Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen

Zen Stories

Talks given from 05/03/80 am to 10/05/80 am

English Discourse series. Original tape title calls discourses 1 to 6 as “Part 1”, and 7 to 16 as “Part 2”.

1 The Breath of the Soul 2 This Is Sacred, This Is Divine 3 ... And Something More 4 A Question Of Being 5 Playing On The Path 6 Absolute Love In Absolute Freedom 7 Better Mad Than Stupid 8 The Head And The Heart 9 To Enjoy Life Is Bliss 10 The Garden Of Tathagata 11 The Law Of Grace 12 The Heart Always Knows 13 Light In The Seed 14 Don't Abandon Existence 15 So Lost And So At Home 16 All Moons In The One Moon

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1 The Breath of the Soul

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 The Breath of the Soul 5 March 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, WHY HAVE YOU CALLED THIS SERIES OF DISCOURSES: “WALKING IN ZEN, SITTING IN ZEN”? I AM NOT TO BLAME. The whole blame goes to this old guy Yoka. Yoka is one of the rarest enlightened people; his sayings are tremendously beautiful. Very few sayings are available, but each saying is a diamond unique in itself....

10 The Garden Of Tathagata

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 The Garden Of Tathagata 4 May 1980 am in Buddha Hall Question 1 OSHO, WHAT IS THE GOAL OF MEDITATION? Prageeta, THERE IS NO GOAL OF MEDITATION. Meditation is the dropping of all goals, hence it can’t have a goal of its own; that would be against its very nature. Goals exist in the future; meditation is to be in the present....

11 The Law Of Grace

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 The Law Of Grace 5 May 1980 am in Buddha Hall Question 1 OSHO, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE? Pravino, MEANING IS A HUMAN INVENTION. There is no meaning in existence itself, it is beyond meaning. It is not meaningless either because a thing can be meaningless only if it is possible for it to have meaning. Meaning and meaninglessness are two sides of the same coin....

12 The Heart Always Knows

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 The Heart Always Knows 6 May 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, THE BUDDHA SAID, “IF YOU WANT TO SEE, SEE AT ONCE. DON’T LET THE MIND ENTER INTO IT.” CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT “SEEING”? Anand Deepesh, SEEING IS A STATE OF NO-MIND a state of no-thought, a state of pure awareness, when you simply reflect that which is without any interference, any judgment, any like, any dislike; when you don’t say a thing about it, you just function like a mirror....

13 Light In The Seed

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 Light In The Seed 7 May 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, HOW CAN I BECOME A LIGHT UNTO MYSELF? Shraddho Yannis, THESE WERE THE LAST WORDS of Gautam the Buddha, his parting message to his disciples: “Be a light unto yourself.” But when he says, “Be a light unto yourself,” he does not mean become a light unto yourself....

14 Don\'t Abandon Existence

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 Don’t Abandon Existence 8 May 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, IS IT NOT NECESSARY TO DESIRE, TO LONG AND TO SEEK TRUTH AND AVOID THE UNTRUE, TO SEEK TRUTH AND RENOUNCE THE FALSE? Divyananda, THERE IS NO WAY TO SEEK TRUTH because truth is not far away. Truth is not “there” somewhere so that you have to go to it, so that you have to reach to it; truth is not to be sought because truth is the very being of the seeker....

15 So Lost And So At Home

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 So Lost And So At Home 9 May 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, HOW DOES IT HAPPEN THAT I FEEL SO AT HOME AND SO LOST IN THIS BUDDHAFIELD? Deva Kamma, THERE IS NO CONTRADICTION IN IT; it is as it should be. To be lost, utterly lost, is to be at home. Man ordinarily lives as an ego, separate from the whole, like an island, with a definite identity – the name, the form; he is somebody....

16 All Moons In The One Moon

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 16 All Moons In The One Moon 10 May 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE PHILOSOPHY OF ZEN. WHAT SHOULD I DO TO UNDERSTAND IT? Baula, ZEN IS NOT A PHILOSOPHY AT ALL. To approach Zen as if it were a philosophy is to start in a wrong way from the very beginning. A philosophy is something of the mind; Zen is totally beyond the mind....

2 This Is Sacred, This Is Divine

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 This Is Sacred, This Is Divine 6 March 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, WHAT IS ZEN? Sagar, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER because Zen is not a philosophy, it is not a doctrine. It is an experience, an experience of your own interiority, of your own subjectivity – not an objective experience. If it were some object outside you, there would be a possibility of describing it, of analyzing it, of defining it....

3 \... And Something More

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 ... And Something More 7 March 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, YOU SAY: GO BEYOND THE MIND. DO NOT LISTEN TO ITS CHATTER. DISCIPLINE IT AND MAKE IT A SERVANT. DO NOT BE ITS SLAVE. BUT HOW TO KNOW WHEN THE MIND IS BEING DISCIPLINED AND WHEN IT IS BEING REPRESSED? ALSO, WHEN I TOOK SANNYAS THE OTHER NIGHT YOU SAID NOT TO GET HOOKED ON YOU....