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remind you. It is one of the most beautiful names. And in india, it is very symbolic.
Hindus go to their temples with dhurva to offer to god. They take fresh, new leaves of grass, and they offer those grass leaves to god -- not even flowers, just grass leaves. Because they say that a flower is a great thing. A buddha can offer a flower -- he is a flower. How can they offer? They are not flowers yet. At the most they are grass leaves -- just sprouting -- and indicating that they will not resist god. If he comes they will bend with him. If he comes, they will dance with him. If he doesn't come, they will wait for him....
The Buddha Disease
Chapter #5
Chapter title: Take life in the spirit of a picnic
5 January 1977 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 7701055
ShortTitle: DISEAS05
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Deva means divine, abhiyana means adventure divine adventure. And remember it always -- that life is never a static thing. And the moment you make it static, it has already slipped out of your hand. Life is only in the process. It is in adventure, pilgrimage. The goal is always arriving, but it never arrives. And it is never going to arrive -- that is not the nature of life. If the goal arrives, all meaning is lost. Then there is nothing left.
So god is the goal who always appears to be arriving, promising, but who never arrives. You are always coming closer to it. But the play continues -- the adventure remains.
So take life as an adventure. Never think in static terms -- always think in dynamic terms... movement, process.
Our language is very faulty -- it turns everything into a static thing. It makes nouns out of verbs. For example, love. Now, love can never be a noun. It is always loving -- it is never love. Life becomes a noun. Life is never a noun -- it is a verb. It is always living.
And all languages do that mischief -- they change the nature of the verb and reduce it to a noun. And when you talk about love it seems as if you are talking about some thing. And love is not a thing. When you talk about god, it appears as if you are talking about some thing
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