The Transmission of the Lamp ~ 23
event type | discourse |
date & time | 6 Jun 1986 pm |
location | Punta Del Este, Montevideo, Uruguay |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 8min. Quality: good. |
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shorttitle | TRANSM23 |
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- Reader of the questions: Ma Prem Maneesha.
- Question 1
- Beloved Osho, when you were talking about the way that different Buddhist masters have been adding their own flavor to Buddha's teaching, I started wondering whether there will ever be anybody adding a new flavor to your pot. It looks almost impossible to add a new spice to something which already contains all the spices which can be found on this earth.
- Question 2
- Beloved Osho, I like to hear you speak on the meeting of inner man and outer woman.
- Is the inner man to be found in one of the realms of consciousness and if so, is there a way to provoke his presence so that I might recognize him in situations where I have previously been unaware?
- Question 3
- Beloved Osho, looking for my chief characteristic -- just looking for it -- is proving a great device. It is as though I have always accepted that there are certain "undesirables" in my closet, which at different times I gather some degree of enthusiasm for getting rid of or witnessing more conscientiously.
- Setting about trying to pinpoint them during the last forty-eight hours, I have found that the actual process of opening the closet and flashing the torch around has, in itself, rendered those skeletons impotent in a way. It is certainly as if merely talking about those skeletons as problems, rather than looking at them, gives substance to something that actually has no life of its own.
- Osho, am I kidding myself, or is it really that easy?
- Question 4
- Beloved Osho, a while ago I realized that it is not situations but rather people that I can react to -- because if someone I feel good about does something, it doesn't bother me, but if someone I don't like does the same thing, I may think, "What an awful thing to do."
- Intellectually I have come to understand that the reason I don't like certain people is simply that they reflect certain characteristics in myself that I would rather not know about.
- I was hoping that gradually, deep inside, I would come to accept this rather unpalatable fact, and that my judgments would miraculously disappear without my having to face anything unpleasant in myself. Unfortunately, so far this hasn't happened. I still react strongly to some people, and find it difficult sometimes even to remember to turn my energy into watching myself rather than judging.
- I have been comforting myself by saying, "Nothing to do, just keep watching," but as my watching is so wishy-washy and this is taking so long, I was wondering if you could suggest some trick to help me -- preferably a shortcut through the whole process.
- Question 5
- Beloved Osho, a few days ago I watched you brushing aside a fly, and there was all the awareness, grace, love and compassion in it which were missing in Buddha's first mechanical movement in the story you told a few days later. You even waited for the right moment to disguise the movement of your hand in a gesture illustrating your words.
- I was really thrilled. Thank you, Osho.
- Question 6
- Beloved Osho, among the concluding sentences of the Book of Mirdad are the following:
- "Let those who would break their moorings from the earth, and those who would be unified, and those who yearn to overcome themselves -- let them come aboard.
- The Ark is ready.
- The wind is favoring.
- The sea is calm...."
- Beloved master, your crew is ready!
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