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syn = Reader of the | syn = Reader of the sutra: [[Ma Prem Maneesha]]. Questions are being read by Osho himself.<br>After discourse Osho leads [[No-Mind Meditation]]. | ||
:The sutra | |||
::The monk, Sompu, was once washing a Buddha statue. Yakusan came and asked him, "Now you are washing this, but can you wash that?" | |||
::Sompu replied, "Please get that and bring it to me." | |||
::The master didn't say anything. | |||
::On another occasion, when Yakusan was sitting down, a monk came up to him and said, "Osho, you are sitting silently. What are you thinking?" | |||
::Yakusan replied, "I'm thinking the unthinkable." | |||
::The monk said, "How do you think the unthinkable?" | |||
::Yakusan replied, "Non-thinking." | |||
::When Yakusan was about to die, he yelled out, "The hall is falling down! The hall is falling down!" | |||
::The monks brought various things and began to prop it up. Yakusan threw up his hands and said, "No one of you understood what I meant!" | |||
:Question 1 | |||
::Why does communism need a dictatorship of the proletariat? Why not democracy? | |||
:Question 2 | |||
::Why has the state not disappeared after seventy years? | |||
:Question 3 | |||
::Our Beloved Master, there was no place for any God in the work of the Russian mystic, George Gurdjieff, yet he did not attract a large number of disciples in Western Europe or in his home country. Was this more a reflection of his abilities as a communicator or were the Russian people simply not ready to receive him? | |||
:([[Glossary#source_of_quotes_in_the_synopsis|source:''CD-ROM'']]) | |||
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prevevent = Communism & Zen Fire ~ 02 | | prevevent = Communism & Zen Fire ~ 02 | | ||
nextevent = Communism & Zen Fire ~ 04 | | nextevent = Communism & Zen Fire ~ 04 | |
Revision as of 06:14, 28 February 2019
event type | discourse & meditation |
date & time | 1 Feb 1989 pm |
location | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 3h 26min. Quality: good. Osho leading meditation from 3:09:32. Live music after the discourse. |
online audio | |
video | Available, duration 3h 26min. Quality: good. |
online video | |
see also |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | FIRE03 |
- 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
- The monk, Sompu, was once washing a Buddha statue. Yakusan came and asked him, "Now you are washing this, but can you wash that?"
- Sompu replied, "Please get that and bring it to me."
- The master didn't say anything.
- On another occasion, when Yakusan was sitting down, a monk came up to him and said, "Osho, you are sitting silently. What are you thinking?"
- Yakusan replied, "I'm thinking the unthinkable."
- The monk said, "How do you think the unthinkable?"
- Yakusan replied, "Non-thinking."
- When Yakusan was about to die, he yelled out, "The hall is falling down! The hall is falling down!"
- The monks brought various things and began to prop it up. Yakusan threw up his hands and said, "No one of you understood what I meant!"
- Question 1
- Why does communism need a dictatorship of the proletariat? Why not democracy?
- Question 2
- Why has the state not disappeared after seventy years?
- Question 3
- Our Beloved Master, there was no place for any God in the work of the Russian mystic, George Gurdjieff, yet he did not attract a large number of disciples in Western Europe or in his home country. Was this more a reflection of his abilities as a communicator or were the Russian people simply not ready to receive him?
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