No Mind The Flowers of Eternity ~ 05

event type	discourse & meditation
date & time	30 Dec 1988 pm
location	Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune
language	English
audio	Available, duration 0h 51min. Quality: good. Osho leading meditation from 31:03. More than 10 minutes of live music after the discourse.
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video	Available, duration 0h 44min. Quality: good.
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see also	timeline : Osho Timeline 1988 first edition : No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity (1989.09) other editions, translations and links
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shorttitle	NOMIND05

notes

synopsis: Reader of the sutras: Ma Prem Maneesha. Questions are being read by Osho himself.
After discourse Osho leads No-Mind Meditation.

The sutras

Chosa was a disciple of Nansen and a contemporary of Tokusan, Rinzai and Isan. One day Chosa went for a walk and when he returned to the gate, the head monk asked him, "Osho, where have you been strolling?"

Chosa replied, "I have come from walking in the hills."

The head monk said, "Where have you been?"

Chosa said, "First I went following the fragrant grasses, and now I have returned in pursuit of the falling blossoms."

At this the head monk commented, "You are full of the spring."

Chosa replied, "Better than the autumn dews falling on the lotus leaves."

One evening Chosa (who was Kyozan's "uncle" in the dharma lineage) was enjoying the moonlight with Kyozan, who said, "Everyone has 'this one thing' but does not know how to use it."

Chosa replied, "Perhaps I should employ you and use it."

Kyozan exclaimed, "Try it!"

Instantly, Chosa trampled on Kyozan.

Kyozan then commented, "Uncle, you are like a fierce tiger!"

Question 1

Beloved Buddha, since you became a host for Gautama the Buddha, you seem quite different to me, and meditating in your physical presence is also different. It is not just the impact of seeing you again after an absence, because the feeling has not diminished with time; nor is it just my fantasy, because others feel the same way.

Your love seems a little less like a cuddle and more like a boiling cauldron.

(source:CD-ROM)