< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 The Lion’s Roar 11 December 1977 am in Buddha Hall ALL BEINGS ARE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING BUDDHA. IT IS LIKE WATER AND ICE: APART FROM WATER, NO ICE, OUTSIDE LIVING BEINGS, NO BUDDHAS. NOT KNOWING IT IS NEAR, THEY SEEK IT AFAR. WHAT A PITY! IT IS LIKE ONE IN THE WATER WHO CRIES OUT FOR THIRST; IT IS LIKE THE CHILD OF A RICH HOUSE...

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 10 A Single Shout 20 December 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 IS THERE ANY PROOF FOR GOD? I AM. You are. Everybody is. God is nothing but the totality. The trees are, the rivers are, the mountains are. These are the proofs. The sun rises in the morning and the moon is in the night, and the stars. These are the proofs....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 The Last Alleluia 12 December 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 IS ENLIGHTENED CONSCIOUSNESS LESS SPICY THAN ORDINARY CONSCIOUSNESS? CONSCIOUSNESS IS ONE. You cannot divide it in two. Consciousness is indivisible. You cannot say ‘ordinary consciousness’ and ‘enlightened consciousness’ – consciousness means enlightenment. The ordinary person is not conscious, he is unconscious. He believes he is conscious – his very belief prevents him from becoming conscious....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 Now is the Only Time for the Heart 13 December 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question. Question 1 WHAT IS MATURITY? MATURITY is to know that nothing can be done. Maturity is acceptance of existence as it is: YATHA BHUTAM. Maturity is not to desire things otherwise. Maturity is relaxing with the whole. Immaturity is conflict, struggle. The part fighting with the whole is immaturity....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 On the Wings of the Wind 14 December 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 WHY DO I SEEM TO FEEL MORE AFRAID OF LIFE THAN OF DEATH? DEATH IS UNKNOWN. You cannot be really afraid of that with which you are not at all acquainted. Fear is a relationship – you have to know something to be afraid of it....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 The Flight Towards the Sun 15 December 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 WHAT IS THIS URGE TO CREATE? THE URGE TO CREATE is the first stirring of the divine within you. The urge to create is the presence of God. You have the first message, the first ripple has reached to you. It is the beginning and the birth of prayer....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 This Cake is Delicious 16 December 1977 am in Buddha Hall THE PURE LAND PARADISE IS NOT FAR. WHEN IN REVERENCE THIS TRUTH IS HEARD EVEN ONCE, HE WHO PRAISES IT AND GLADLY EMBRACES IT HAS MERIT WITHOUT END. HOW MUCH MORE HE WHO TURNS WITHIN AND CONFIRMS DIRECTLY HIS OWN NATURE, THAT HIS OWN NATURE IS NO-NATURE – SUCH HAS TRANSCENDED VAIN WORDS....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 7 Headlong to the Very End 17 December 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 DOES THERE EVER COME A MOMENT WHEN ONE KNOWS WHY THINGS ARE THIS WAY AND NOT THAT WAY? NO, THAT MOMENT NEVER COMES. That moment cannot come, knowledge is impossible. Life is a mystery – the more you know about it, the more mysterious it becomes....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 8 Off To Hell – Yo-Ho! 18 December 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 WHAT IS THE ZEN ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEATH? LAUGHTER. Yes, laughter is the Zen attitude towards death. And towards life too, because life and death are not separate. Whatsoever is your attitude towards life will be your attitude towards death, because death comes as the ultimate flowering of life....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 9 The Emperor’s Nightmare 19 December 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 WHAT IS TURNING INWARDS? TURNING INWARDS is not a turning at all. Going inwards is not a going at all. Turning inwards simply means that you have been running after this desire and that, and you have been running and running and you have been coming again and again to frustration....