Individual Talks

Individual Talks
These 3000 Individual Talks were originally spoken as Series of Talks, published as chapters of books.

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  1. A Declaration of Your Self-Nature

    Talk #5 from the series Rinzai: Master of the Irrational
    Also Available As: eBook 
    "Maneesha, the deeper I look into Zen, the more things become crystal clear. One thing is its absolute uniqueness in the world of religions.
    "In comparison to Zen, all the religions look like entertainment. Formal..." Learn More
  2. A Small Flame of Awareness

    Talk #7 from the series Isan: No Footprints in the Blue Sky
    Also Available As: Book 
    "Maneesha, the Zen encounter is not that of words. The zencounter is a communion in silence. When two Zen masters meet, whoever speaks first has fallen from his status. Days may pass by; they may..." Learn More
  3. Beyond the Prism of the Mind

    Talk #5 from the series The First Principle
    "The first principle, the principle that cannot be said – but we can still try. The first principle is that samsara is nirvana, that the ordinary is the extraordinary, that this world is the other..." Learn More
  4. Buddhas in Disguise

    Talk #2 from the series The Miracle
    "Dogen is dealing with one of the most important aspects of Zen. His statement is not as exact as it could be, but anyway he comes very approximately near to the truth." Learn More
  5. If the Right Awareness Is There

    Talk #25 from the series The Great Zen Master Ta Hui
    "Zen is special in many ways from other traditions of the mystics. But one thing that stands out, very unique, is these strange, small dialogues: just reading them you cannot see how those small dialogues..." Learn More
  6. Live One Day As a Buddha

    "Maneesha, before I start talking about Dogen I have to make a few statements. One is about Zen master Niskriya. He had fallen so low in the West that yesterday I called him Skinhead, rather..." Learn More
  7. Move from Time to Timelessness

    Talk #7 from the series Joshu: The Lion"s Roar
    "Maneesha, Zen believes in a life which you are not acquainted with, a love that you have not even dreamt of. It lives in a totally different dimension, a dimension where everything is a dance..." Learn More
  8. No Other Life than This

    Talk #1 from the series The Wild Geese and the Water
    Also Available As: Book  eBook 
    Osho,
    Do you have a message for sannyasins and friends gathering at the Cafe Royal, London, for the 'March Event?'

    "Anand Poonam, sannyas is a rebellion against both the past and the future...." Learn More
  9. Not Knowing Is the Beginning of Zazen

    Talk #7 from the series Dang Dang Doko Dang
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    "Knowledge is not enough, to rely on it is dangerous. Knowledge is borrowed, it is not knowing. Knowing grows with you, knowing is a growth, an evolution; knowledge is implanted within you from the outside..." Learn More
  10. Ordinary Is Good

    Talk #2 from the series The Diamond Sutra
    Osho,
    Is it possible that the no-mind evolves quite naturally out of the mind without struggle and anguish, without exploding, hammering, cutting and such wild acts? Is the very idea of no-mind, which seems to be in the mind and yet transcending the mind, a seedlike form of the no-mind?…
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