Rinzai Master of the Irrational ~ 04

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event type discourse & meditation
date & time 27 Oct 1988 pm
location Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune
language English
audio Available, duration 1h 41min. Quality: good.
Osho leading meditation from 1:19:36.
Live music after the discourse.
online audio
video Available, duration 1h 38min. Quality: good.
online video
see also
online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle RINZAI04
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
One day when Rinzai and Pu'hua were both attending a dinner at a patron's house, Rinzai asked: "A hair swallows up the great sea, and a mustard seed contains mount Sumeru. Is this the marvelous activity of supernatural power or original substance as it is?" Pu'hua kicked over the dinner table.
"How coarse!" exclaimed the master.
Pu'hua retorted, "What place do you think this is -- talking about coarse and fine!"
The next day Rinzai and Pu'hua again attended a dinner. The master asked, "How does today's feast compare with yesterday's?"
Pu'hua kicked over the dinner table as before. "Good enough," said Rinzai, "but how coarse!"
Pu'hua commented, "Blind man! What has Buddha-dharma got to do with coarse and fine?" Rinzai stuck out his tongue.


Question 1
Our Beloved Master, with the path of Sufism, the way of the heart behind us, where does the devotee fit in?


(source:CD-ROM)


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