Talks given from 20/02/89 pm to 10/04/89 pm English Discourse series
1 This disappearance is anatta2 Let the christian ship drown3 To wait, to wait for nothing4 Freedom not licentiousness5 The sky of completion6 Chaos -- the very nature of existence7 Mind only thinks, meditation lives8 Inscape -- the ultimate annihilation9 Small intervals of light10 The less you are, the more you are11 Sammasati -- the last word
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 This disappearance is anatta 20 February 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, WHEN TENJIKU WAS ASKED ABOUT THE INCIDENT OF TANKA BURNING THE STATUE, HE REPLIED, “WHEN IT IS COLD WE GATHER AROUND THE HEARTH BY THE FIRE.” “WAS HE WRONG OR NOT?” PERSISTED THE MONK. “WHEN IT IS HOT WE SIT IN A BAMBOO FOREST IN THE VALLEY,” SAID TENJIKU....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 10 The less you are, the more you are 9 April 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, SHOHEI – SUIBI’S DISCIPLE – ASKED SUIBI, “WHAT IS THE MEANING OF BODHIDHARMA’S COMING FROM THE WEST?” SUIBI SAID, “I’LL TELL YOU LATER WHEN NOBODY IS AROUND.” SOMETIME LATER, SHOHEI SAID, “NOW, THERE IS NOBODY. PLEASE MASTER, TELL ME THE ANSWER.” SUIBI, GETTING DOWN FROM THE ZEN STOOL, TOOK SHOHEI TO THE BAMBOO GARDEN....
< Previous | Contents CHAPTER 11 Sammasati – the last word 10 April 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, TOZAN HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER INANIMATE OBJECTS EXPOUND THE DHARMA. TOZAN VISITED ISAN, WHO RECOMMENDED THAT HE GO TO SEE UNGAN. WITH UNGAN, TOZAN WAS FIRST MADE AWARE OF THE TRUTH, AND HE COMPOSED THE FOLLOWING GATHA TO RECORD HIS EXPERIENCE: “HOW WONDERFUL! HOW WONDERFUL! THE INANIMATE EXPOUNDING THE DHARMA – WHAT AN INEFFABLE TRUTH!...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 2 Let the christian ship drown 21 February 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONE DAY, ON HIS WAY TO SEE MA TZU, TANKA TENNEN MET AN OLD MAN WITH A BOY, AND ASKED THEM WHERE THEY LIVED. THE OLD MAN ANSWERED, “ABOVE IS THE SKY; BELOW IS THE EARTH!” TANKA SAID, “HOW ABOUT IF THE SKY CRUMBLED AWAY AND THE EARTH FELL TO PIECES?...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 3 To wait, to wait for nothing 2 April 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, TANKA ASKED CHORO, “WHAT IS THE SELF BEFORE THE EMPTY EON?” AS CHORO WAS ABOUT TO ANSWER, TANKA SAID, “YOU’RE STILL NOISY – GO AWAY FOR NOW.” ONE DAY, AS CHORO WAS CLIMBING BOL PEAK, HIS MIND OPENED UP INTO ENLIGHTENMENT. HE TOOK A SHORTCUT DOWN AND WENT BACK TO STAND BY TANKA, WHO SLAPPED HIM AND SAID, “I THOUGHT YOU KNEW IT EXISTS....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 4 Freedom not licentiousness 3 April 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONE DAY, TANKA SAID TO THE MONKS WHO WERE WITH HIM, “YOU SHOULD ALL PROTECT YOUR ESSENTIAL THING, WHICH IS NOT MADE OR FORMED BY YOU. SO HOW CAN I TEACH YOU TO DO THIS OR NOT TO DO THIS? “ONCE, WHEN I SAW SEKITO OSHO, HE TAUGHT ME THAT I SHOULD JUST PROTECT IT BY MYSELF....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 5 The sky of completion 4 April 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONCE, HOTETSU – A DISCIPLE OF MA TZU – AND TANKA TENNEN, WERE ON A ZEN TOUR VISITING VARIOUS ZEN MASTERS TO ASK QUESTIONS. ONE DAY, HOTETSU SAW FISH IN A POND AND MOTIONED TO THEM WITH HIS HAND. TANKA SAID, “TENNEN.” THE FOLLOWING DAY, HOTETSU ASKED TANKA, “WHAT IS THE MEANING OF WHAT YOU SAID YESTERDAY?...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 6 Chaos – the very nature of existence 5 April 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, SEKISHITSU WAS A DISCIPLE OF CHOSHI. ON A VISIT TO SEKITO, THE MONK, SEKISHITSU, BECAME ENLIGHTENED. AFTER HIS ENLIGHTENMENT, SEKISHITSU WENT BACK TO HIS MASTER, CHOSHI. CHOSHI HAD ALSO BEEN A DISCIPLE OF SEKITO. CHOSHI SAID, “DID YOU REACH SEKITO?” SEKISHITSU REPLIED, “YES, I DID, BUT WAS NOT INTRODUCED....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 7 Mind only thinks, meditation lives 6 April 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, GYOZAN SAID TO SEKISHITSU, “TELL ME WHAT TO BELIEVE IN AND WHAT TO RELY ON?” SEKISHITSU GESTURED ACROSS THE SKY ABOVE, THREE TIMES WITH HIS HAND, AND SAID, “THERE IS NO SUCH THING.” GYOZAN ASKED, “WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT READING SUTRAS?” SEKISHITSU REPLIED, “ALL THE SUTRAS ARE OUT OF THE QUESTION....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 8 Inscape – the ultimate annihilation 7 April 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, A MONK ASKED DAITEN, A DISCIPLE OF SEKITO, “HOW IS IT WHEN ONE MEETS THE PERSON-IN-THERE?” DAITEN REPLIED, “THE PERSON IS NOT IN THERE ANYMORE.” THE MONK ASKED, “WHAT IS ‘IN THERE’?” DAITEN SAID, “DON’T ASK THAT QUESTION.” THE MONK THEN ASKED, “IN THE OCEAN OF MISERY, THE WAVES ARE DEEP....