Osho - Bodhidharma - The Greatest Zen Master 14 - To face a Buddha is dangerous

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BELOVED OSHO,
BUDDHAS HAVE THREE BODIES: A TRANSFORMATION BODY, A
REWARD BODY AND A REAL BODY. THE TRANSFORMATION BODY IS
ALSO CALLED THE INCARNATION BODY. THE TRANSFORMATION BODY
APPEARS WHEN MORTALS DO GOOD DEEDS, THE REWARD BODY WHEN
THEY CULTIVATE WISDOM AND THE REAL BODY WHEN THEY BECOME
AWARE OF THE SUBLIME .... BUT ACTUALLY, THERE'S NOT EVEN ONE
BUDDHA-BODY, MUCH LESS THREE. THIS TALK OF THREE BODIES IS
SIMPLY BASED ON HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, WHICH CAN BE
SHALLOW, MODERATE OR DEEP.
PEOPLE OF SHALLOW UNDERSTANDING IMAGINE THEY'RE PILING UP
BLESSINGS AND MISTAKE THE TRANSFORMATION BODY AS THE
BUDDHA. PEOPLE OF MODERATE UNDERSTANDING IMAGINE THEY'RE
PUTTING AN END TO SUFFERING AND MISTAKE THE REWARD BODY AS
THE BUDDHA. AND PEOPLE OF DEEP UNDERSTANDING IMAGINE
THEY'RE EXPERIENCING BUDDHAHOOD AND MISTAKE THE REAL BODY
AS THE BUDDHA. BUT PEOPLE OF THE DEEPEST UNDERSTANDING
LOOK WITHIN, DISTRACTED BY NOTHING. SINCE A CLEAR MIND IS THE
BUDDHA, THEY ATTAIN THE UNDERSTANDING OF A BUDDHA
WITHOUT USING THE MIND ....
INDIVIDUALS CREATE KARMA. KARMA DOESN'T CREATE INDIVIDUALS
.... ONLY SOMEONE WHO'S PERFECT CREATES NO KARMA IN THIS LIFE
AND RECEIVES NO REWARD. THE SUTRAS SAY, "WHO CREATES NO
KARMA OBTAINS THE DHARMA" .... WHEN YOU CREATE KARMA,
YOU'RE REBORN ALONG WITH YOUR KARMA. WHEN YOU DON'T
CREATE KARMA, YOU VANISH ALONG WITH YOUR KARMA ....
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE TEACHING OF SAGES IS A SAGE.
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE TEACHING OF MORTALS IS A
MORTAL. A MORTAL WHO CAN GIVE UP THE TEACHING OF MORTALS
AND FOLLOW THE TEACHING OF SAGES BECOMES A SAGE. BUT THE
FOOLS OF THIS WORLD PREFER TO LOOK FOR SAGES FAR AWAY. THEY
DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE WISDOM OF THEIR OWN MIND IS THE SAGE.
THE SUTRAS SAY, "AMONG MEN OF NO UNDERSTANDING, DON'T
PREACH THIS SUTRA." ...THE SUTRAS SAY, "WHEN YOU SEE THAT ALL
APPEARANCES ARE NOT APPEARANCES, YOU SEE THE TATHAGATA.
THE MYRIAD DOORS TO THE TRUTH ALL COME FROM THE MIND. WHEN
APPEARANCES OF THE MIND ARE AS TRANSPARENT AS SPACE, THEY'RE
GONE ....
WHEN MORTALS ARE ALIVE THEY WORRY ABOUT DEATH. WHEN
THEY'RE FULL, THEY WORRY ABOUT HUNGER. THEIRS IS THE GREAT
UNCERTAINTY. BUT SAGES DON'T CONSIDER THE PAST. AND THEY
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE. NOR DO THEY CLING TO THE
PRESENT. FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT THEY FOLLOW THE WAY.

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