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Discourse 24
Nirvana Means Nothingness
Nirvana Means Nothingness
14 January 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium
Question 1
BELOVED MASTER,
ALL MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN INTRIGUED BY POWER AND THE
RECOGNITION I CAN TAKE FROM IT. NOW, THAT SEEMS VERY
CONFINED AND PETTY. YET, I SENSE ALSO THAT THERE
IS A MORE AUTHENTIC TYPE OF POWER, NOT DEPENDENT ON
OTHER PEOPLE OR THEIR REACTIONS – MORE WITHIN MYSELF.
CAN YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT MY ATTRACTION TOWARDS
THIS?
Deepak, your question needs deep scrutiny, because I can say yes
to it and I can also say no to it. Yes I will not say; the greater
possibility is for the no. And I will explain the reasons to you.
This is how mind goes on playing games with you all. You are
saying, ”All my life I have been intrigued by power and the
recognition I can take from it.” This is a truthful recognition, sincere.
Many of the power-oriented people are not even aware of it; their
will to power remains almost unconscious. Others can see it, but
they themselves cannot see it.
As I said last night, this will to power is the greatest sickness man
has suffered from. And all our educational systems, all our religions,
all our cultures and societies, are in absolute support of this
sickness....
Question 2
BELOVED MASTER,
WHAT IS THIS UNIVERSE MADE OF, BESIDES THIS SILENCE
WHICH I DON’T KNOW, AND WITH WHICH THE SAGES ARE
OVERFLOWING?
Nivedano, this universe is certainly made of silence. But the silence
is not dead, it is not the silence of a cemetery. It is the silence of a
temple. It is alive! It is a song without words.
It has gestures... in a thousand and one ways those gestures show
what this universe is made of. Look at the roses, look at the lotuses,
look at the birds on the wing. Look at the stars and the trees and
the mountains. These are all gestures of silence.
It is the dance of silence, this whole existence. It takes unique forms,
it melts from one form into another form, but silence is its
fundamental constituent....
Question 1
BELOVED MASTER,
ALL MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN INTRIGUED BY POWER AND THE
RECOGNITION I CAN TAKE FROM IT. NOW, THAT SEEMS VERY
CONFINED AND PETTY. YET, I SENSE ALSO THAT THERE
IS A MORE AUTHENTIC TYPE OF POWER, NOT DEPENDENT ON
OTHER PEOPLE OR THEIR REACTIONS – MORE WITHIN MYSELF.
CAN YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT MY ATTRACTION TOWARDS
THIS?
Deepak, your question needs deep scrutiny, because I can say yes
to it and I can also say no to it. Yes I will not say; the greater
possibility is for the no. And I will explain the reasons to you.
This is how mind goes on playing games with you all. You are
saying, ”All my life I have been intrigued by power and the
recognition I can take from it.” This is a truthful recognition, sincere.
Many of the power-oriented people are not even aware of it; their
will to power remains almost unconscious. Others can see it, but
they themselves cannot see it.
As I said last night, this will to power is the greatest sickness man
has suffered from. And all our educational systems, all our religions,
all our cultures and societies, are in absolute support of this
sickness....
Question 2
BELOVED MASTER,
WHAT IS THIS UNIVERSE MADE OF, BESIDES THIS SILENCE
WHICH I DON’T KNOW, AND WITH WHICH THE SAGES ARE
OVERFLOWING?
Nivedano, this universe is certainly made of silence. But the silence
is not dead, it is not the silence of a cemetery. It is the silence of a
temple. It is alive! It is a song without words.
It has gestures... in a thousand and one ways those gestures show
what this universe is made of. Look at the roses, look at the lotuses,
look at the birds on the wing. Look at the stars and the trees and
the mountains. These are all gestures of silence.
It is the dance of silence, this whole existence. It takes unique forms,
it melts from one form into another form, but silence is its
fundamental constituent....
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