Dang Dang Doko Dang

talks on Zen

by Osho

10 talks given live   June 1976
Pune, India
    Zen masters that Osho talks about in this
    book:

    name in book             Chinese pinyin

    Fugai
    Tetsgyu
    Bankei
    Joshu.........................Zhaozhou
    Ho-shan.....................Heshan
    Mumon.......................Wumen
Audio mp3's -- Discourses complete from:
Dang Dang Doko Dang
Osho talks in English.
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    Imagination is a great force. On the path of
    meditation, imagination is a barrier; on the path
    of love, imagination is a help.

    On the path of love, imagination is used as a
    device: you are told to imagine as intensely and
    passionately as possible. But on the path of
    meditation the same thing becomes a barrier.

    Imagination simply means that you visualize a
    certain thing but you put so much energy into it
    that it almost becomes real. Every night we all
    dream. While dreaming, every dream looks real.
    To come to know in a dream that this is a dream
    will be the end of it; then you will find yourself
    awake. The dream can continue only if you
    believe that it is real. And even people who are
    very skeptical, doubting, of the scientific attitude,
    even they go on believing in the night, they go
    on believing in their dreams.

    Every morning you find that it was just
    imagination but again every night you become a
    victim to it. And again when the dream unfolds
    you start believing it...

                                                       – Osho
                                 Dang Dang Doko Dang, ch. 2
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    Dang Dang Doko Dang

    Chinese pinyin:
    Jie da gu

    Chinese traditional:
    ("Beat the Drum")
    解打鼓

    Chinese simplified:
    解打鼓
    Here is a page on this site giving more
    explanation of the famous story of Zen Master
    Heshan 'Beating the Drum', with the reference of
    the original Chinese story, and Osho's retelling
    of this anecdote 12 years after the first one.
Discourse 2
Magicless Magic
Discourse 3
As Within, So Without
Discourse 4
When Grapes Are Sour
Discourse 5
Two Ladies and a Monk
Discourse 6
Joy Is the Criterion
Discourse 7
Be a Light unto Yourself
Discourse 8
Another Sunday
Discourse 9
Zen: Truth, Discipline, and Transcendence
Discourse 10
The Body Is a Friend
Discourse 1  
Never Pretend, Even About Skulls   1:34:57