHA?” KASAN SAID, “BEATING THE DRUM....

15 Dragons do not lie in puddles

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 Dragons do not lie in puddles 6 May 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, CHOKEI ONE DAY SAID, “EVEN IF YOU SAY THAT THE ARHATS STILL HAVE THREE POISONS, YOU SHOULD NOT SAY THAT THE TATHAGATA HAS TWO LANGUAGES. I DO NOT SAY THAT THE TATHAGATA HAS NO LANGUAGE BUT THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE TWO LANGUAGES.” HOFUKU SAID, “WHAT IS THE TATHAGATA’S LANGUAGE?...

16 Have you had your dinner?

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 Have you had your dinner? 7 May 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, TANKA ASKED A MONK, “WHERE ARE YOU FROM?” THE MONK REPLIED, “FROM THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN.” TANKA SAID, “HAVE YOU HAD YOUR DINNER?” THE MONK SAID, “I HAVE HAD IT.” TANKA SAID, “IS HE OPEN-EYED WHO BRINGS FOOD TO A FELLOW LIKE YOU AND LETS YOU EAT IT?...

17 Just fall like a bag of rice

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 17 Just fall like a bag of rice 26 May 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium MY BELOVED ONES, I am introducing you to a new meditation. It is divided in three parts. The first part is gibberish. The word ‘gibberish’ comes from a Sufi mystic, Jabbar. Jabbar never spoke any language, he just uttered nonsense. Still he had thousands of disciples because what he was saying was, “Your mind is nothing but gibberish....

2 From here to here - no space for the way

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 From here to here - no space for the way 23 April 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, JOSHU SPOKE TO THE ASSEMBLY AND SAID, “THE REAL WAY IS NOT DIFFICULT. IT ONLY ABHORS CHOICE AND ATTACHMENT. WITH BUT A SINGLE WORD THERE MAY ARISE CHOICE AND ATTACHMENT OR THERE MAY ARISE CLARITY. THIS OLD MONK DOES NOT HAVE THAT CLARITY....