Zen The Diamond Thunderbolt ~ 11
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| event type | discourse & meditation |
| date & time | 22 Jul 1988 pm |
| location | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 34min. Quality: good. Osho leading meditation from 1:24:11. Live music after the discourse. |
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| video | Available, duration 1h 33min. Quality: inferior (under revision). |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | BOLT11 |
- 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
- One day, when master Keizan got up in the hall to speak, a monk called Gazan came forward from the assembly and asked, "Why is it hard to speak of the place where not a breath enters?"
- Keizan said, "Even speaking of it does not say it."
- Gazan had a flash of insight, but as he was about to open his mouth, Keizan said, "Wrong."
- Scolded, Gazan withdrew. After this his spirit of determination soared far beyond that of ordinary people.
- One night, as Keizan was enjoying the moon along with Gazan, he said, "Do you know that there are two moons?"
- Gazan said, "No."
- Keizan said, "If you don't know that there are two moons, you are not a seedling of the 'to' succession."
- At this, Gazan increased his determination and sat cross legged like an iron pole for years.
- One day, as Keizan passed through the hall, he said, quoting Sekito, "Sometimes it is right to have him raise his eyebrows and blink his eyes; sometimes it is right not to have him raise his eyebrows and blink his eyes."
- At these words, Gazan was greatly enlightened. Then with full ceremony, he expressed his understanding. Keizan agreed with him.
- Question 1
- Beloved Osho, what is meant by "maturity of spirit"?
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