The Book of Wisdom

talks on Atisha's
7 Points of Mind Training
(prev. in 2 vol.)

by Osho

28 talks given live   Feb. 1979
Pune, India
    Buddhist master that Osho talks
    about in this book:

    Atisha

    I am not saying that a person who has
    no intelligence cannot become
    successful, cannot become famous –
    but still he will remain phony.

    And that is the misery: you can become
    famous, but if you are phony you live in
    misery. You don't know what blessings
    life is showering on you, you will never
    know. You do not have enough
    intelligence to know. You will never see
    the beauty of existence, because you
    don't have the sensitivity to know it. You
    will never see the sheer miracle that
    surrounds you, that crosses your path
    in millions of ways every day. You will
    never see it, because to see it you
    need a tremendous capacity to
    understand, to feel, to be.

    This society is a power-oriented society.
    This society is still utterly primitive,
    utterly barbarian. A few people –
    politicians, priests, professors – a few
    people are dominating millions. And this
    society is run in such a way that no
    child is allowed to have intelligence.

    It is a sheer accident that once in a
    while a Buddha arrives on the earth – a
    sheer accident...

                                     – Osho
                   The Book of Wisdom, ch. 3
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    The Book of Wisdom

    Chinese pinyin:
    Zhihui zhi shu

    Chinese traditional:　
    智慧之書

    Chinese simplified:
    智慧之书


    Life is its own purpose;
    it is not a means to some end,
    it is an end unto itself.
    The bird on the wing, the rose in the wind,
    the sun rising in the morning, the stars in the night,
    a man falling in love with a woman,
    a child playing on the street...there is no purpose.
    Life simply enjoying itself, delighting in itself.
    Energy overflowing, dancing, for no purpose at all.

    –Osho
    The Book of Wisdom , ch. 14




    Chinese Simplified:

    生命有它自己的目的，
    它不是到达某个目标的手段，
    它是它自己的目标本身。
    在空中飞翔的鸟、在风中摇曳的玫瑰、
    在早晨升起太阳、在夜晚的星辰、
    一个与女人堕入爱河的男人、
    一个在街上玩耍的孩童…没有目的。
    生命只是纯粹地享受它自己、欢欣它自己、
    能量洋溢着、舞蹈着，没有任何目的。
       
    Chinese Pinyin:
    Shēngmìng yǒu tā zìjǐ de mùdì,
    tā bùshì dàodá mǒu gè mùbiāo dì shǒuduàn,
    tā shì tā zìjǐ de mùbiāo běnshēn.
    Zài kōngzhōng fēixiáng de niǎo, zài fēng zhōng yáoyè de méiguī,
    zài zǎochen shēng qǐ tàiyáng, zài yèwǎn de xīngchén,
    yīgè yǔ nǚrén duò rù àihé de nánrén,
    yīgè zài jiē shàng wánshuǎ de háitóng…méiyǒu mùdì.
    Shēngmìng zhǐshì chúncuì de xiǎngshòu tā zìjǐ, huānxīn tā zìjǐ,
    néngliàng yángyì zhe, wǔdǎo zhe, méiyǒu rènhé mùdì.
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The Book of Wisdom
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Discourse 2
The Enlightenment of the Lily
Discourse 3
Sitnalta and the Seventeen Chakras
Discourse 4
The Last Chance to Rebel
Discourse 5
Sowing White Seeds
Discourse 6
Sannyas Is for Lions
Discourse 7
Learning the Knack
Discourse 8
Krishnamurti’s Solo Flute
Discourse 9
Watching the Watcher
Discourse 10
Miracles Are Your Birthright
Discourse 11
Expelled from the World
Discourse 12
Buddha in the Supermarket
Discourse 13
Don’t Make Wicked Jokes
Discourse 14
Other Gurus and Etceteranandas
Discourse 1
Atisha the Thrice Great   1:30:28
Discourse 15
The Smokeless Flame
Discourse 16
The University of Inner Alchemy
Discourse 17  (vol. 2, #1)
Wake Up the Slave
Discourse 18  (vol. 2, #2)
Dropping Out of the Olympics
Discourse 19  (vol. 2, #3)
The Three Rung Ladder of Love
Discourse 20  (vol. 2, #4)
Diogenes and the Dog
Discourse 21  (vol. 2, #5)
Vagabonds of the Soul
Discourse 22  (vol. 2, #6)
The Greatest Joke There Is
Discourse 23  (vol. 2, #7)
Behind the Master’s Hands
Discourse 24  (vol. 2, #8)
Bring in the New Man
Discourse 25  (vol. 2, #9)
We Are Ancient Pilgrims
Discourse 26  (vol. 2, #10)
The Illogical Electron
Discourse 27  (vol. 2, #11)
The Soul Is a Question
Discourse 28  (vol. 2, #12)
Be a Joke unto Yourself
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