Individual Talks
These 3000 Individual Talks were originally spoken as Series of Talks, published as chapters of books.
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Look Inward and Find the Awakened One
Talk #14 from the series Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master"Bodhidharma, for the first time in these sutras, looks at the people who are not enlightened and who are bound to misunderstand him. Hence, he talks about the possibility of the ordinary, unenlightened mind, and..." Learn More -
No Words, No Mind, and You Are In
Talk #9 from the series Zen: The Solitary BirdAlso Available As: eBook"Maneesha, these small anecdotes are not just for reading, are not just to become more acquainted with different world views. It is not possible to capture Zen in scriptures, in doctrines. By thinking, by concentration..." Learn More -
Spice in Buddha's Pot
Talk #21 from the series The Transmission of the LampAlso Available As: eBook"The number is really vast. Buddhism in itself became a world of philosophy – not just a philosophy, but a source of many philosophies because it spread all over Asia, meeting with different cultures, different..." Learn More -
The Distinction between Prayer and Meditation
Talk #6 from the series The Supreme Doctrine"This century started with a very strange declaration. The declaration was made by Friedrich Nietzsche. He said, 'God is dead, and hence man is totally free from now on.' The declaration looked very strange the..." Learn More -
The Essence of Zen
Talk #5 from the series The Path of the MysticAlso Available As: eBook"It is one of the most significant questions that can be asked. The small word zen contains the whole evolution of religious consciousness. It also represents freedom from religious organizations, from priesthood, from any kind..." Learn More -
The Secrets of Death and Karma
Talk #1 from the series Secrets of Yoga"I have heard a beautiful story. Once there was a great sculptor, a painter, a great artist. His art was so perfect that when he would make a statue of a man, it was very..." Learn More -
Therapy: An Opening for Meditation
Talk #14 from the series The Great Pilgrimage: From Here to Here"The role of a therapist is a very delicate and complex affair.
"First, the therapist himself suffers from the same problems that he is trying to help others with. The therapist is only a technician...." Learn More -
What Is God?
Talk #3 from the series Vol. 2 Sufis: The People of the Path"What is God?
"Al-Hillaj Mansoor says:"
It is the gathering together then the silence
Then the loss of words and the awareness
Then the discovering and the nakedness.…. Learn More -
When Silence Enters
Talk #1 from the series Zen: The Diamond Thunderbolt"Maneesha, Zen is so strange as far as intellectual understanding is concerned. It looks almost absurd. It is one of the reasons why it has not grown into a vast tree around the world, but..." Learn More
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