Osho - Bodhidharma - The Greatest Zen Master 15 Breakthrough... to buddhahood

BELOVED OSHO,
BODHIDHARMA'S BREAKTHROUGH SERMON.
IF SOMEONE IS DETERMINED TO REACH ENLIGHTENMENT, WHAT IS
THE MOST ESSENTIAL METHOD HE CAN PRACTICE?
THE MOST ESSENTIAL METHOD, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OTHER
METHODS, IS BEHOLDING THE MIND.
BUT HOW CAN ONE METHOD INCLUDE ALL OTHERS?
THE MIND IS THE ROOT FROM WHICH ALL THINGS GROW. IF YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND THE MIND, EVERYTHING ELSE IS INCLUDED. IT'S LIKE
WITH A TREE. ALL OF ITS FRUIT AND FLOWERS, ITS BRANCHES AND
LEAVES, DEPEND ON ITS ROOT. IF YOU NOURISH ITS ROOT, A TREE
MULTIPLIES. IF YOU CUT ITS ROOT, IT DIES. THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND
THE MIND REACH ENLIGHTENMENT WITH MINIMAL EFFORT. THOSE
WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MIND PRACTICE IN VAIN. EVERYTHING
GOOD AND BAD COMES FROM YOUR OWN MIND. TO FIND SOMETHING
BEYOND THE MIND IS IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT HOW CAN BEHOLDING THE MIND BE CALLED UNDERSTANDING?
WHEN A GREAT BODHISATTVA DELVES DEEPLY INTO PERFECT
WISDOM, HE REALIZES ...THE ACTIVITY OF HIS MIND HAS TWO
ASPECTS: PURE AND IMPURE ...THE PURE MIND DELIGHTING IN GOOD
DEEDS, THE IMPURE MIND THINKING OF EVIL. THOSE WHO AREN'T
AFFECTED BY IMPURITY ARE SAGES. THEY TRANSCEND SUFFERING
AND EXPERIENCE THE BLISS OF NIRVANA. ALL OTHERS, TRAPPED BY
THE IMPURE MIND AND ENTANGLED BY THEIR OWN KARMA, ARE
MORTALS. THEY DRIFT THROUGH THE THREE REALMS AND SUFFER
COUNTLESS AFFLICTIONS. AND ALL BECAUSE THEIR IMPURE MIND
OBSCURES THEIR REAL SELF.
THE SUTRA OF THE TEN STAGES SAYS, "IN THE BODY OF MORTALS IS
THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BUDDHA-NATURE. LIKE THE SUN, ITS LIGHT
FILLS ENDLESS SPACE. BUT ONCE VEILED BY THE DARK CLOUDS OF THE
FIVE SHADES, IT'S LIKE A LIGHT INSIDE A JAR, HIDDEN FROM VIEW."
AND THE NIRVANA SUTRA SAYS, "ALL MORTALS HAVE THE BUDDHANATURE. BUT IT'S COVERED BY DARKNESS FROM WHICH THEY CAN'T
ESCAPE. OUR BUDDHA-NATURE IS AWARENESS: TO BE AWARE AND TO
MAKE OTHERS AWARE. TO REALIZE AWARENESS IS LIBERATION.
EVERYTHING GOOD HAS AWARENESS FOR ITS ROOT. FROM THIS ROOT
OF AWARENESS GROW THE TREE OF ALL VIRTUES AND THE FRUIT OF
NIRVANA.