Talks given from 12/07/88 pm to 24/07/88 pm English Discourse series
1 The whiskers of the pebble2 Unfettered at last3 Osho!4 The clouds never make any commotion5 The great matter6 The hidden road7 Life is not a dictionary8 Let my name be traveler9 The man of experience forgets the desire to condemn10 The whole existence waits for the right moment11 Not looking, it becomes clear12 Wanderers in the sky of freedom13 Today the bird opens its wings
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 The whiskers of the pebble 12 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, A MONK ASKED BOKUSHU, “WHAT IS THE INNER MEANING OF THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHISM?” BOKUSHU SAID, “I WON’T ANSWER.” “WHY NOT?” ASKED THE MONK. “BECAUSE,” SAID BOKUSHU, “YOU THINK AND THINK AND THEN COME AND ASK ME.” THE MONK FURTHER ASKED, “WHAT IS THE MEANING OF BODHIDHARMA COMING FROM THE WEST?...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 10 The whole existence waits for the right moment 21 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONE DAY EJO, MEANING SOLITARY CLOUD, CALLED ON THE ZEN MASTER, DOGEN. DOGEN CITED THE SAYING, “ONE HAIR PIERCES MYRIAD HOLES,” TO QUESTION HIM CLOSELY. EJO TRUSTED IN DOGEN AND SURRENDERED TO HIM. AFTER THAT, HE HAD NO DESIRE TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE, SO HE CHANGED HIS ROBE AND STAYED THERE....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 11 Not looking, it becomes clear 22 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONE DAY, WHEN MASTER KEIZAN GOT UP IN THE HALL TO SPEAK, A MONK CALLED GAZAN CAME FORWARD FROM THE ASSEMBLY AND ASKED, “WHY IS IT HARD TO SPEAK OF THE PLACE WHERE NOT A BREATH ENTERS?” KEIZAN SAID, “EVEN SPEAKING OF IT DOES NOT SAY IT....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 12 Wanderers in the sky of freedom 23 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONCE, HAKUGAN SAID TO YAKUSAN, WHO WAS READING A SCRIPTURE, “YOU SHOULD STOP FOOLING PEOPLE.” AS HE ROLLED UP THE TEXT, YAKUSAN ASKED, “WHAT TIME OF DAY IS IT?” HAKUGAN REPLIED, “JUST NOON.” YAKUSAN THEN SAID, “THERE IS STILL THIS PATTERN.” HAKUGAN RESPONDED: “I DON’T EVEN HAVE NOTHING,” TO WHICH YAKUSAN SAID, “YOU ARE TOO BRILLIANT....
< Previous | Contents CHAPTER 13 Today the bird opens its wings 24 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONCE, WHEN TOZAN WAS TRAVELING WITH ANOTHER MONK, THEY SAW A VEGETABLE LEAF FLOATING DOWN A VALLEY STREAM. TOZAN SAID, “IF THERE WERE NO-ONE IN THE DEEP MOUNTAINS, HOW COULD THERE BE A VEGETABLE LEAF HERE? IF WE GO UPSTREAM WE MIGHT FIND A WAYFARER STAYING THERE.”...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 2 Unfettered at last 13 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, TOKUSAN CAME TO ISAN’S TEMPLE. CARRYING HIS PILGRIM’S BUNDLE UNDER HIS ARM, HE CROSSED THE LECTURE HALL, FROM EAST TO WEST AND WEST TO EAST; THEN, STARING AROUND, HE SAID, “MEW, MEW,” AND WENT OUT. TOKUSAN REACHED THE GATE, BUT THEN SAID TO HIMSELF, “I SHOULD NOT BE IN A HURRY,” SO HE DRESSED FORMALLY AND ENTERED A SECOND TIME TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 3 Osho! 14 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, KYOGEN WAS ASKED BY A MONK, “WHAT IS THE WAY?” HE ANSWERED, “A DRAGON SINGING IN A WITHERED TREE.” THE MONK SAID, “I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.” KYOGEN SAID, “THE PUPILS OF THE EYES OF A SKULL.” AFTERWARDS, ANOTHER MONK ASKED SEKISO, “WHAT IS THIS ‘DRAGON SINGING IN A WITHERED TREE’?...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 4 The clouds never make any commotion 15 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONCE, A MONK ASKED JOSHU, “WHAT IS THE BODY WITHOUT ILLNESS?” JOSHU SAID, “THE BODY MADE OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS AND FIVE SKANDHAS.” ON ANOTHER OCCASION, UMMON ASKED A MONK, “WHAT ARE YOU?” HE REPLIED, “I’M THE HEAD OF THE INFIRMARY.” “YOU DON’T MEAN TO SAY SO!...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 5 The great matter 16 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, TOZAN ASKED A MONK, “WHAT IS THE MOST MISERABLE CONDITION IN THE WORLD?” “HELL IS THE MOST MISERABLE,” ANSWERED THE MONK. “NO,” SAID TOZAN.”WHAT IS THE MOST MISERABLE IS TO WEAR THIS ROBE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE GREAT MATTER.” THEN, ADDRESSING ALL THE ASSEMBLED MONKS, TOZAN SAID: THE LATE MASTER, WU TZU, ONE DAY TOOK A BATH, BURNED INCENSE, SAT UPRIGHT AND SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES: “THE BODY OF REALITY IS PERFECTLY QUIESCENT, WHILE GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF GOING AND COMING....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 6 The hidden road 17 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONE DAY, UNGO DOYO WENT UP INTO THE HALL AND QUOTED TOZAN’S OLD SAYING, “HELL IS NOT REALLY PAINFUL. WEARING THIS ROBE, TO FAIL TO UNDERSTAND THE GREAT MATTER – THAT LOSS IS MOST PAINFUL.” ADDRESSING HIS MONKS, DOYO SAID, “YOU ARE ALREADY WITHIN THIS TRADITION. A HUNDRED PERCENT IS NOT FAR FROM NINETY PERCENT....