< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Here it is... 1 July 1980 am in Buddha Hall CHAO CHOU ASKED NAN CHUAN, “WHAT IS THE TAO?” NAN CHUAN ANSWERED, “THE ORDINARY MIND IS TAO.” CHAO CHOU THEN ASKED, “HOW CAN ONE APPROACH IT?” NAN CHUAN REPLIED, “IF YOU WANT TO APPROACH IT, YOU WILL CERTAINLY MISS IT.” “IF YOU DO NOT APPROACH IT, HOW DO YOU KNOW IT IS THE TAO?...

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 10 It’s a Special Transmission 10 July 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, I WILL BE TAKING SANNYAS IN A FEW DAYS. I WOULD LIKE SO MUCH THAT YOU SAY SOMETHING TO ME. I AM AFRAID – THERE ARE DOUBTS – AND I FEEL HAPPINESS ARISE. Evi Huber, It is natural to feel afraid when you are entering into something unknown....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Come and Get It! 2 July 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, WHAT IS UNDERSTANDING AND WHAT IS MISUNDERSTANDING? Dharmaraj, Mind is misunderstanding – any kind of mind, good or bad, educated or uneducated, cultured or uncultured, Christian or Hindu; it does not matter what kind of mind it is. Mind as such is misunderstanding. Mind means you are carrying a priori conclusions; you are not seeing that which is, you are seeing that which you want to see....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 The Empty Door is Open Wide 3 July 1980 am in Buddha Hall ZEN MASTER SHEN TSAN GAINED HIS ENLIGHTENMENT THROUGH PAI CHANG. HE THEN RETURNED TO THE MONASTERY IN WHICH HE HAD BEEN ORDAINED BY HIS “FIRST TEACHER”, THE MONK WHO HAD BROUGHT HIM UP FROM CHILDHOOD AND WHO, AT THAT TIME, WAS A VERY OLD MAN. ONE DAY SHEN TSAN WAS HELPING HIS OLD TEACHER TO BATHE....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 At a Time Like This? 4 July 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, CAN A WOMAN REALLY DRIVE A MAN CRAZY? Anand Deepesh, It depends on the man. If he is wise he becomes a henpecked husband; if he is not so wise, then there is no other way than to be crazy. That’s why ninety-nine point nine percent of men decide to be henpecked husbands – just to survive....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 Why not Shoot Yourself? 5 July 1980 am in Buddha Hall SHIH-KUNG WAS A HUNTER BEFORE HE WAS ORDAINED AS A ZEN MONK UNDER MA TZU. HE STRONGLY DISLIKED BUDDHIST MONKS, WHO WERE AGAINST HIS PROFESSION. ONE DAY, WHILE CHASING A DEER, HE PASSED BY THE COTTAGE WHERE MA TZU RESIDED. MA TZU CAME OUT AND GREETED HIM. SHIH-KUNG ASKED, “DID YOU SEE SOME DEER PASS BY YOUR DOOR?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 Wake up, Lazarus! 6 July 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, DID JESUS REALLY CALL BACK LAZARUS FROM DEATH? The function of the master is precisely that: to call the disciples to the real life – ordinarily they are dead. Ordinarily you only appear to be alive; don’t be deceived by the appearance. You function like a robot, efficiently, but it is not life....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 7 Mind is Gone 7 July 1980 am in Buddha Hall ONE DAY AN ANGEL, FLYING BACK TO HEAVEN, SAW BELOW HIM A LUXURIANT FOREST ENVELOPED IN A GREAT, GLOWING HALO OF LIGHT. HAVING TRAVELED THROUGH THE SKY MANY MANY TIMES BEFORE, HE NATURALLY HAD SEEN NUMEROUS LAKES, MOUNTAINS AND FORESTS, BUT HAD NEVER PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO THEM. TODAY, HOWEVER, HE NOTICED SOMETHING DIFFERENT – A FOREST SURROUNDED BY A RADIANT AURA, FROM WHICH BEAMS OF LIGHT RADIATED TO EVERY PART OF THE FIRMAMENT....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 8 Get It? 8 July 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, WHAT IS FOR LUNCH TODAY? Sant Maharaj, WHAT IS THE MATTER? Are you really becoming a celibate? It happens to celibates: their interest starts changing from women to food. You can look around the Indian sannyasins, the so-called mahatmas, and you will always find them very fat, with big bellies....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 9 The Bird Has Flown 9 July 1980 am in Buddha Hall A MONK WAS RECITING THE DIAMOND SUTRA: “... IF ONE SEES THAT FORMS ARE NOT FORMS, HE THEN SEES BUDDHA.” THE MASTER WAS PASSING BY AND HEARD IT. HE THEN SAID TO THE MONK “YOU RECITE WRONGLY. IT GOES LIKE THIS:”IF ONE sees THAT FORMS ARE FORMS, HE THEN SEES BUDDHA....