The First Principle ~ 02

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event type discourse
date & time 12 Apr 1977 am
location Buddha Hall, Poona
language English
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shorttitle PRINCI02
notes
synopsis
Reader of the questions: n/a; questions are being read by Osho himself.
Question 1
Is God really dead?
Question 2
How can I be nothing and unique?
Question 3
I belong to the intelligentsia; I believe in intellect and reason. Is there a way out for me?
Question 4 from Nirgun
What is the reason that I find it difficult to enforce rules? Part of me gets angry and insists that sannyasins follow simple rules like no smoking or eating in the gardens. Teertha has called me "the Commandant of the garden," but deep down I hate the whole authority trip; it is the only part of my work that is not enjoyable. How can one be a nobody when put in a position of having to enforce rules?
Could Chuang Tzu lay down his fishing pole and come to Poona to play Laxmi's role?
Question 5 from Vani
I am no politician, no diplomat, and I feel like a clown. I want to dance on the desk and sing on the phone "hello-lujah" rather than "hello." May I sign up for the ashram fool?
Question 6 from Ma Deva Anando
One beautiful day when love was humming in the air, even Winnie the Pooh forgot his constant fruitless search for a pot of boney and just sat down. When his eyes opened he was bowled over to see all around him huge pots overflowing with more honey than he could ever eat.
When he rolled into Eeyore's later that night, all sticky and content and full of his discovery, Eeyore looked wise and said, "Honey is always there -- but you can only find it when you are not looking."
Pooh bear thought he understood, but for days after when he made sudden surreptitious glances out of the corner of his eye -- no honey! He even tried sitting down again and saying very loudly, "I am not looking for honey!" But when he opened his eyes, the honey still was not there.
Dear Eeyore, how can I drop my greed and my expectations, and just be?
Question 7 from Anand Nitya
My parents deceived me with Father Christmas. Are you real, or will I be disillusioned again?
Question 8
The Zen masters say, "Kill your parents," and even, "If you meet the Buddha on the way, kill him immediately. "Is it not shocking? Is it not irreverent?


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