Osho Video - Bodhidharma - The Greatest Zen Master 04 - Buddhas don't practice nonsense

BELOVED OSHO,
BUT SUPPOSE I DON'T SEE MY NATURE, CAN'T I STILL ATTAIN
ENLIGHTENMENT BY INVOKING BUDDHAS, RECITING SUTRAS, MAKING
OFFERINGS, OBSERVING PRECEPTS, PRACTICING DEVOTIONS, OR DOING
GOOD WORKS?
NO, YOU CAN'T.
AND WHY NOT?
IF YOU ATTAIN ANYTHING AT ALL IT'S CONDITIONAL, IT'S KARMIC. IT
RESULTS IN RETRIBUTION. IT TURNS THE WHEEL. AND AS LONG AS
YOU'RE SUBJECT TO BIRTH AND DEATH, YOU'LL NEVER ATTAIN
ENLIGHTENMENT. TO ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT YOU HAVE TO SEE
YOUR NATURE. UNLESS YOU SEE YOUR NATURE, ALL THIS TALK ABOUT
CAUSE AND EFFECT IS NONSENSE. BUDDHAS DON'T PRACTICE
NONSENSE. A BUDDHA IS FREE OF KARMA, FREE OF CAUSE AND
EFFECT. TO SAY HE ATTAINS ANYTHING AT ALL IS TO SLANDER A
BUDDHA. WHAT COULD HE POSSIBLY ATTAIN? EVEN FOCUSING ON A
MIND, A POWER, AN UNDERSTANDING OR A VIEW IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A
BUDDHA. A BUDDHA ISN'T ONE-SIDED. THE NATURE OF HIS MIND IS
BASICALLY EMPTY, NEITHER PURE NOR IMPURE. HE'S FREE OF
PRACTICE AND REALIZATION. HE'S FREE OF CAUSE AND EFFECT.
A BUDDHA DOESN'T OBSERVE PRECEPTS. A BUDDHA DOESN'T DO GOOD
OR EVIL. A BUDDHA ISN'T ENERGETIC OR LAZY. A BUDDHA IS
SOMEONE WHO DOES NOTHING, SOMEONE WHO CAN'T EVEN FOCUS
HIS MIND ON A BUDDHA. A BUDDHA ISN'T A BUDDHA. DON'T THINK
ABOUT BUDDHAS. IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW YOUR OWN MIND.
PEOPLE WHO DON'T SEE THEIR NATURE AND IMAGINE THEY CAN
PRACTICE DOING NOTHING ALL THE TIME ARE LIARS AND FOOLS.
THEY FALL INTO ENDLESS SPACE. THEY'RE LIKE DRUNKS. THEY CAN'T
TELL GOOD FROM EVIL. IF YOU INTEND TO PRACTICE DOING NOTHING,
YOU HAVE TO SEE YOUR NATURE BEFORE YOU CAN PUT AN END TO
RATIONAL THOUGHT. TO ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT WITHOUT SEEING
YOUR NATURE IS IMPOSSIBLE.
STILL OTHERS COMMIT ALL SORTS OF EVIL DEEDS, CLAIMING KARMA
DOESN'T EXIST. THEY ERRONEOUSLY MAINTAIN THAT SINCE
EVERYTHING IS EMPTY, COMMITTING EVIL ISN'T WRONG. SUCH
PERSONS FALL INTO A HELL OF ENDLESS DARKNESS WITH NO HOPE OF
RELEASE. THOSE WHO ARE WISE HOLD NO SUCH CONCEPTION.
BUT IF OUR EVERY MOVEMENT OR STATE, WHENEVER IT OCCURS, IS
THE MIND, WHY DON'T WE SEE THIS MIND WHEN A PERSON'S BODY
DIES?
THE MIND IS ALWAYS PRESENT. YOU JUST DON'T SEE IT.
BUT IF THE MIND IS PRESENT, WHY DON'T I SEE IT?
DO YOU EVER DREAM?
OF COURSE.
WHEN YOU DREAM, IS THAT YOU?
YES, IT'S ME.
AND IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND SAYING DIFFERENT FROM YOU?
NO, IT ISN'T.
BUT IF IT ISN'T, THEN THIS BODY IS YOUR REAL BODY. AND THIS REAL
BODY IS YOUR MIND. AND THIS MIND, THROUGH ENDLESS KALPAS
WITHOUT BEGINNING, HAS NEVER VARIED. IT HAS NEVER LIVED OR
DIED, APPEARED OR DISAPPEARED, INCREASED OR DECREASED. IT'S
NOT PURE OR IMPURE, GOOD OR EVIL, PAST OR FUTURE. IT'S NOT TRUE
OR FALSE. IT'S NOT MALE OR FEMALE. IT DOESN'T APPEAR AS A MONK
OR A LAYMAN, AN ELDER OR A NOVICE, A SAGE OR A FOOL, A BUDDHA
OR A MORTAL. IT STRIVES FOR NO REALIZATION AND SUFFERS NO
KARMA. IT HAS NO STRENGTH OR FORM. IT'S LIKE SPACE. YOU CAN'T
POSSESS IT. AND YOU CAN'T LOSE IT. ITS MOVEMENTS CAN'T BE
BLOCKED BY MOUNTAINS, RIVERS OR ROCK WALLS. ITS UNSTOPPABLE
POWERS PENETRATE THE MOUNTAIN OF FIVE SKANDHAS AND CROSS
THE RIVER OF SAMSARA. NO KARMA CAN RESTRAIN THIS REAL BODY.
BUT THIS MIND IS SUBTLE AND HARD TO SEE. IT'S NOT THE SAME AS
THE SENSUAL MIND. EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE THIS MIND. AND THOSE
WHO MOVE THEIR HANDS AND FEET BY ITS LIGHT ARE AS MANY AS
THE GRAINS OF SAND ALONG THE GANGES. BUT ASK THEM. THEY
CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. THEY'RE LIKE PUPPETS. IT'S THEIRS TO USE. WHY
DON'T THEY SEE IT?