The Miracle (discourses) ~ 04
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| event type | discourse & meditation |
| date & time | 5 Aug 1988 pm |
| location | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 2h 7min. Quality: good. Osho leading meditation from 1:50:22. Live music after the discourse. |
| online audio | |
| video | Available, duration 2h 12min. Quality: good, but when shows sannyasins not good; Osho leaving is inferior. |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | MIRACL04 |
- 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
- Dogen wrote:
- Quietly consider the fact that if this were a time when the true dharma had not yet spread throughout the world, it would be impossible for us to come into contact with it, even if we were willing to sacrifice our lives to do so. How fortunate to have been born in the present day, when we are able to make this encounter!
- We are now able to come in contact with the Buddha Sakyamuni and hear his teachings due to the compassionate kindness that has resulted from the constant practice of each of the Buddhas and patriarchs. If the Buddhas and patriarchs had not directly transmitted the dharma, how could it have come down to us today?
- The true way of expressing this gratitude can be found only in our daily practice itself.
- How transient our life is! To utter two or three words of the Buddhas and patriarchs completely is to express the Buddhas and patriarchs themselves fully. Why is this so?
- In their realm there is no gap between body and mind, so every word of their uttering is their warm body and mind.
- Therefore, when we become the Buddhas and patriarchs, we transcend them.
- This is the practical expression of two or three words of Buddhas and patriarchs.
- So I strongly urge you to pursue the practice of the Buddhas and patriarchs.
- Question 1
- Our Beloved Master, what is it about man today that he is not only lacking in the simplicity and innocence of the people we hear about in these Zen discourses, but that he is so wary of commitment?
- It is as if we are afraid to have all our eggs in one basket; or are obsessed with experiencing simply everything that is available. So we end up having tasted everything and not being nourished by anything.
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