< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌3 June 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Deva Ageho. Deva means divine; Ageho means homelessness. Life has no security; it thrives in danger. It has no safety; it is possible only in danger. Death is safe and secure; life is a risk. Hence those who really want to live have to take many risks. They have to go on moving into the unknown....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌4 June 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Gian Carlo. Gian means God’s gracious gift; Carlo means a man. To be a man is God’s gracious gift. It is no ordinary happening. It is very rare, unique, because in this whole universe where millions of solar systems exist, it is only on this small planet earth that life has arisen. And life has millions of forms, from the lowest amoeba to man....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 5 June 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Deva Thomas. Deva means divine: Thomas is the name of one of the apostles of Jesus who has come synonymous with doubt, because he doubted. He was one of the most beloved disciples of Jesus. But doubt is very natural. It goes only by and by, very slowly. We are born with it. Jesus loved him tremendously; he loved Jesus, but still the doubt persisted....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 6 June 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Anand Gopi. Anand means bliss. Gopi is a very significant word; it comes from the tradition of the devotee. There are two paths: one is of knowledge, wisdom, meditation, and the other is that of love, devotion, surrender. The word “gopi” belongs to the other tradition, the tradition of surrender. Literally Gopi means the beloved of God....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 7 7 June 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Dharma Farrell. Dharma means religion; Farrell means a man of courage. Religion is possible only through courage, but usually the cowardly become religious. The temples, the churches, the mosques, are full of cowards. Their God is nothing but a projection of their fear; their prayer is nothing but a demand for protection. It is a kind of bribe....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 8 8 June 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Anand Ryoko. Anand means bliss; Ryoko means good. Bliss is good; everything else is bad. Bliss is virtue; everything else is sin. But this has not been said to humanity. People have been taught many things but not the truth, because the truth goes against the vested interests. It goes against the status quo....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 9 9 June 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Veet Atito – beyond the past.… The only problem that a seeker of truth has to encounter is the past. It is the past that stands between you and the reality; it is the past that functions as a barrier. It does not allow you to see that which is. It goes on interfering, distorting, interpreting....