< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Babysitting is the basic business of all buddhas 11 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THE SCHOLAR, RYO OF SEIZAN, ONCE HAD A MEETING WITH BASO, WHO ASKED HIM, “WHAT SUTRA ARE YOU LECTURING ON?” “THE MIND SUTRA,” HE REPLIED. BASO SAID, “BY WHAT DO YOU LECTURE?” RYO ANSWERED, “WITH MIND.” BASO SAID, “THE MIND IS LIKE AN ACTOR, THE MEANING LIKE A JESTER, THE SIX SENSES LIKE AN ACQUAINTANCE; HOW CAN THE MIND LECTURE ON A SUTRA?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Start living in a poem 20 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONE DAY, WHILE NAN-SEN WAS LIVING IN A LITTLE HUT IN THE MOUNTAINS, A STRANGE MONK VISITED HIM JUST AS HE WAS PREPARING TO GO TO HIS WORK IN THE FIELDS. NAN-SEN WELCOMED HIM, SAYING, “PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME. COOK ANYTHING YOU LIKE FOR YOUR LUNCH, THEN BRING SOME OF THE LEFTOVER FOOD TO ME ALONG THE ROAD LEADING TO MY WORK PLACE....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 Zen is not a retail shop – it is wholesale 22 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, SUIGAN, THINKING HE HAD ATTAINED SOMETHING OF ZEN, LEFT JIMYO’S MONASTERY, WHEN HE WAS STILL A YOUNG MONK, TO TRAVEL ALL OVER CHINA. YEARS LATER, WHEN SUIGAN RETURNED TO VISIT THE MONASTERY, HIS OLD TEACHER ASKED, “TELL ME THE SUMMARY OF BUDDHISM....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 The buddha is hiding in the paper bag 23 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ONE DAY UNGAN WAS ILL AND DOGO ASKED HIM A QUESTION: “WHEN YOU ARE SEPARATED FROM YOUR BAG-OF-BONES, WHERE CAN I MEET YOU AGAIN?” UNGAN REPLIED, “WHERE THERE IS NO BIRTH, NO DYING.” DOGO SAID, “DON’T SAY THAT! SAY,‘WHERE THERE IS NOT ANY NO-BIRTH AND NO-DYING, AND WE DON’T DESIRE TO MEET EACH OTHER AGAIN....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 You cannot see with your ears 24 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, HYAKUJO NEEDED TO SELECT A MONK TO BE THE MASTER OF A NEW MONASTERY THAT WAS TO BE ESTABLISHED ON THE MOUNTAIN OF TA-KUEI-SHAN. HE CALLED THE COOK OF HIS MONASTERY AND TOLD HIM HE HAD BEEN CHOSEN. BUT THE CHIEF MONK OVERHEARD HYAKUJO’S CONVERSATION WITH THE COOK AND SAID, “NO ONE CAN SAY THAT THE COOK MONK IS BETTER THAN THE CHIEF MONK....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 Mind with a small m 25 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, A NON-BUDDHIST PRESENTED HOGEN WITH A SCREEN THAT HAD A PICTURE PAINTED ON IT. WHEN HE HAD FINISHED LOOKING AT IT, HOGEN SAID, “DID YOU PAINT THIS WITH YOUR HAND OR YOUR MIND?” THE ARTIST ANSWERED, “WITH MY MIND.” HOGEN SAID, “WHAT IS THIS MIND OF YOURS?...

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 15 Can we celebrate now? 26 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, HAIKYU SAID, “ILLUSION OBSTRUCTS THE MIND; HOW CAN ILLUSION BE GOT RID OF?” OBAKU SAID, “CREATING ILLUSION, GETTING RID OF ILLUSION – BOTH THESE ARE ILLUSION, FOR ILLUSION HAS NO ROOT; IT APPEARS BY REASON OF DISCRIMINATION. IF YOU DO NOT THINK OF CONTRARIES, SUCH AS ORDINARY AND SUPERIOR, ILLUSION CEASES OF ITSELF, AND HOW CAN YOU THEN GET RID OF IT?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Listen to the message of the run 12 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, WHEN HYAKUJO WAS A YOUNG BOY, HIS MOTHER TOOK HIM TO A TEMPLE, AND ENTERING, SHE BOWED TO THE BUDDHIST STATUE. POINTING TO THE STATUE, HYAKUJO ASKED HIS MOTHER, “WHAT’S THAT?” “THAT’S A BUDDHA,” SHE REPLIED. HYAKUJO SAID, “HE LOOKS LIKE A MAN. I WANT TO BECOME A BUDDHA AFTERWARDS....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 A master in your own right 13 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium (JUST BEFORE OSHO’S CAR COMES, A BIG BLACK GORILLA ENTERS THE HALL AND SITS BEHIND MANEESHA.) BELOVED OSHO, AFTER HYAKUJO HAD BECOME A MASTER IN HIS OWN RIGHT, HE ASKED OBAKU WHERE HE HAD COME FROM. OBAKU SAID, “FROM GATHERING MUSHROOMS AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT DAIYU....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 Zen is as simple as the taste of tea 14 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, RYUGE WAS ASKED BY A MONK, “WHAT IS THE MEANING OF BODHIDHARMA COMING FROM THE WEST?” RYUGE SAID, “WAIT TILL THE STONE TURTLE SPEAKS WORDS OF EXPLANATION AND I WILL TELL YOU.” THE MONK SAID, “THE STONE TURTLE HAS SPOKEN!” RYUGE SAID, “WHAT DID IT SAY TO YOU?...