Zen The Quantum Leap ~ 08

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event type discourse & meditation
date & time 18 Jun 1988 pm
location Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune
language English
audio Available, duration 0h 52min. Quality: good.
Osho leading meditation from 38:49.
Live music after the discourse.
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video Available, duration 0h 54min. Quality: not so good.
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online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle QUANT08
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synopsis
Reader of the sutras: Ma Prem Maneesha. Questions are being read by Osho himself.
After discourse Osho leads No-Mind Meditation.
The sutras
A monk asked Seike, "Where does a monk go when he dies and transmigrates?"
Seike said, "The choko flows on and on, never stopping; bubbles obey the vagaries of the wind."
The monk asked further, "Does he receive the ceremonial offerings?"
Seike said, "We can't say there are no ceremonial offerings."
"What exactly are these offerings?" asked the monk.
Seike said, "As the fisherman's song pushes the oar, his voice is heard in the valleys."
Before Chu Kokushi died, emperor Shukusho asked him, "When you are a hundred years old, what shall I do for you?"
Kokushi answered, "Make a seamless pagoda for this old monk."
The emperor said, "I would like to ask you what style is it to be?"
Kokushi remained silent for a while, and then he said, "Do you understand?"
"No, I do not," said the emperor.
"I have a disciple called Tangen," said Kokushi, "who had the dharma seal transmitted by me. He is well versed in this matter. Ask him, please."
After Kokushi's death, the emperor sent for Tangen and asked him about it.
Tangen said, "South of Sho and north of Tan, in between, gold abounds.
The ferryboat under the shadowless tree, no holy one in the emerald palace you see."


Question 1
Beloved Osho, whenever I try to die each night -- to close down my senses and be dead -- I only feel life trying to assert itself more vigorously. Am I doing it wrongly or is that what is meant to happen? Or are there no "meant to happens" here?


(source:CD-ROM)


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