Osho Video - Bodhidharma - The Greatest Zen Master 06 - Understanding comes in mid-sentence

BELOVED OSHO,
IF YOU ENVISION A BUDDHA, A DHARMA OR A BODHISATTVA AND
CONCEIVE RESPECT FOR THEM, YOU RELEGATE YOURSELF TO THE
REALM OF MORTALS. IF YOU SEEK DIRECT UNDERSTANDING, DON'T
HOLD ONTO ANY APPEARANCE WHATSOEVER, AND YOU'LL SUCCEED.
I HAVE NO OTHER ADVICE. ...DON'T CLING TO APPEARANCES, AND
YOU'LL BE OF ONE MIND WITH THE BUDDHA.
BUT WHY SHOULDN'T WE WORSHIP BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS?
DEVILS AND DEMONS POSSESS THE POWER OF MANIFESTATION. THEY
CAN CREATE THE APPEARANCE OF BODHISATTVAS IN ALL SORTS OF
GUISES. BUT THEY'RE FALSE. NONE OF THEM ARE BUDDHAS. THE
BUDDHA IS YOUR OWN MIND. DON'T MISDIRECT YOUR WORSHIP.
BUDDHA IS SANSKRIT FOR WHAT YOU CALL AWARE, MIRACULOUSLY
AWARE. RESPONDING, PERCEIVING, ARCHING YOUR BROWS, BLINKING
YOUR EYES, MOVING YOUR HANDS AND FEET, IT'S ALL YOUR
MIRACULOUSLY AWARE NATURE. AND THIS NATURE IS THE MIND.
AND THE MIND IS THE BUDDHA. AND THE BUDDHA IS THE PATH. AND
THE PATH IS ZEN. BUT THE WORD ZEN IS ONE THAT REMAINS A
PUZZLE. SEEING YOUR NATURE IS ZEN.
EVEN IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THOUSANDS OF SUTRAS AND SHASTRAS,
UNLESS YOU SEE YOUR OWN NATURE, YOURS IS THE TEACHING OF A
MORTAL, NOT A BUDDHA. THE TRUE WAY IS SUBLIME. IT CAN'T BE
EXPRESSED IN LANGUAGE. OF WHAT USE ARE SCRIPTURES? BUT
SOMEONE WHO SEES HIS OWN NATURE FINDS THE WAY, EVEN IF HE
CAN'T READ A WORD .... EVERYTHING THE BUDDHA SAYS IS AN
EXPRESSION OF HIS MIND. BUT SINCE HIS BODY AND EXPRESSIONS ARE
BASICALLY EMPTY, YOU CAN'T FIND A BUDDHA IN WORDS. ...THE
WAY IS BASICALLY PERFECT. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE PERFECTING. THE
WAY HAS NO FORM OR SOUND. IT'S SUBTLE AND HARD TO PERCEIVE.
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU DRINK WATER. YOU KNOW HOW HOT OR COLD IT
IS. BUT YOU CAN'T TELL OTHERS. OF THAT WHICH ONLY A
TATHAGATA KNOWS, MEN AND GODS REMAIN UNAWARE. THE
AWARENESS OF MORTALS FALLS SHORT. AS LONG AS THEY'RE
ATTACHED TO APPEARANCES, THEY'RE UNAWARE THAT THEIR MIND
IS EMPTY. AND BY MISTAKENLY CLINGING TO THE APPEARANCE OF
THINGS, THEY LOSE THE WAY.
IF YOU KNOW THAT EVERYTHING COMES FROM THE MIND, DON'T
BECOME ATTACHED. ONCE ATTACHED, YOU'RE UNAWARE. BUT ONCE
YOU SEE YOUR OWN NATURE, THE ENTIRE CANON BECOMES SO MUCH
PROSE. ITS THOUSANDS OF SUTRAS AND SHASTRAS ONLY AMOUNT TO
A CLEAR MIND. UNDERSTANDING COMES IN MID-SENTENCE. WHAT
GOOD ARE DOCTRINES?
THE ULTIMATE TRUTH IS BEYOND WORDS. DOCTRINES ARE WORDS.
THEY'RE NOT THE WAY. THE WAY IS WORDLESS. WORDS ARE
ILLUSIONS. THEY'RE NO DIFFERENT FROM THINGS THAT APPEAR IN
YOUR DREAMS AT NIGHT, BE THEY PALACES OR CARRIAGES .... DON'T
CONCEIVE ANY DELIGHT FOR SUCH THINGS. THEY'RE ALL CRADLES OF
REBIRTH. KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN YOU APPROACH DEATH. DON'T
CLING TO APPEARANCES, AND YOU'LL BREAK THROUGH ALL
BARRIERS. A MOMENT'S HESITATION AND YOU'LL BE UNDER THE SPELL
OF DEVILS. YOUR REAL BODY IS PURE AND IMPERVIOUS. BUT BECAUSE
OF DELUSIONS, YOU'RE UNAWARE OF IT. AND BECAUSE OF THIS, YOU
SUFFER KARMA IN VAIN. WHEREVER YOU FIND DELIGHT, YOU FIND
BONDAGE. BUT ONCE YOU AWAKEN TO YOUR ORIGINAL BODY AND
MIND, YOU'RE NO LONGER BOUND BY ATTACHMENTS.