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Zen is not a Theology – Osho
Zen is not a theology, it is a religion – and religion without a theology is a unique phenomenon. All other religions exist around the concept of God. They have theologies. They are God-centric not...
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Like the Empty Sky it has no Boundaries – Osho
And now this profound sutra. Like the empty sky it has no boundaries, yet it is right in this place, ever profound and clear. Replace ‘it’ by ‘God’ and you will immediately understand – but Zen people...
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My “Now” Contains “This” and “That”– Osho
In lecture yesterday you spoke about the Master’s work: keeping his disciples from settling for less than “freedom from the self”. In the West, much is made of the experience that “This is it,” that...
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Consciousness Minus Thinking is Samadhi – Osho
In the search for the first principle, silence is the door – the only door. And except it there is no way to approach the first principle. The first principle can be known only when you move to the...
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All Moons in the One Moon
I cannot understand the philosophy of Zen. What should I do to understand it? Baula, Zen is not a philosophy at all. To approach Zen as if it were a philosophy is to start in a wrong way from the very...
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All Beings are from the Very Beginning Buddhas – Osho
I was thinking what should I give to you today? Because this is my birthday, I was incarnated into this body on this day. This is the day I saw for the first time the green of the trees and the blue of...
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This Very Place the Lotus Paradise – Osho
Man lives in illusion. Man lives through illusion. Man lives for illusion. In short, man lives because of illusion. Hence the fear of truth. Nobody wants truth, although everybody goes on seeking for...
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The Discontented Socrates – Osho
What is the difference between a contented pig, a discontented Socrates, and a natural man of Zen? You will have to understand these five categories. First, the contented pig. It has nothing to do with...
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My Abiding Place Has No Pillars – Osho
Zen has no teaching; Zen has no doctrine. Zen gives no guidance, because it says there is no goal. It says you are not to move into a certain direction. It says you are already there, so the more you...
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Go Like an Arrow – Osho
Maneesha, Hakuin is one of the most respected Zen masters. His respect is because of his ability to express the inexpressible, to create devices that somehow can manage to give you a glimpse of the...
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The Emptiness of the Heart – Osho
Maneesha, Bukko has come to the ultimate expression of the experience of one’s own being. Very rarely has a master succeeded to such a point as Bukko has in his statements. Listen carefully, because...
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Ripe Plum – Osho
Maneesha, one of the most important things to be remembered all along is that the Zen master is not a philosopher. He is not rational. Basically he is very irrational and absurd, but miraculously he...
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Go on Digging – Osho
The word ‘zazen’ has to be understood before I can start discussing the sutras that you have brought. Zen I have explained to you. It comes from the Sanskrit dhyan. Buddha never used Sanskrit as a part...
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Zen is a Brave Step – Osho
The first question: From what I heard you say last night about reincarnation, I understand that even individuality is superficial. Reincarnation was a consolation for me, that “my essence” or “soul”...
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The Ocean is Always Waiting – Osho
The other night I heard you say there is no reincarnation, no soul, no spirit after death, only pure consciousness, pure silence. Is it then so, that part of us, of our own consciousness, is aware of...
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Inscape – The Ultimate Annihilation – Osho
Apparently sex was used by some Zen masters – for example, Ikkyu – as a way to transform energy. However, in no translation to date does evidence of this appear. It seems disciples excluded from their...
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There is no Final Destination – Osho
Ikkyu wrote: Myself of long ago, In nature Non-existent: No final destination, Nothing of any value. He is giving you the very manifesto of Zen. Myself of long ago, in nature . . . I have disappeared...
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Go Beyond Emptiness – Osho
Sekiso has a poem: For six years sitting alone Still as a snake In a stalk of bamboo, With no family but the ice On the snow mountain . . . Last night, seeing the empty sky Fly into pieces, He shook...
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So Be It – Osho
Ikkyu wrote: Whether I elevate this message Or put it down, Everything under the heavens Is the imperial domain. I salute and say, “So be it . . . so be it.” That is another version of total relaxation...
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Be a Rare Person – Osho
Daio wrote: The sphere of perfect communion Is clear everywhere. The water is alive, The willow eyes are green. Why are people these days In such a great hurry? In each land, The sphere of perfect...
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