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has melted down.
The Buddha Auditorium has become an ocean of consciousness of ten thousand buddhas, without any ripples, without any stir.
Collect the juice of life, the sense of eternity, and persuade the buddha to come along with you. He will come, he has always come. Without any doubt, it is your intrinsic nature. It is nobody's monopoly. It is absolutely your territory, nobody can interfere in it.
Nivedano ...
(drumbeat)
Come back, but remember you are coming back as a buddha -- with the same grace, with the same beauty, with the same grandeur.
Sit down for a few moments just to remember the golden path you have followed in, just to remember that buddha has come very close to you like a shadow.
One buddha can create enough fire to make millions afire, aflame.
Okay, Maneesha?
Yes, Beloved Master.
Yakusan: Straight to the Point of Enlightenment
Chapter #2
Chapter title: There is no way to compare me with anybody
18 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium
Archive code: 8901185
ShortTitle: YAKU02
Audio: Yes
Video: Yes
Length: 116 mins
OUR BELOVED MASTER,
YAKUSAN HAD NOT GIVEN A DISCOURSE FOR SOME TIME WHEN, ONE DAY, THE HEAD MONK CAME AND SAID, "THE CONGREGATION OF MONKS ARE THINKING ABOUT YOUR PREACHING A SERMON."
YAKUSAN SAID, "RING THE BELL!"
THE SUPERIOR BANGED AWAY AT THE BELL, BUT WHEN ALL THE MONKS GATHERED, YAKUSAN WENT BACK TO HIS ROOM. THE HEAD MONK FOLLOWED HIM AND SAID, "THE MASTER WAS GOING TO GIVE A TALK, AND THE MONKS ARE ALL READY; WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING TO THEM?"
YAKUSAN SAID, "THERE ARE SUTRA PRIESTS FOR THE SUTRAS, SHASTRA PRIESTS FOR THE SHASTRAS; WHY DO YOU QUESTION MY GOINGS-ON?"
Friends, I have received today from Germany a very scholarly and honest book, written by Peter Priskil; a comparison between me and Jesus.
The man who has written the book is very rare, because he himself is a Christian but without any prejudice. He has been almost a witness while writing the book. He rates me above Jesus -- his conclusions on every point are in
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