Rinzai Master of the Irrational ~ 06
event type | discourse & meditation |
date & time | 29 Oct 1988 pm |
location | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 30min. Quality: good. Osho leading meditation from 1:16:43. |
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video | Available, duration 1h 35min. Quality: good. |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | RINZAI06 |
- 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
- When Rinzai once visited Horin, Horin said: "Into the sea, the moonlight falls clear and shadowless, but the wanton fish deceive themselves."
- Rinzai commented: "If the moonlight on the sea is without shadows, how can the fish be deceived?"
- Horin then said: "Seeing there is wind, waves arise; playing with the water, the rough sail flaps."
- Rinzai said: "The frog in the moon shines brightly alone, and all rivers and hills are at peace. The long breath of the wind is the voice of autumn in earth and sky."
- Horin said: "Though you may spread your three inches of tongue, and illuminate the celestial quietness, just try and say a single word to fit the occasion!"
- Rinzai responded: "When you meet a master swordsman, show him your sword. When you meet a man who is not a poet, do not show him your poem."
- Question 1
- Our Beloved Master, is the witness a presence or simply an absence -- the absence of identification with body and mind?
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