Christianity and Zen ~ 03

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event type discourse & meditation
date & time 24 Jan 1989 pm
location Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune
language English
audio Available, duration 3h 36min. Quality: good.
Osho leading meditation from 3:14:52.
Live music after the discourse.
online audio
video Available, duration 3h 34min. Quality: good.
online video
see also
online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle CHRIST03
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
Yakusan talked with Meikei Osho and later told Ungan: "Meikei was once a government superintendent in his past life."
Ungan asked, "Osho, what have you done in your past lives?"
Yakusan replied, "Being afraid and shaky, with hundreds of uglinesses and thousands of clumsinesses, I somehow have managed to live lives."
Ungan later repeated this to Dogo, who commented: "It is a good story, but one question is missing."
"What, may I ask?" inquired Ungan.
Dogo said, in the manner of literary, scholarly Chinese: "How did you become like that?"
Ungan took the question to Yakusan, using the same scholarly Chinese.
Yakusan answered, "I never open any books."
On another occasion, Yakusan asked Ungan, "A horse has horns; can you see them?"
Ungan replied, "If it has, there is no need to see."
"That horse is of the best quality," added Yakusan.
Ungan replied, "If that is so, I'll take it."


Question 1
One sannyasin has asked that his parents, and particularly his mother, harass him very much while he is meditating. She says to him, "Why are you wasting your time sitting here, doing nothing? Who are you bluffing by closing your eyes? It is better to read the Bible, or go to the church and pray to God, or do some virtuous actions. This -- what you call meditation -- is simply selfishness."
The sannyasin has asked me, "What is your answer?"
Question 2
Our Beloved Master, are there certain conditionings -- such as guilt, fear, jealousy -- that are not peculiar to Christianity alone but have been endorsed by all religions, in all cultures since time immemorial?


(source:CD-ROM)


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