Osho - Bodhidharma - The Greatest Zen Master 12 - Every suffering is a Buddha-seed

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BELOVED OSHO,
THAT WHICH FOLLOWS IS WITNESSED ON THE WAY. IT'S BEYOND THE
KEN OF ARHATS AND MORTALS.
WHEN THE MIND REACHES NIRVANA, YOU DON'T SEE NIRVANA.
BECAUSE THE MIND IS NIRVANA. IF YOU SEE NIRVANA SOMEWHERE
OUTSIDE THE MIND, YOU'RE DELUDING YOURSELF.
EVERY SUFFERING IS A BUDDHA-SEED. BECAUSE SUFFERING IMPELS TO
SEEK WISDOM. BUT YOU CAN ONLY SAY THAT SUFFERING GIVES RISE
TO BUDDHAHOOD. YOU CAN'T SAY THAT SUFFERING IS
BUDDHAHOOD. YOUR BODY AND MIND ARE THE FIELD. SUFFERING IS
THE SEED, WISDOM THE SPROUT AND BUDDHAHOOD THE GRAIN.
...WHEN THE THREE POISONS ARE PRESENT IN YOUR MIND, YOU LIVE IN
A LAND OF FILTH. WHEN THE THREE POISONS ARE ABSENT FROM
YOUR MIND, YOU LIVE IN A LAND OF PURITY. ...THERE'S NO
LANGUAGE THAT ISN'T THE DHARMA. TO TALK ALL DAY WITHOUT
SAYING ANYTHING IS THE WAY. TO BE SILENT ALL DAY AND STILL SAY
SOMETHING ISN'T THE WAY. HENCE, NEITHER DOES A TATHAGATA'S
SPEECH DEPEND ON SILENCE, NOR DOES HIS SILENCE DEPEND ON
SPEECH. NOR DOES HIS SPEECH EXIST APART FROM HIS SILENCE. THOSE
WHO UNDERSTAND BOTH SPEECH AND SILENCE ARE IN SAMADHI. IF
YOU SPEAK WHEN YOU KNOW, YOUR SPEECH IS FREE. IF YOU'RE SILENT
WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW, YOUR SILENCE IS TIED. LANGUAGE IS
ESSENTIALLY FREE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ATTACHMENT. AND
ATTACHMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LANGUAGE.

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