Osho - Bodhidharma - The Greatest Zen Master 16 - The courage to say "i don't know"

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BELOVED OSHO,
YOU SAY THAT OUR TRUE BUDDHA-NATURE AND ALL VIRTUES HAVE
AWARENESS FOR THEIR ROOT. BUT WHAT IS THE ROOT OF
IGNORANCE?
THE IGNORANT MIND, WITH ITS INFINITE AFFLICTIONS, PASSIONS AND
EVILS, IS ROOTED IN THE THREE POISONS: GREED, ANGER AND
DELUSION. THESE THREE POISONED STATES OF MIND THEMSELVES
INCLUDE COUNTLESS EVILS, LIKE TREES THAT HAVE A SINGLE TRUNK
BUT COUNTLESS BRANCHES AND LEAVES. YET EACH POISON
PRODUCES SO MANY MORE MILLIONS OF EVILS THAT THE EXAMPLE OF
A TREE IS HARDLY A FITTING COMPARISON.
THE THREE POISONS ARE PRESENT IN OUR SIX SENSE ORGANS AS SIX
KINDS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, OR THIEVES. THEY'RE CALLED THIEVES
BECAUSE THEY PASS IN AND OUT OF THE GATES OF THE SENSES, COVET
LIMITLESS POSSESSIONS, ENGAGE IN EVIL AND MASK THEIR TRUE
IDENTITY ....
BUT IF SOMEONE CUTS OFF THEIR SOURCE, RIVERS DRY UP. AND IF
SOMEONE WHO SEEKS LIBERATION CAN TURN THE THREE POISONS
INTO THE THREE SETS OF PRECEPTS AND THE SIX THIEVES INTO THE SIX
PARAMITAS, HE RIDS HIMSELF OF AFFLICTION ONCE AND FOR ALL.
BUT THE THREE REALMS AND THE SIX STATES OF EXISTENCE ARE
INFINITELY VAST. HOW CAN WE ESCAPE THEIR ENDLESS AFFLICTIONS
IF ALL WE DO IS BEHOLD THE MIND?
THE KARMA OF THE THREE REALMS COMES FROM THE MIND ALONE. IF
YOUR MIND ISN'T WITHIN THE THREE REALMS, IT'S BEYOND THEM.
AND HOW DOES THE KARMA OF THESE SIX DIFFER?
MORTALS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND TRUE PRACTICE AND BLINDLY
PERFORM GOOD DEEDS ARE BORN INTO THE THREE STATES .... THOSE
WHO BLINDLY PERFORM THE TEN GOOD DEEDS AND FOOLISHLY SEEK
HAPPINESS ARE BORN AS GODS IN THE REALM OF DESIRE. THOSE WHO
BLINDLY OBSERVE THE FIVE PRECEPTS AND FOOLISHLY INDULGE IN
LOVE AND HATE ARE BORN AS MEN IN THE REALM OF ANGER. AND
THOSE WHO BLINDLY CLING TO THE PHENOMENAL WORLD, BELIEVE
IN FALSE DOCTRINES AND HOPE FOR BLESSINGS ARE BORN AS DEMONS
IN THE REALM OF DELUSION. ...IF YOU CAN JUST CONCENTRATE
YOUR MIND AND TRANSCEND ITS FALSEHOOD AND EVIL, THE
SUFFERING OF EXISTENCE WILL AUTOMATICALLY DISAPPEAR. AND
ONCE FREE FROM SUFFERING, YOU'RE TRULY FREE.

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