OSHO
ZEN
NO MIND: THE FLOWERS OF ETERNITY
Chapter 5: I am just myself
Question 1
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Question 1
Maneesha has asked:
BELOVED BUDDHA,
SINCE YOU BECAME A HOST FOR GAUTAMA THE BUDDHA, YOU SEEM QUITE DIFFERENT TO ME, AND MEDITATING IN YOUR PHYSICAL PRESENCE IS ALSO DIFFERENT. IT IS NOT JUST THE IMPACT OF SEEING YOU AGAIN AFTER AN ABSENCE, BECAUSE THE FEELING HAS NOT DIMINISHED WITH TIME; NOR IS IT JUST MY FANTASY, BECAUSE OTHERS FEEL THE SAME WAY.
YOUR LOVE SEEMS A LITTLE LESS LIKE A CUDDLE AND MORE LIKE A BOILING CAULDRON.
Maneesha, you were right before six o'clock this evening. Now your question is irrelevant.
Okay?
Nivedano...
(Drumbeat)
(Gibberish)
Nivedano...
(Drumbeat)
Be silent. Close your eyes. Feel your body to be completely frozen.
Now, this is the moment to look inwards with your total consciousness, and with an urgency as if this is going to be your last moment in life.
Go deeper. As you will be reaching deeper and deeper and deeper, closer to your center, you will find the buddha -- not any buddha of the past, but your very being.
Everybody is a born buddha, whether one remembers it or not. This is the moment to remember it! Because with the very remembrance of your being a buddha, a new world opens its doors.
Just be a witness.
Nivedano, make it clear...
(Drumbeat)
Just watch the body -- it is not you. This is the body which can be trampled. Watch the mind -- it is not you. The only quality that you can claim as your very being is witnessing. And witnessing makes you a buddha.
Gather as much as you can the silences of your heart, and the tremendous peace that has descended over you. The whole spring -- gather it! And persuade the buddha to come along with you, to become your very breathing, to become your ordinary life.
Sooner or later there will not be anyone here who is not a buddha in his own right. Before Nivedano calls you, persuade the buddha.
Today, it is not only to come and sit silently for a few minutes, but also to dance because I have declared myself Zorba The Buddha, which has been my basic approach to all human problems. This evening is far more significant than the evening four days before.
Come back. Bring all your silence and joy and grace with you. Sit a few moments utterly full of spring.
Today you have to stand up and dance with the music, because this is my last declaration.
Okay, Maneesha?
Yes, Buddha.
Next: Chapter 6: My change has taken me higher
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Chapters:
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 1: To create a few more rainbows, ON A CERTAIN DAY, ONCE A MONK WAS ASKED BY KYOZAN, 'WHERE HAVE YOU COME FROM?' TO WHICH THE MONK REPLIED, 'FROM YUSHU.' KYOZAN THEN ASKED HIM, 'I'D LIKE TO KNOW SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT YUSHU; WHAT'S THE PRICE OF RICE THERE?' at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 1: To create a few more rainbows, Question 1, WE HAVE HEARD YOU HAVE BEEN VERY SICK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT? at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 2: An assembly of two buddhas, ON ONE OCCASION WHEN A MONK ASKED KYOZAN THE MEANING OF BODHIDHARMA COMING FROM THE WEST, KYOZAN DREW A CIRCLE IN THE AIR AND PUT THE CHARACTER FOR BUDDHA INSIDE IT. THIS LEFT THE MONK WITHOUT WORDS at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 2: An assembly of two buddhas, Question 1, GAUTAMA THE BUDDHA DIED BY POISONING. YOU HAVE SURVIVED IN SPITE OF BEING POISONED. IS THERE ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO? IS THERE A PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE IN THE TIMING OF YOUR DECLARATION THAT GAUTAMA BUDDHA IS LIVING ON IN YOU? at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 3: A meeting of two rivers, ONCE KAKUSAN WENT TO SEE KYOZAN. RAISING HIS FOOT, KAKUSAN SAID, 'THE TWENTY-EIGHT INDIAN PATRIARCHS WERE LIKE THIS, AND THE SIX PATRIARCHS OF THE COUNTRY OF T'ANG WERE LIKE THIS, AND YOU ARE LIKE THIS, AND I AM LIKE THIS!' at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 3: A meeting of two rivers, Question 1, DID GAUTAMA'S CONSCIOUSNESS ENTER YOU AT YOUR CONCEPTION OR IS IT THAT OVER THE YEARS HIS CONSCIOUSNESS HAS GRADUALLY BECOME SUFFUSED WITH YOU? IS IT TRUE THAT KRISHNAMURTI WAS A CANDIDATE FOR THE MAITREYA, BUT MISSED? at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 4: In your eyes is the hope of the world, ONE DAY WHEN ISAN AND THE MONKS WERE ENGAGED IN PICKING TEA LEAVES, ISAN CALLED TO KYOZAN, 'ALL DAY I HAVE HEARD YOUR VOICE AND NOT SEEN YOU.' KYOZAN, INSTEAD OF SAYING ANYTHING, SHOOK A TEA PLANT at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 4: In your eyes is the hope of the world, Question 1, IS IT NOT A PARADOX THAT YOU -- WHO MUST BE THE MOST TRULY INDIVIDUALISTIC OF BEINGS -- HAVE PROVED ALSO TO BE THE PUREST MEDIUM FOR ANOTHER? at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 5: I am just myself, CHOSA WAS A DISCIPLE OF NANSEN AND A CONTEMPORARY OF TOKUSAN, RINZAI AND ISAN. ONE DAY CHOSA WENT FOR A WALK AND WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE GATE, THE HEAD MONK ASKED HIM, 'OSHO, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN STROLLING?' at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 5: I am just myself, Question 1, SINCE YOU BECAME A HOST FOR GAUTAMA THE BUDDHA, YOU SEEM QUITE DIFFERENT TO ME, AND MEDITATING IN YOUR PHYSICAL PRESENCE IS ALSO DIFFERENT. IT IS NOT JUST THE IMPACT OF SEEING YOU AGAIN AFTER AN ABSENCE, BECAUSE THE FEELING HAS NOT DIMINISHED WITH TIME; NOR IS IT JUST MY FANTASY, BECAUSE OTHERS FEEL THE SAME WAY at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 6: My change has taken me higher, ONCE A DISCIPLE OF MA TZU, CALLED IKAN, WAS ASKED BY A MONK, 'HAS THE DOG THE BUDDHA-NATURE OR NOT?' at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 6: My change has taken me higher, Question 1, APPARENTLY THE 'AKASHIC DAILY CHRONICLE' NEWSPAPER RAN AN INTERVIEW WITH GAUTAMA. AS A RESULT, KRISHNA AND CHRIST ARE PACKING THEIR BAGS FOR THEIR SECOND COMING -- DESTINATION, POONA at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 7: The world of the gurus has ended, ONCE, AFTER DAIJI HAD BECOME AN ENLIGHTENED MASTER, HE SAID TO HIS MONKS, 'I'M NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN ANY MORE DEBATES; YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A DISEASE' at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 7: The world of the gurus has ended, Question 1, WITH OR WITHOUT ANYONE ELSE IN RESIDENCE IN YOU, WHATEVER NAME WE KNOW YOU BY, YOU ARE INFINITELY PRECIOUS TO US. AS KATUE ISHIDA SAID OF YOU, 'WE MUST PROTECT THIS MAN.' HOW CAN WE BEST DO THAT? at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 8: Truth has no history, A MONK CAME TO SEE MASTER DAIZUI, AND SAID TO HIM, 'MOUNT GOTAI AND MOUNT DAIZUI -- WHAT ARE THEY LIKE? HOW IS MOUNT DAIZUI?' at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 8: Truth has no history, Question 1, DURING THE PERIOD OF YOUR BEING UNWELL, MANY OF US DECIDED TO MEDITATE AT THE EVENING VIDEO at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 9: Be ready to be chopped, MAYOKU CAME TO SHOKEI CARRYING HIS BELL STAFF WITH HIM. HE CIRCUMNAVIGATED SHOKEI'S SEAT THREE TIMES, SHOOK HIS STAFF, RINGING THE BELLS, STUCK THE STAFF IN THE GROUND, AND THEN STOOD UP STRAIGHT at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 9: Be ready to be chopped, Question 1, WHAT IS IT TO BE 'GROWN UP?' at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 10: When I call you my friends, I mean it, A NON-BUDDHIST SCHOLAR, MEETING MASTER DAIZUI, GAVE HIM A BOWL. A MONK OBSERVING THIS ASKED DAIZUI, 'WHAT DID YOU USE BEFORE HE PRESENTED YOU WITH THE BOWL?' at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 10: When I call you my friends, I mean it, Question 1, YOU ADDRESS US AS 'MY BELOVED FRIENDS.' CAN WE REALLY BE YOUR FRIENDS OR DO YOU CALL US SUCH OUT OF YOUR GENEROSITY OF HEART? at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 11: Only creation shows your power, WHEN KOKO, A DISCIPLE OF JOSHU, WENT TO SEE MASTER HOGEN, HE WAS ASKED WHERE HE HAD BEEN RECENTLY at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 11: Only creation shows your power, Question 1, YOU REFERRED TO THE MAHABODHI SABHA BUDDHISTS AS BIGOTED AND PREJUDICED. THEY HAVE ALSO, IN ESSENCE, DICTATED TO GAUTAMA AND TO YOU HOW YOU BOTH SHOULD BEHAVE. ARE BIGOTRY, PREJUDICE AND DICTATORIAL ATTITUDES ALL PART OF THE SAME SYNDROME? at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 12: Nothing to choose, nothing to discard, WHEN HE FIRST MET SEKITO, HO KOJI ASKED, 'WHO IS HE THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF ALL THINGS?' BEFORE HE COULD FINISH HIS QUESTION, SEKITO COVERED KOJI'S MOUTH WITH HIS HAND at energyenhancement.org
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Osho - Talks on Zen: No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, Chapter 12: Nothing to choose, nothing to discard, Question 1, YOU SPOKE THE OTHER NIGHT OF AMERICA -- OF ITS BEING BLOODTHIRSTY AND DESTRUCTIVE. WHAT IS THE APPEAL OF DESTRUCTION OVER CREATION? at energyenhancement.org
