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Revision as of 22:07, 8 March 2022

event type discourse & meditation
date & time 22 Jan 1989 pm
location Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune
language English
audio Available, duration 2h 41min. Quality: good, but intro and a sutra barely audible.
Osho leading meditation from 2:00:11.
Live music after the discourse.
online audio
video Available, duration 2h 37min. Quality: good.
online video
see also
online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle CHRIST01
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
On one occasion, Yakusan wrote down the Chinese character signifying buddha, and asked his disciple, Dogo: "What is this letter?"
Dogo replied, "It's the letter for 'buddha'."
Yakusan commented, "You are a monk so full of chatter!"
Once, at the evening discourse, Yakusan didn't light the candle as usual. A monk came and stood by his side. Yakusan said, "I have a very special phrase. If a bull gives birth, I will tell it to you."
The monk said, "The bull has already given birth long ago, and you just keep not revealing it."
Yakusan asked for a light. When the candle was brought in, the monk retreated and disappeared into the assembly of monks.
Later Ungan told Tozan about this, and Tozan said, "The monk knew the truth -- he just didn't want to make obeisance to the master."


Question 1
If the truth is one, then why do all the masters, all the awakened ones, speak in different ways? Sometimes it even looks as if they are contradictory.
Question 2
Our Beloved Master, your masterliness last night was awe-inspiring.
It seems ironical, but does the disciple only really comprehend the master's compassion when he is enlightened and thus no longer so dependent on it?


(source:CD-ROM)


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