< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 The Ultimate Synthesis 25 February 1977 am in Buddha Hall HUI ANG VISITED KING K’ANG OF SUNG. THE KING STAMPED HIS FOOT, COUGHED AND SAID FIERCELY, ‘WHAT PLEASES ME IS COURAGE AND STRENGTH. I TAKE NO PLEASURE IN MEN WHO PREACH MORALITY. WHAT HAVE YOU TO TEACH ME?’ ‘SUPPOSE THAT I HAVE A WAY TO MAKE ANYONE, HOWEVER BRAVE AND STRONG, MISS WHEN HE STABS OR STRIKES AT YOU....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 The Song of All Songs 6 March 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 JESUS, BUDDHA AND T.D. SUZUKI HAVE BEEN MY MASTERS FOR FIVE YEARS NOW. WHENEVER I HAD A PROBLEM I WOULD CALL ON JESUS’ NAME FOR HELP. NOW YOU ARE MY MASTER. WHAT CAN I DO WITH THE REST OF THEM? JESUS SAYS A MAN CAN ONLY SERVE ONE MASTER....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 The Stage of the Sage 7 March 1977 am in Buddha Hall LIEH TZU WAS STUDYING ARCHERY, AND HIT THE TARGET. HE SOUGHT ADVICE FROM KUAN-YIN WHO ASKED HIM: ‘DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU HIT THE TARGET?’ ‘NO.’ ‘IT WON’T DO YET.’ HE WENT AWAY TO PRACTICE AND AFTER THREE YEARS AGAIN REPORTED TO KUAN-YIN. ‘DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU HIT THE TARGET?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 Stand in Your Son’s Shoes 8 March 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 ONCE YOU SAID THAT KRISHNA WAS A BRAHMIN, BUT REALLY HE WAS A KSHATRIYA. NOBODY IS READY TO ACCEPT HIM AS A BRAHMIN. WHICH IS CORRECT? WHEN I SAY SOMETHING there is no need to ask anybody about it. Meditate over it. When I said that Krishna was a BRAHMIN I mean that he has known the ultimate truth....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 Raise no Dust, Leave no Tracks 9 March 1977 am in Buddha Hall DUKE MU OF CH’IN SAID TO PO-LO: ‘YOU ARE GETTING ON IN YEARS, IS THERE ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY WHOM I CAN SEND TO FIND ME HORSES?’ ‘A GOOD HORSE CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY ITS SHAPE AND LOOK, ITS BONE AND MUSCLE, BUT THE GREAT HORSES OF THE WORLD MIGHT BE EXTINCT, VANISHED, PERISHED, LOST....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 14 The Ego on the Tip of the Nose 10 March 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 YOU SAY, ‘YOU CAN ALSO BECOME A GREAT HORSE.’ EVEN THOUGH I AM TWENTY-SIX I AM SEEKING. AM I NOT TRYING TO BECOME A GOOD HORSE? CAN ONE BECOME A GREAT HORSE BY SEEKING? NEVER! NEVER CAN ONE BECOME a great horse by seeking. Seeking is the only barrier to realising your greatness....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 A Thousand Pound Sledge Hammer 26 February 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT GRAMYA’S QUESTION ON TUESDAY WAS PRACTICALLY THE SAME AS MINE ON SUNDAY, ONLY WORDED DIFFERENTLY. BUT YOU ANSWERED HER VERY LOVINGLY AND GENTLY AND ME WITH A THOUSAND-POUND SLEDGE HAMMER. OSHO, EXCUSE ME FOR ASKING THIS, BUT I TOO MEAN TO ASK LOVINGLY....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 The Secret Taste of Honey on the Tongue 27 February 1977 am in Buddha Hall IN THE MIDDLE AGE HUA-TZU OF YANG-LI IN SUNG LOST HIS MEMORY. HE WOULD RECEIVE A PRESENT IN THE MORNING AND FORGET IT BY THE EVENING; GIVE A PRESENT IN THE EVENING AND FORGET IT BY THE MORNING. IN THE STREET HE WOULD FORGET TO WALK; AT HOME HE WOULD FORGET TO SIT DOWN....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 Tao Tantra 28 February 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 YOU HAVE TALKED MUCH ON LOVE, RELATIONSHIPS, UNION, ETC. IS THERE A MERGING BETWEEN THE TAO AND TANTRA? TANTRA MEANS TECHNIQUE – and Tao can have no relationship with any technique whatsoever. Tao is non-methodological, non-technical. Tao means spontaneity. How can spontaneity have a technique? You cannot practise it; if you practise it you miss it....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 The Fundamental Rule 1 March 1977 am in Buddha Hall MR P’ANG OF CH’EN HAD A SON WHO WAS CLEVER AS A CHILD BUT SUFFERED FROM AN ABNORMALITY WHEN HE GREW UP. WHEN HE HEARD SINGING HE THOUGHT IT WAS WEEPING; WHEN HE SAW WHITE HE THOUGHT IT WAS BLACK; FRAGRANT SMELLS HE THOUGHT NOISOME, SWEET TASTES HE THOUGHT BITTER, WRONG ACTIONS HE THOUGHT RIGHT....