Zen
The Special Transmission

by Osho

10 talks given live  July 1980
Pune, India


    We enter today into the very special world of
    Zen. It is very special because it is the most
    ordinary state of consciousness – that's its
    specialty.

    The ordinary mind always wants to be
    extraordinary; it is only the extraordinary mind
    who relaxes into ordinariness. It is only the
    exceptional who is ready to relax and rest into
    the ordinary. The ordinary always feels inferior;
    out of that inferiority complex he tries to be
    special. The special need not make any effort
    to be special – he is special. There is no
    inferiority complex in him. He is not suffering
    from any emptiness. He is so full, overflowing,
    that he can be just whatsoever he is.

    The world of Zen can be called the most special
    and also the most ordinary.

    It is a paradox if you look from the outside; if
    you look from the inside there is no paradox at
    all. It is a very simple phenomenon...

                                                    -– Osho
                  Zen: The Special Transmission, ch. 1
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    Zen: The Special Transmission　

    Chinese pinyin:
    Chan: Teshu de chuanbo

    Chinese traditional:
    禪：特殊的傳播

    Chinese simplified:
    禅：特殊的传播
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Discourse 2
Come and Get It!
Discourse 3
The Empty Door Is Open Wide
Discourse 4
At a Time Like This?
Discourse 5
Why Not Shoot Yourself?
Discourse 6
Wake Up, Lazarus!
Discourse 7
Mind Is Gone
Discourse 8
Get It?
Discourse 9
The Bird Has Flown
Discourse 10
It’s a Special Transmission
Discourse 1
Here It Is…
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