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Discourse 17
Immediate and Ultimate Ordinariness
Immediate and Ultimate Ordinariness
29 December 1987 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium
Question 1
BELOVED MASTER,
I HEARD YOU SAYING THAT WE ARE ALL ENLIGHTENED. IF SO,
WHY AM I WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN? IS IT AN OLD
HABIT?
Veet Vigyanam, it is one thing to hear; it is another thing to
understand. You certainly heard me saying that we are all
enlightened, but you did not trust it – at least you excluded yourself.
”Perhaps everybody else is, but I am enlightened?” This was too
much for you to accept; hence the question.
Your question shows your innermost turmoil. You are saying, ”If
so...” I had not said that your enlightenment is some probability –
perhaps you are enlightened, perhaps you are not. There were
no ifs and no buts; it was a simple statement. I repeat again:
You are enlightened and you cannot be anything else.
But I can understand your difficulty. You have been told you are
ignorant and you have accepted it...
Question 1
BELOVED MASTER,
I HEARD YOU SAYING THAT WE ARE ALL ENLIGHTENED. IF SO,
WHY AM I WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN? IS IT AN OLD
HABIT?
Veet Vigyanam, it is one thing to hear; it is another thing to
understand. You certainly heard me saying that we are all
enlightened, but you did not trust it – at least you excluded yourself.
”Perhaps everybody else is, but I am enlightened?” This was too
much for you to accept; hence the question.
Your question shows your innermost turmoil. You are saying, ”If
so...” I had not said that your enlightenment is some probability –
perhaps you are enlightened, perhaps you are not. There were
no ifs and no buts; it was a simple statement. I repeat again:
You are enlightened and you cannot be anything else.
But I can understand your difficulty. You have been told you are
ignorant and you have accepted it...
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