The Endless Journey into Truth

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From:The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol. 07

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"Gautama the Buddha worked hard for six years in all kinds of disciplines to arrive home, to know the truth of his being, to realize the meaning of life. But he failed utterly – not..."
The Endless Journey into Truth
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"Gautama the Buddha worked hard for six years in all kinds of disciplines to arrive home, to know the truth of his being, to realize the meaning of life. But he failed utterly – not..."

Osho continues:
"Scriptures will make me a parrot, but they cannot make me the enlightened one.'

"After six years he changed his whole way of life: he started living from the within. And that became the turning point. That became the beginning of the endless journey into truth. That became the beginning of eternal joy, celebration.

"It was natural. Everybody in the beginning follows others; that comes easy. You yourself don't know where to go, what to do, how to do it. You start asking the experts. And the problem is that in the spiritual inquiry there are no experts – there cannot be, because each individual is so unique that expertise is not possible.

"Expertise is possible if there is no individuality. About matter you can come to conclusions – matter is predictable – but about man you cannot come to conclusions in the same way.

"Something about man remains unpredictable, and that unpredictable quality is his very essence. That's what makes him man; that is his freedom. He is not bound to the law of cause and effect; he functions under a totally different kind of law. He can behave in such a way that it would have been inconceivable for you, seeing the situation, given the situation, to imagine. If you had predicted it, your prediction would have seemed like an absurdity. But man can function outside the law of cause and effect.

"Then how to help man? – how is a master supposed to help others? He helps not by giving detailed information, instructions; he helps only by indicating. He hints, he does not guide. That is one of the most essential things to be understood about Buddha: he is not a guide. He does not give you the whole map of the journey but only an indication, a vague, subtle hint. You need not follow him in all details. You can understand him and then you will have to work out your own life-style.

"And I perfectly agree with him. He learned it the hard way; I have also learned it the hard way.

"Listen to me – listen with an open heart. Try to understand what is being conveyed to you, but don't follow it mechanically."
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Publisher Osho International
Duration of Talk 106 mins
File Size 25.78 MB
Type Individual Talks
Edition/ Version 2