Individual Talks
These 3000 Individual Talks were originally spoken as Series of Talks, published as chapters of books.
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A Master Takes Away Everything
Talk #4 from the series Hyakujo: The Everest of Zen"A buddha is not something separate from you, it is your intrinsic being. It is your most essential being. Everything else may have gathered all around it. Much junk has gathered around it, but that does not matter. It does not make any difference to the pure gold of your buddha.…" Learn More -
A Totally Revolutionary Step
Talk #4 from the series Zen Wind Communism and Zen Fire"Friends,
"One sannyasin has asked:What is the difference between communism and socialism?"A vast difference – the same difference that there is between me and Comrade Gorbachev. I am a spiritual communist, and Comrade..." Learn More -
All Beings Have Buddha Nature
Talk #18 from the series The Great Zen Master Ta Hui"There seems to be a misunderstanding on the part of Ta Hui. Perhaps it is something to do with his unconscious, because he has been speaking in a sarcastic way against Gautam Buddha. Now the..." Learn More -
Be Kind to Yourself and Wake Up
Talk #5 from the series Bodhidharma"It is one of the most strange coincidences that Gautam Buddha and Mahavira both revolted against the knowledgeable, the learned, the scholarly, the brahmins, the pundits, for a single reason – that by being knowledgeable..." Learn More -
Buddha’s Whole Message: Be Conscious
Talk #1 from the series The Diamond Sutra"I love Gautama the Buddha because he represents to me the essential core of religion. He is not the founder of Buddhism – Buddhism is a by-product – but he is the beginner of a..." Learn More -
Dharma Is Your Nature
Talk #4 from the series The Miracle"Maneesha, obviously these statements of Dogen were uttered before his enlightenment. He is a beautiful scholar, a learned man. He has a rare intellect; from the age of seven he was able to translate Buddha's..." Learn More -
Dharma Lives in You
Talk #1 from the series The White LotusQuestion: What is buddha-mind?
Answer: Your mind is it. When you see the selfsame essence of it, you can call it suchness. When you see the changeless nature of it, you can call it dharmakaya. It does not belong to anything; therefore, it is called emancipation.… Learn More -
Enlightenment Is Your Self-Nature
Talk #2 from the series Bodhidharma"The realization of enlightenment, or buddhahood, is difficult. And it is also not difficult. It is difficult if you start looking for it. It is not difficult if you simply sit down, settling within yourself..." Learn More -
Everything Is Possible
Talk #8 from the series The Vol. 06 Dhammapada: The Way of the BuddhaOsho,
To me, the most beautiful passage in the Christian scriptures ends with the words, 'And Jesus wept.' It occurs when he approaches Jerusalem for the last time, looks down on it in his compassion, sees all of the foolishness, futility and pathos of mankind – and weeps.
Osho, does Buddha weep? Learn More -
Go Beyond the Self and Be a Nobody
Talk #4 from the series Go Beyond the Self and Be a Nobody"Maneesha, the clouds and the rain and the silent bamboos, and ten thousand people sitting silently, is a rare phenomenon. This kind of assembly has disappeared from the world." Learn More
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