Sufis The People of Path Vol 1 ~ 15

event type	discourse
date & time	25 Aug 1977 am
location	Buddha Hall, Poona
language	English
audio	Available, duration 1h 40min. Quality: good.
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video	Not available
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see also	timeline : Osho Timeline 1977 first edition : Sufis: The People of the Path, Vol 1 (1979.07) other editions, translations and links
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shorttitle	SUFIS115

notes

synopsis: Reader of the sutra: Sw Ananda Teertha.

The sutra

A certain man who was fond of studying all kinds of systems of thought wrote to a dervish master, Abdul-Aziz of Mecca, asking whether he could talk to him in order to make comparisons.

The dervish sent him a bottle with oil and water in it, and a piece of cotton wick. Enclosed in the package was this letter:

Dear friend, if you place the wick in the oil, you will get light when fire is applied to it. If you pour out the oil and put the wick in the water, you will get no light. If you shake up the oil and water and then place the wick in them, you will get a spluttering and a going out. There is no need to carry out this experiment through words and visits when it can be done with such simple materials as these.

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