The Mustard Seed
talks on Jesus -- gospel of Thomas
(prev. published as Seeds of Revolution)

by Osho

21 talks given live   Aug. 1974
India
    Christian master that Osho talks about
    in this book:

    Jesus Christ

    The First Saying:

    THE DISCIPLES SAID TO JESUS:
    TELL US WHAT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
    IS LIKE.

    HE SAID TO THEM:
    IT IS LIKE A MUSTARD SEED -- SMALLER
    THAN ALL SEEDS, BUT WHEN IT FALLS ON
    THE TILLED EARTH IT PRODUCES A
    LARGE TREE AND BECOMES SHELTER
    FOR ALL THE BIRDS OF HEAVEN.


    Human relationships have changed a lot,
    and have changed for the worse. In all
    dimensions the deeper relationships have
    disappeared: the wife is no longer a wife, but
    just a girlfriend; the husband is no longer a
    husband, but just a boyfriend.

    Friendship is good, but cannot be very
    deep. Marriage is something which happens
    in depth. It is a commitment in depth, and
    unless you commit yourself you remain
    shallow. Unless you commit yourself you
    never take the jump. You can float on the
    surface, but the depths are not for you.

    Of course, to go into the depths is
    dangerous -- bound to be so, because on
    the surface you are very efficient. On the
    surface you can work like an automaton; no
    awareness is needed. But you will have to
    be more and more alert, the more you
    penetrate into the depths, because at every
    moment death is possible. Fear of depth has
    created a shallowness in all relationships.
    They have become juvenile.

    A boyfriend or a girlfriend may be fun, but
    cannot become a door to the deepest that is
    hidden in each and everyone. With a
    girlfriend you can be sexually related, but
    love cannot grow...

                                                – Osho
                                 The Mustard Seed, ch. 1
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    The Mustard Seed　

    Chinese pinyin:
    Jiezi

    Chinese traditional:
    芥子

    Chinese simplified:
    芥子
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(Section 1)
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Discourse 2
Jesus Is Very Paradoxical
Discourse 3
The Marvel of Marvels
Discourse 4
Take No Thought
Discourse 5
The Strangest of Saying
Discourse 6
Absurd! Illogical!
Discourse 7
The Treasure Which Endures
Discourse 8
Make the Two One
Discourse 9
What's Wrong with My Wife?
Discourse 10
Just Enjoying Yourself
Discourse 1
The Mustard Seed   1:31:09
Discourse 11
Choose the Eternal
Discourse 12
Come Out and I'll Show You
Discourse 13
He Is an Open Secret
Discourse 14
Hurry Slowly
Discourse 15
Poet of the Ultimate
Discourse 16
The Taste of the Pudding
Discourse 17
Movement and Rest
Discourse 18
Sailing in Rough Waters
Discourse 20
Mind Is Drunk
Discourse 19
God Is Not a Utility
Discourse 21
Become a Gardener