Christianity and Zen ~ 01
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| event type | discourse & meditation |
| date & time | 22 Jan 1989 pm |
| location | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 2h 41min. Quality: good, but intro and a sutra barely audible. Osho leading meditation from 2:00:11. Live music after the discourse. |
| online audio | |
| video | Available, duration 2h 37min. Quality: good. |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | CHRIST01 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutra: Ma Prem Maneesha. Questions are being read by Osho himself.
After discourse Osho leads No-Mind Meditation.
- The sutra
- On one occasion, Yakusan wrote down the Chinese character signifying buddha, and asked his disciple, Dogo: "What is this letter?"
- Dogo replied, "It's the letter for 'buddha'."
- Yakusan commented, "You are a monk so full of chatter!"
- Once, at the evening discourse, Yakusan didn't light the candle as usual. A monk came and stood by his side. Yakusan said, "I have a very special phrase. If a bull gives birth, I will tell it to you."
- The monk said, "The bull has already given birth long ago, and you just keep not revealing it."
- Yakusan asked for a light. When the candle was brought in, the monk retreated and disappeared into the assembly of monks.
- Later Ungan told Tozan about this, and Tozan said, "The monk knew the truth -- he just didn't want to make obeisance to the master."
- Question 1
- If the truth is one, then why do all the masters, all the awakened ones, speak in different ways? Sometimes it even looks as if they are contradictory.
- Question 2
- Our Beloved Master, your masterliness last night was awe-inspiring.
- It seems ironical, but does the disciple only really comprehend the master's compassion when he is enlightened and thus no longer so dependent on it?
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