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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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3 Pecking and tapping

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 Pecking and tapping 24 April 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, A MONK SAID TO KYOSEI, “I WANT TO PECK FROM THE INSIDE. WOULD YOU PLEASE TAP FROM THE OUTSIDE?” KYOSEI SAID, “COULD YOU ATTAIN LIFE OR NOT?” THE MONK SAID, “IF I COULD NOT ATTAIN LIFE I WOULD BECOME A LAUGHINGSTOCK.” KYOSEI SAID, “YOU TOO ARE A FELLOW IN THE WEEDS....

4 Always now and here

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 Always now and here 25 April 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, WHEN BASHO WAS OUT WALKING WITH HYAKUJO HE SAW A WILD DUCK FLY PAST. BASHO SAID, “WHAT IS IT?” HYAKUJO SAID, “IT IS A WILD DUCK.” BASHO SAID, “WHERE IS IT?” HYAKUJO SAID, “IT HAS FLOWN AWAY.” BASHO AT LAST GAVE HYAKUJO’S NOSE A SHARP PINCH. HYAKUJO CRIED OUT WITH PAIN....

5 Signatures on water

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 Signatures on water 26 April 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OBAKU ADDRESSED THE ASSEMBLY AND SAID, “YOU ARE ALL PARTAKERS OF BREWER’S GRAIN. IF YOU GO ON STUDYING ZEN LIKE THAT, YOU WILL NEVER FINISH IT. DO YOU KNOW THAT IN ALL THE LAND OF T’ANG THERE IS NO ZEN TEACHER?” THEN A MONK CAME FORWARD AND SAID, “BUT SURELY THERE ARE THOSE WHO TEACH DISCIPLES AND PRESIDE OVER THE ASSEMBLIES....

6 Perfect the circle, pure the ground

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 Perfect the circle, pure the ground 27 April 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, CHINSO CAME TO SEE SHIFUKU. SHIFUKU DREW A CIRCLE IN THE AIR. CHINSO SAID, “I HAVE NO OBJECT IN COMING HERE. WHY DO YOU BOTHER TO DRAW A CIRCLE?” SHIFUKU CLOSED THE DOOR OF HIS ROOM. SETCHO SAYS: PERFECT THE CIRCLE, PURE THE SOUND, BRIGHT AND ABUNDANT THE ENCIRCLING JADE, LOADED ON HORSES AND MULES,...

7 Just be

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 7 Just be 28 April 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, A MONK ASKED CHIMON, “WHAT WILL THE LOTUS FLOWER BE WHEN IT HAS NOT YET COME OUT OF THE WATER?” CHIMON SAID, “THE LOTUS FLOWER.” THE MONK ASKED CHIMON, “WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT IS OUT OF THE WATER?” CHIMON SAID, “THE LOTUS LEAVES.” SETCHO SAYS: THE LOTUS LEAVES! THE LOTUS FLOWER!...

8 The voice of the raindrops

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 8 The voice of the raindrops 29 April 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, KYOSEI ASKED A MONK, “WHAT IS THE NOISE OUTSIDE?” THE MONK SAID, “THAT IS THE VOICE OF THE RAINDROPS.” KYOSEI SAID, “MEN’S THINKING IS TOPSY-TURVY. DELUDED BY THEIR OWN SELVES, THEY PURSUE THINGS.” THE MONK ASKED, “WHAT ABOUT YOURSELF?” KYOSEI SAID, “I WAS NEAR IT BUT AM NOT DELUDED....

9 Three pounds of flax

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 9 Three pounds of flax 30 April 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, A MONK ASKED TOZAN, “WHAT IS BUDDHA?” TOZAN SAID, “THREE POUNDS OF FLAX.” SETCHO SAYS: THE GOLDEN CROW SWOOPS, THE SILVER HARE BOUNDS; THE ECHO COMES BACK, DIRECT AND FREE. WHO JUDGES TOZAN BY HIS WORD OR PHRASE IS A BLIND TORTOISE, LOST IN A LONELY VALE....