Individual Talks
These 3000 Individual Talks were originally spoken as Series of Talks, published as chapters of books.
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A Declaration of Your Self-Nature
Talk #5 from the series Rinzai: Master of the IrrationalAlso 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 -
A Small Flame of Awareness
Talk #7 from the series Isan: No Footprints in the Blue SkyAlso 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 -
A Stone Striking Bamboo
Talk #4 from the series Kyozan: A True Man of ZenAlso Available As: eBook"Maneesha, it hurts me to disturb your silence by using words, but I hope a day will arrive when we will be sitting together allowing the silence to become deeper – because whatever can be..." Learn More -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Just Be
Talk #14 from the series This. This. A Thousand Times This: The Very Essence of ZenAlso Available As: eBook"Maneesha, it will be very difficult to understand this small anecdote without going back twenty-five centuries to Gautam Buddha and Mahakashyapa.
"It must have been an assembly like this – utterly silent and waiting for..." Learn More -
Live One Day As a Buddha
Talk #7 from the series Dogen the Zen Master: A Search and a Fulfillment"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 -
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 -
No Other Life than This
Talk #1 from the series The Wild Geese and the WaterOsho,
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
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