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Arigato Nippon
Sumati and I arrived in Tokyo in December having come from India by way of Thailand and the Philippines. The cold was a shock to the system. Not long after arriving, I came down with pneumonia. We...
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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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Centering is the Method, Not the Result – Osho
If enlightenment and samadhi mean total consciousness, cosmic consciousness, all-pervading consciousness, then it seems very strange to call this state of cosmic consciousness centering, as the word...
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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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A Way Out
Not long ago, I wrote a piece describing some of my childhood events; parents separating, sometimes harsh disciplinary tactics employed, the benefits of having multiple parents, early rebellion, etc....
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The Sky of Completion – Osho
I heard you say that we sometimes carry other people’s wounds. What does this mean? Is another person’s wound simply their thought pattern that we adopt? If we can so easily accept someone else’s wound...
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Let Your Aloneness Become a Dance – Osho
Osho, Never belonged, Never been on the ‘inside’, Never felt ‘at one’ with another, Why such a loner all my life? Prem Madhura, Life is a mystery, but you can reduce it to a problem. And once you make...
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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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Then Nothing is Negative – Osho
A meditator who is vulnerable, passive, open and receptive, feels that with these characteristics he suffers due to the influence of the non-meditative, negative and these vibrations around him. Please...
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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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Are You Self-Realized – Osho
Are you self-realized? And how do you explain your relationship with existence and with people? The word you say, “self-realized,” is not right, because realization always means a transcendence of the...
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