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. |
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video | Available, duration 1h 38min. Quality: good. |
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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?
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