Rinzai Master of the Irrational ~ 01

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event type discourse & meditation
date & time 23 Oct 1988 pm
location Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune
language English
audio Available, duration 2h 23min. Quality: good.
Osho leading meditation from 2:04:12.
Live music after the discourse.
online audio
video Available, duration 2h 21min. Quality: good.
online video
see also
online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle RINZAI01
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
Rinzai became known as the master of the shouts. On one occasion, a monk asked, "What about the cardinal principle of the Buddha-dharma?"
Rinzai shouted -- the monk bowed.
"Do you say that's a good shout?" Rinzai asked.
The monk commented: "The thief in the grass has met complete defeat."
"What's my offense?" Rinzai asked.
The monk replied, "It won't be pardoned a second time."
Rinzai gave a shout.


Question 1
Our Beloved Master, our love for music, poetry, dance, our love for love itself -- doesn't that suggest an urge in us to disappear?
If that is so, why does meditation, the art of disappearing, not come more naturally to us?


(source:CD-ROM)


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