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with prayer. Here, silence and sound will be together.
Silence alone is poor, so is sound alone. Sound alone is noise, silence alone is death. When silence and sound meet, there is music. Music is the meeting of silence and sound. There is a rhythm between sound and silence, hence the music. The great music always contains silence in it and sound. And the great meditation also contains sound in it and silence.
Don't be afraid. I am not teaching you a religion which is life-negative. I am teaching a religion which is absolutely life-affirmative. Life is God.
The second question:
Question 2
WHY WAS THE RELIGION OF BUDDHA UTTERLY UPROOTED FROM INDIA?
A simple reason. Because the public can forgive everything except genius.
The third question:
Question 3
WHAT IS LOVE? I FEEL THAT WHAT I CALL LOVE AND WHAT YOU CALL LOVE ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
Yes, Vidya, they have to be totally different. When I talk about love it has the meaning of consciousness in it. When you talk about love it has the darkness of unconsciousness in it. They are two worlds apart.
I have to use the same words as you use. It is a shame, but what to do? I have to use the same words. Not that I cannot coin my own words -- but then you won't understand what I am saying at all. Right now at least you have the feel that you are understanding -- then even that will disappear, then I will look really a madman.
Always remember, your words are being used in a totally different meaning. So when you are listening to me, be alert of the fact. And don't jump immediately on the words and don't give them your color. It is a very mechanical habit. You hear the word 'love' and immediately you know what I mean. Now you need not listen, you can go into sleep, you can have a little sleep -- because I am talking about love and you know already what love is.
You don't know what love is. Your life does not prove that you know. If you know love you have known all that is worth knowing; then there is nothing left. If you have known love you have known God, you have known Buddhahood. You have known the essential body, the truth body. Love
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