< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Back From the Leaky Road 11 April 1978 am in Buddha Hall A REST ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE LEAKY ROAD TO THE NEVER-LEAKING ROAD; IF IT RAINS, LET IT RAIN; IF IT BLOWS, LET IT BLOW. MY SELF OF LONG AGO, IN NATURE NON-EXISTENT; NOWHERE TO GO WHEN DEAD, NOTHING AT ALL. WHEN ASKED, HE ANSWERED; NO QUESTION, NO ANSWER; THEN MASTER DARUMA...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Only Man is Capable of Boredom 20 April 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 WHAT EXACTLY IS BOREDOM? IF I DON’T DO SOMETHING, EVEN SOMETHING NEEDLESS, A PANIC ARISES, A HUGE FEAR. WHAT IS IT THAT CAUSES THIS FRENZY OF MOVEMENT? WHY AM I SO UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS FEELING? THE FRUSTRATION OF BOREDOM INCREASES WHEN I THINK THAT WHAT I WOULD DO IS EQUALLY A MEANINGLESS FRENZY....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 The Lotus Flower of the Law 21 April 1978 am in Buddha Hall PITIFUL ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW NIRVANA AND ITS ETERNAL FELICITY! HOW THEY GRIEVE AT LIFE, DEATH, AND MUTABILITY! SHAKA, AND AMIDA TOO, WERE ORIGINALLY HUMAN BEINGS; HAVE I NOT ALSO THE FORM OF A MAN? WONDERFUL, INDEED, THE LOTUS FLOWER OF THE LAW! HOWEVER MANY AGES MAY PASS,...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 Gladly Beyond any Experience 22 April 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 THOUGH YOUR LECTURE WAS QUITE SERIOUS AND DEEP YESTERDAY, THERE WERE STRANGE TICKLES AND LAUGHTER ARISING IN ME. SOMEWHERE DEEP WITHIN, THERE WAS A SENSE OF HUMOUR AS A SUBTLE UNDERCURRENT. TEARS OFTEN ROLLED DOWN! DO THE MOMENTS OF CLARITY AND INSIGHT GIVE BIRTH TO SENSE OF HUMOUR?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 Daruma, the Cat and the Ladle 23 April 1978 am in Buddha Hall SINCE THE JOURNEY OF LIFE IS LITTLE BUT GRIEF AND PAIN, WHY SHOULD WE BE SO RELUCTANT TO RETURN TO THE SKY OF OUR NATIVE PLACE? TO WRITE SOMETHING AND LEAVE IT BEHIND US, IT IS BUT A DREAM. WHEN WE AWAKE WE KNOW THERE IS NOT EVEN ANYONE TO READ IT....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 14 I am Also a Plumber 24 April 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 WHAT IS A MYSTIC? I don’t know, Purna, and nobody else knows either. That’s why a mystic is called a mystic. Something indefinable, something very elusive, something that cannot be grasped, that cannot be comprehended. Not that it is something special – it is very ordinary. That makes the mystery ten thousandfold....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Death in the Ego is Life in Love 12 April 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 YOU SAID YESTERDAY THAT SCIENCE AND RELIGION ARE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE. IN THE WEST THERE ARE MANY SCHOOLS TEACHING SCIENTIFIC MYSTICISM, AND THE PATHS OF TANTRA AND YOGA ARE ALSO VERY SYSTEMATIC. YOUR LITERATURE IS ALSO DEEPLY AND ARTISTICALLY RATIONAL. THERE SEEMS TO EXIST A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE RATIONAL SCIENCE AND THE IRRATIONAL RELIGION....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 All Lies and Nonsense! 13 April 1978 am in Buddha Hall IF AT THE END OF OUR JOURNEY THERE BE NO FINAL RESTING PLACE, HOW CAN THERE BE A WAY TO LOSE OURSELVES IN? SHAKYAMUNI, THAT MISCHIEVOUS CREATURE, HAVING APPEARED IN THE WORLD, MISLED, ALAS, HOW MANY PEOPLE! THE MIND – WHAT SHALL WE CALL IT? IT IS THE SOUND OF THE BREEZE...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 Live Dangerously! 14 April 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 TODAY YOU SAID THAT THE WAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT IS LONG AND ARDUOUS, AND ALSO THAT IT IS HERE AND NOW, NOW OR NEVER. AS IT IS HERENOW, HOW CAN IT BE LONG AND ARDUOUS? That’s why it is long and arduous – because you are not here-now. You are far away from here now....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 ... And we are in Love 15 April 1978 am in Buddha Hall OF HEAVEN OR HELL WE HAVE NO RECOLLECTION, NO KNOWLEDGE; WE MUST BECOME WHAT WE WERE BEFORE WE WERE BORN. RAIN, HAIL, SNOW AND ICE ARE DIVIDED FROM ONE ANOTHER; BUT AFTER THEY FALL, THEY ARE THE SAME WATER OF THE STREAM IN THE VALLEY. SHOULD YOU SEEK...