Listen in Silence to Silence
Individual Talk
From:The Diamond Sutra
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Osho,
Even in my relationship with you, words become less important all the time. Why should a buddha and a bodhisattva need to talk at all?
"What are you talking about, what talk?..."
Even in my relationship with you, words become less important all the time. Why should a buddha and a bodhisattva need to talk at all?
"What are you talking about, what talk?..."
Osho,
Even in my relationship with you, words become less important all the time. Why should a buddha and a bodhisattva need to talk at all?
"What are you talking about, what talk?..."
Osho continues:
Even in my relationship with you, words become less important all the time. Why should a buddha and a bodhisattva need to talk at all?
"What are you talking about, what talk?..."
"Buddha has not said anything, neither has Subhuti heard anything. In that non-talking and non-hearing, something has happened – something which is beyond words. Ananda has tried to capture that for you in words, but it was not delivered in words. It was a communion between two emptinesses.
"You just go to the sea and you see the morning, and the fresh air and the sunrays and the waves, and you come home and you relate to somebody what you have seen. Then you relate only words. The word sea is not the sea and the word sun is not the sun and the word freshness is not freshness. How do you commune? You have come back from the beach and your beloved asks, 'What happened?' You bring all that has happened into words, knowing perfectly well that it cannot be brought into words, it cannot be reduced into words. Words are so pale.
"Something has certainly happened between Buddha and Subhuti, something which is transcendental. Maybe they had just looked into each other's eyes. Something was triggered in the consciousness of Subhuti by Buddha's presence. Ananda is trying to report it for you. You are blind. You cannot see light, you can only hear the word light.
"So remember: The Diamond Sutra is not a sutra at all, that's why it is called The Diamond Sutra, the most precious, because it contains no philosophy, no system, no theory. It contains no words, it is an empty book.
"If you can forget the words and you can go deeper into the gaps between the words, if you can forget the lines and can go deeper between the lines, in the intervals, in the pauses, then you will find what has happened. It is not a verbal communication.
"I am also talking to you, but still I would like to remind you to remember that my message is not in my words. You will have to step upon the words to get it. Use the words as a staircase, as stepping stones. Remember, stepping stones can become hindrances if you don't know how to step over them.
"You have to listen in silence to silence.
"Mahasattva, Buddha has not said a single word, neither has Subhuti heard a single word."
"You just go to the sea and you see the morning, and the fresh air and the sunrays and the waves, and you come home and you relate to somebody what you have seen. Then you relate only words. The word sea is not the sea and the word sun is not the sun and the word freshness is not freshness. How do you commune? You have come back from the beach and your beloved asks, 'What happened?' You bring all that has happened into words, knowing perfectly well that it cannot be brought into words, it cannot be reduced into words. Words are so pale.
"Something has certainly happened between Buddha and Subhuti, something which is transcendental. Maybe they had just looked into each other's eyes. Something was triggered in the consciousness of Subhuti by Buddha's presence. Ananda is trying to report it for you. You are blind. You cannot see light, you can only hear the word light.
"So remember: The Diamond Sutra is not a sutra at all, that's why it is called The Diamond Sutra, the most precious, because it contains no philosophy, no system, no theory. It contains no words, it is an empty book.
"If you can forget the words and you can go deeper into the gaps between the words, if you can forget the lines and can go deeper between the lines, in the intervals, in the pauses, then you will find what has happened. It is not a verbal communication.
"I am also talking to you, but still I would like to remind you to remember that my message is not in my words. You will have to step upon the words to get it. Use the words as a staircase, as stepping stones. Remember, stepping stones can become hindrances if you don't know how to step over them.
"You have to listen in silence to silence.
"Mahasattva, Buddha has not said a single word, neither has Subhuti heard a single word."
| Publisher | Osho International |
|---|---|
| Duration of Talk | 83 mins |
| File Size | 19.47 MB |
| Type | Individual Talks |
| Edition/ Version | 2 |
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