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Discourse 25
Nowhere to Fall To
Nowhere to Fall To
14 January 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium
Question 1
BELOVED MASTER,
FOR YEARS NOW, I HAVE BEEN SITTING BY YOUR SIDE.
KNOWINGLY AND UNKNOWINGLY, AN INNER MOUNTAIN HAS
BEEN CLIMBED, EFFORTLESSLY FOR THE MOST PART.
JUST TODAY I LOOKED DOWN AND IT FRIGHTENED ME HOW
FAR OFF THE GROUND I AM. A FEAR THAT I COULD FALL GRIPS
ME. THE ROAD IS GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER, AND I
FEEL THE DANGER. WOULD YOU SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THIS?
David, the path back home is certainly a razor’s edge. As you come
closer and closer to yourself, the path goes on becoming narrower
and narrower. At the very end of this path you are going to find your
pure aloneness.
The crowd has never found any truth. On the contrary, whenever
anybody has found the truth, the crowd has rewarded him with
crucifixion. To seek truth is the most dangerous, but very exciting,
challenging, experiment.
An ancient Tibetan proverb says: One hundred seekers start;
ninety-nine are lost somewhere on the way, go astray. Only one –
that too, very rarely – reaches the goal of his search. With this
proverb is attached a small story....
Deep in the mountains there is a monastery, far away from Lhasa.
The chief monk is getting old and he wants a master from Lhasa to
replace him....
Question 1
BELOVED MASTER,
FOR YEARS NOW, I HAVE BEEN SITTING BY YOUR SIDE.
KNOWINGLY AND UNKNOWINGLY, AN INNER MOUNTAIN HAS
BEEN CLIMBED, EFFORTLESSLY FOR THE MOST PART.
JUST TODAY I LOOKED DOWN AND IT FRIGHTENED ME HOW
FAR OFF THE GROUND I AM. A FEAR THAT I COULD FALL GRIPS
ME. THE ROAD IS GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER, AND I
FEEL THE DANGER. WOULD YOU SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THIS?
David, the path back home is certainly a razor’s edge. As you come
closer and closer to yourself, the path goes on becoming narrower
and narrower. At the very end of this path you are going to find your
pure aloneness.
The crowd has never found any truth. On the contrary, whenever
anybody has found the truth, the crowd has rewarded him with
crucifixion. To seek truth is the most dangerous, but very exciting,
challenging, experiment.
An ancient Tibetan proverb says: One hundred seekers start;
ninety-nine are lost somewhere on the way, go astray. Only one –
that too, very rarely – reaches the goal of his search. With this
proverb is attached a small story....
Deep in the mountains there is a monastery, far away from Lhasa.
The chief monk is getting old and he wants a master from Lhasa to
replace him....
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