Zen The Mystery and Poetry ~ 05

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event type discourse & meditation
date & time 12 Jan 1989 pm
location Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune
language English
audio Available, duration 1h 0min. Quality: good.
Osho leading meditation from 1:49:52.
Live music after the discourse.
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video Available, duration 2h 4min. Quality: good, but a slight constant audio-noise.
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online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle POETRY05
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
Once Chokoman was asked, "What is the place of religious exercises of the ancient Buddhas?"
Chokoman said, "Just by walking, they trod on it."
The monk went on, "And after they had trod on it?"
Chokoman replied, "Ice melting, tiles breaking up."
The monk then asked, "How does that happen?"
Chokoman responded by saying, "The gentlemen in the city, the little children outside the walls."
On another occasion, a monk asked Chokoman, "What is this sword that will cut a hair that is blown onto it?"
Chokoman replied, "You can't touch it."
The monk then asked, "How about one who uses it?"
Chokoman said "His bones and body are smashed to smithereens."
The monk commented, "Then, it's a good thing not to be able to touch it!" -- at which Chokoman struck him.


Question 1
Our Beloved Master, it is amazing to me that not one person -- throughout the entire world -- rises to your challenges and answers you. As your disciple and a lover of a good argument, I wish someone had the guts to debate with you. Are people so lacking any fire that they don't have the initiative to stand up for the society they live in and the values they live by?


(source:CD-ROM)


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