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absolutely pointless
the most stupid thing
that one can get involved in is philosophy
after thousands of years of philosophical analysis
not a single conclusion has been reached
not a single truth has been arrived at
that is enough reason
for philosophy being dropped, completely dropped
it is an exercise in utter futility
this is where sannyas
takes a totally different route
sannyas basically means mysticism
it is not philosophical, it is existential
we are not searching to know about truth
we are not trying to know about truth
we are trying to be the truth
and to be the truth is the only way to know it
there is no other way
unless you have tasted it totally
so totally that it has become part
of your blood, bone and marrow
you will not know it
unless you have become it
there is no knowing of it
truth cannot be an object
it becomes your very subjectivity
truth is subjectivity, your very innermost core
it is self-discovery; hence one has to drop
all the patterns of argumentation
all the methods of analysis
all doubts, all beliefs, all systems of thought
theistic, atheistic
catholic, protestant, hindu, mohammedan
one has to get rid of the whole fabric of the mind
the whole junk has to be burned
so that one is simply in a state of not-knowing
and in that very state of not-knowing
the flower of knowing opens up
in the east we have called the flower
the one-thousand-petalled lotus
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Chapter #3
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3 March 1981 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 8103035
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in fact a relaxed person can move
can make better effort
and a man of efficient effort can be better relaxed
there is no intrinsic contradiction
the contradiction exists only in words, language
and in the mind
the experience of bliss
is one of
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