Osho Video - Bodhidharma - The Greatest Zen Master 03 - Beyond this nature there's no Buddha

BELOVED OSHO,
IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND BY YOURSELF, YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND A
TEACHER TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF LIFE AND DEATH. BUT UNLESS
HE SEES HIS NATURE, SUCH A PERSON ISN'T A TEACHER. EVEN IF HE
CAN RECITE THE TWELVEFOLD CANON, HE CAN'T ESCAPE THE WHEEL
OF BIRTH AND DEATH. HE SUFFERS IN THE THREE REALMS WITHOUT
HOPE OF RELEASE.
LONG AGO, THE MONK GOOD STAR WAS ABLE TO RECITE THE ENTIRE
CANON. BUT HE DIDN'T ESCAPE THE WHEEL BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SEE
HIS NATURE. IF THIS WAS THE CASE WITH GOOD STAR, THEN PEOPLE
NOWADAYS WHO RECITE A FEW SUTRAS OR SHASTRAS AND THINK IT'S
THE DHARMA ARE FOOLS. UNLESS YOU SEE YOUR MIND, RECITING SO
MUCH PROSE IS USELESS.
TO FIND A BUDDHA, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SEE YOUR NATURE. YOUR
NATURE IS THE BUDDHA. AND THE BUDDHA IS THE PERSON WHO'S
FREE, FREE OF PLANS, FREE OF CARES. IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR NATURE
AND RUN AROUND ALL DAY LOOKING SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU'LL
NEVER FIND A BUDDHA. THE TRUTH IS, THERE'S NOTHING TO FIND.
BUT TO REACH SUCH AN UNDERSTANDING YOU NEED A TEACHER.
AND YOU NEED TO STRUGGLE TO MAKE YOURSELF UNDERSTAND. LIFE
AND DEATH ARE IMPORTANT. DON'T SUFFER THEM IN VAIN. THERE'S
NO ADVANTAGE IN DECEIVING YOURSELF. EVEN IF YOU HAVE
MOUNTAINS OF JEWELS AND AS MANY SERVANTS AS THERE ARE
GRAINS OF SAND ALONG THE GANGES, YOU SEE THEM WHEN YOUR
EYES ARE OPEN. BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOUR EYES ARE SHUT? YOU
SHOULD REALIZE THEN THAT EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS LIKE A DREAM
OR ILLUSION.
IF YOU DON'T FIND A TEACHER SOON, YOU'LL LIVE THIS LIFE IN VAIN.
IT'S TRUE, YOU HAVE THE BUDDHA-NATURE. BUT WITHOUT THE HELP
OF A TEACHER YOU'LL NEVER KNOW IT. ONLY ONE PERSON IN A
MILLION BECOMES ENLIGHTENED WITHOUT A TEACHER'S HELP.
IF THOUGH, BY THE CONJUNCTION OF CONDITIONS, SOMEONE
UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE BUDDHA MEANT, THAT PERSON DOESN'T
NEED A TEACHER. SUCH A PERSON HAS A NATURAL AWARENESS SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING TAUGHT. BUT UNLESS YOU'RE SO BLESSED,
STUDY HARD. AND BY MEANS OF INSTRUCTION, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.
PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND AND THINK THEY CAN DO SO
WITHOUT STUDY ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM THOSE DELUDED SOULS
WHO CAN'T TELL WHITE FROM BLACK. FALSELY PROCLAIMING THE
BUDDHADHARMA, SUCH PERSONS, IN FACT, BLASPHEME THE BUDDHA
AND SUBVERT THE DHARMA. THEY PREACH AS IF THEY WERE
BRINGING RAIN. BUT THEIRS IS THE PREACHING OF DEVILS NOT OF
BUDDHAS. THEIR TEACHER IS THE KING OF DEVILS. AND THEIR
DISCIPLES ARE THE DEVIL'S MINIONS. DELUDED PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW
SUCH INSTRUCTION UNWITTINGLY SINK DEEPER IN THE SEA OF BIRTH
AND DEATH.
UNLESS THEY SEE THEIR NATURE, HOW CAN PEOPLE CALL
THEMSELVES BUDDHAS? THEY'RE LIARS WHO DECEIVE OTHERS INTO
ENTERING THE REALM OF DEVILS. UNLESS THEY SEE THEIR NATURE,
THEIR PREACHING OF THE TWELVEFOLD CANON IS NOTHING BUT THE
PREACHING OF DEVILS. THEIR ALLEGIANCE IS TO MARA, NOT TO THE
BUDDHA. UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH WHITE FROM BLACK, HOW CAN
THEY ESCAPE BIRTH AND DEATH?
WHOEVER SEES HIS NATURE IS A BUDDHA. WHOEVER DOESN'T IS A
MORTAL. BUT APART FROM OUR MORTAL NATURE IF YOU CAN FIND A
BUDDHA-NATURE SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHERE IS IT? OUR MORTAL
NATURE IS OUR BUDDHA-NATURE. BEYOND THIS NATURE THERE'S NO
BUDDHA. THE BUDDHA IS OUR NATURE. THERE'S NO BUDDHA BESIDES
THIS NATURE. AND THERE'S NO NATURE BESIDES THE BUDDHA