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he is ready; my death has been a shock to him and has made him ready. I am happy that even my death has helped somebody to be ready, to listen."
He answered his question. The question was not philosophical, theological, intellectual. The question was really authentic, sincerely spiritual. But that man had been missing for so many years, just because of the idea, "Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, any time Buddha comes and goes, I can go and meet him and ask."
He asked -- this was the last question to Buddha -- "How can I be in a position so that whether you are in the body or not, your presence will remain available to me? What can I do?"
He had asked a real religious question. He was asking, "What can I do so that your presence remains available to me? This time I have missed -- when you were in the body. But I don't want to miss forever."
Buddha gave him the instructions for meditation, vipassana; how to be aware of your breathing; how to be aware, silently watchful of the breath going out, coming in, going out, coming in..."so slowly, slowly you can be separate from your breathing. The moment you are separate from your breathing my presence will be available, because you are separate from your body just as I am separate from my body."
If a disciple is ready, even a dead master can be alive. If the disciple is not ready, then even a living master cannot do anything. It all depends on the disciple.
From the False to the Truth
Chapter #2
Chapter title: Here we call work, worship
2 April 1985 pm in Lao Tzu Grove
Archive code: 8504025
ShortTitle: FALSE02
Audio: Yes
Video: Yes
Length: 77 mins
Question 1
BELOVED OSHO,
IS WORSHIPPING IN THE COMMUNE RELATED TO MEDITATION? WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANY MEDITATION TIME SEPARATE FROM WORSHIPPING?
It has been one of the most dangerous ideas down the centuries that life can be divided into separate parts. Life is indivisible, it is an organic whole. The moment you divide it you kill it. This is one of the most fundamental things in my approach towards life: I take it as a whole.
And remember,
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