Turning In (discourses) ~ 06
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| event type | discourse & meditation |
| date & time | 26 Aug 1988 pm |
| location | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 17min. Quality: good. Osho leading meditation from 54:23. 10 minutes of live music after the discourse. |
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| video | Available, duration 1h 19min. Quality: good, but beginnig of Osho arriving and the public are inferior (under revision). |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | TURNIN06 |
- 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
- Hakuin said:
- My humble advice to you distinguished persons who study the profound mystery of the Buddha-dharma is this: your close examination of yourself must be as urgent as saving your own head were it ablaze; your efforts to penetrate into your own original nature must be as tireless as the pursuit of an indispensable thing; your attitude toward the verbal teachings of the Buddhas and patriarchs must be as hostile as that toward a deadly enemy.
- In Zen, he who does not bring strong doubt to bear upon the koans is a dissolute, knavish good-for-nothing. Therefore it is said: "Underlying great doubt there is great satori; where there is thorough questioning there will be a thorough-going experience of awakening."
- Do not say, "Since my thoughts are always flying about in confusion, I lack the power to apply myself to genuine concentration on my koan."
- Suppose that, among the dense crowd of people in the hurly-burly of the marketplace, a man accidentally loses two or three pieces of gold. You will never find anyone who, because the place is noisy and bustling or because he has dropped his pieces of gold in the dirt, will not turn back to look for them. He pushes any number of people about, stirs up a lot of dust, and weeping copious tears rushes around searching for his gold. If he doesn't get it back into his own two hands, he will never regain his peace of mind. Do you consider the priceless jewel worn in the hair, your own inherent, marvelous Tao, of less value than two or three pieces of gold?
- Question 1
- Our Beloved Master, I have understood you to encourage us to keep the ability to doubt always alive. Is there no point at which doubt is no longer needed? A point when it is no longer helpful?
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