Talks given from 27/06/88 pm to 11/07/88 pm English Discourse series
1 The way of the birds2 Tearing down, breaking up3 Don't wobble4 Such a moon5 A very dangerous place6 In this rackety town7 Fences, walls and broken tiles8 Like the tongue of a dead man9 No words, no mind, and you are in10 Be at the center11 Dhyana has no gate12 Hidden behind these reflecting eyes13 The price of rice in Joshu14 Kwatz!15 The house where nobody lives
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 5 A very dangerous place 1 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, DOKIN’S DISCIPLE, DORIN, BECAME A MONK AT THE AGE OF NINE, TOOK THE VOWS AT TWENTY-ONE, AND STUDIED THE Kegon Sutra. LATER IN LIFE HE ENTERED THE DENSE PINE FOREST OF MOUNT SHIMBO, AND DID ZAZEN UP A TREE. FOR THIS REASON HE WAS CALLED CHOKA ZENJI, MEANING “BIRD-NEST ZENJI,” AND JAKUSO ZENJI, MEANING “MAGPIE NEST,” BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES BECAUSE THE BIRDS AND MAGPIES BUILT THEIR NESTS BESIDE HIM....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 6 In this rackety town 2 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THE MONK, KANKEI, ONCE VISITED THE NUN, MASSAN RYONEN. HE SAID TO HIMSELF, “IF WHAT SHE SAYS HITS THE SPOT, I WILL REMAIN THERE. IF IT DOESN’T I WILL OVERTURN THE ZEN SEAT!” HE ENTERED THE HALL, AND MASSAN SENT A MESSENGER TO ASK, “HAVE YOU COME ON A MOUNTAIN-VIEWING JOURNEY, OR FOR THE SAKE OF BUDDHISM?...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 7 Fences, walls and broken tiles 3 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, NANYO WAS ASKED BY A MONK, “WHAT IS THE MIND OF THE ANCIENT BUDDHAS?” NANYO REPLIED, “IT IS FENCES, WALLS AND BROKEN TILES.” THE MONK ASKED, “FENCES, WALLS AND BROKEN TILES ARE INSENTIENT, ARE THEY NOT?” “THAT IS SO,” REPLIED NANYO. “DO THEY EXPOUND BUDDHISM?” ASKED THE MONK....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 8 Like the tongue of a dead man 4 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, SEPPO FIRST VISITED ENKAN, THEN TOSU THREE TIMES, AND TOZAN NINE TIMES, WITHOUT RESULT. WHEN AT LAST HE VISITED TOKUSAN, SEPPO ASKED HIM, “IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TOO TO SHARE, WITH THE PATRIARCHS, IN THE SUPREME TEACHING?” TOKUSAN STRUCK HIM WITH HIS STAFF, SAYING, “WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 9 No words, no mind, and you are in 5 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, HOGEN BECAME A PRIEST AT THE AGE OF SEVEN, STUDYING BUDDHISM AND CONFUCIANISM. ONE DAY, SOME YEARS LATER, WHEN HOGEN WAS ON THE WAY TO THE LAKE, IT BEGAN TO RAIN AND HE TOOK SHELTER IN JIZO’S TEMPLE. JIZO, WHO WAS SITTING BY THE FIREPLACE, ASKED HOGEN, “WHERE ARE YOU GOING?...