Turning In (discourses) ~ 08
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| event type | discourse & meditation |
| date & time | 28 Aug 1988 pm |
| location | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 2h 12min. Quality: good. Osho leading meditation from 2:00:34. Live music after the discourse. |
| online audio | |
| video | Available, duration 2h 24min. Quality: good. |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | TURNIN08 |
- 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
- Daikaku said:
- This school is an exceedingly deep and subtle teaching; once you have heard it, it becomes an excellent cause for enlightenment for all time.
- An ancient said, "Those who hear this, even if they don't believe, have blessings greater than humans or gods; those who study, even without attainment, eventually reach buddhahood."
- A monk asked Daikaku: "How should I rest my mind; how should I use my mind?"
- Daikaku said: The no-mind has no attachment to appearances; detachment from appearances is the character of reality. Among the four modes of conduct -- walking, standing, sitting, and lying -- sitting is considered to be stable and tranquil. This means sitting straight and contemplating reality.
- Sitting straight means sitting cross-legged as the Buddhas do. Contemplating reality means sitting meditation. Forming the symbol of absorption in the cosmos, body and mind unmoving, eyes half-open, watching over the tip of the nose, you should see all compounded things as like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows. Don't get caught up in thought about them.
- When the eyes are open and you can see for a distance, your mind can be distracted by the profusion of objects; yet if you close your eyes, you fall into a state of darkness and oblivion, and your mind is not clear. When your eyes are half-open, your thoughts don't race; mind and body are one thusness.
- When you examine clearly, the afflictions of birth and death cannot be approached. This is called fulfilling buddhahood right where you are, the meaning of great capacity and great function.
- Question 1
- Our Beloved Master, what place does a structured meditation technique have in the lives of your sannyasins, both when we are living near you and when we are away?
- Is it sufficient to sit in meditation in your presence or listen to a video, and then to carry that meditativeness into the rest of the day, or should additional time be set aside to do zazen or vipassana?
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