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Osho on Gautam Buddha

1685 discourses in which Osho speaks about Gautam Buddha, most mentions first. Each line is his own sentence from that talk.

  1. Es Dhammo Sanantano #96 · 133 mentions · 5 June 1977
    “For years he had been near the Buddha, but only that day did it become satsang.”
  2. Es Dhammo Sanantano #77 · 72 mentions · 6 April 1977
    “His sons, wishing to prolong their father’s life, invited the Buddha with the bhikshu-sangha for alms.”
  3. Es Dhammo Sanantano #70 · 55 mentions · 30 March 1977
    “The Buddha says: know life as it is.”
  4. Es Dhammo Sanantano #20 · 53 mentions · 10 December 1975
    “They did not obey the Buddha’s command, but they had great compassion for human beings.”
  5. Es Dhammo Sanantano #111 · 52 mentions · 1 December 1977
    “Had it been sanvara, there would have been no need to go to the Buddha.”
  6. Es Dhammo Sanantano #67 · 51 mentions · 27 March 1977
    “The whole teaching of the Buddha is for Paravritti, for Vitaragata—how you may be joined to yourself.”
  7. The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #18: No guilt · 49 mentions · 23 July 1987
    “Perhaps it is something to do with his unconscious, because he has been speaking in a sarcastic way against Gautam Buddha.”
  8. Es Dhammo Sanantano #69 · 49 mentions · 29 March 1977
    “The Buddha said, Great kings, what kind of quarrel is this?”
  9. Es Dhammo Sanantano #100 · 48 mentions · 9 June 1977
    “The very name Gautam Buddha terrified those with narrow, sectarian minds.”
  10. Es Dhammo Sanantano #106 · 47 mentions · 26 November 1977
    “The Buddha said: Whatever is born is dying.”
  11. The Zen Manifesto: Freedom From Oneself #1: This disappearance is anatta · 44 mentions · 20 February 1989
    “He might have become a Gautam Buddha -- he had every possibility -- but because of this reaction, he fought those dead tutors, those dead Theosophical Society leaders, Annie Besant, Leadbeater, and others, his whole life.”
  12. Sahaj Samadhi Bhali #20 · 44 mentions · 9 August 1974
    “Only then could the old woman go on fearing to “see” the Buddha—because to “see” means death.”
  13. Es Dhammo Sanantano #61 · 43 mentions · 21 March 1977
    “Buddha says: we will even make a ladder of intellect.”
  14. Es Dhammo Sanantano #90 · 43 mentions · 30 May 1977
    “And while he was lost in the full Shekhchilli-like daydream, relishing the laddus of fancy, the Buddha saw him and he laughed.”
  15. Es Dhammo Sanantano #113 · 42 mentions · 3 December 1977
    “And Buddha said—bhikshu—beggar!”
  16. Es Dhammo Sanantano #86 · 39 mentions · 26 May 1977
    “How easy it is to forget the Buddha, how difficult to remember!”
  17. The Diamond Sutra #5: The Taste of Enlightenment · 38 mentions · 25 December 1977
    “So Buddha says, 'My doctrine is not a doctrine but just a vision.”
  18. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 4 #1: The Eightfold Way · 38 mentions · 31 October 1976
    “Buddha's Way is called 'the eightfold Way'.”
  19. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 4 #9: Provisions for the journey · 37 mentions · 8 November 1976
    “So Buddha says: Don't carry knowledge.”
  20. Es Dhammo Sanantano #88 · 37 mentions · 28 May 1977
    “The province of Bihar got its name because the Buddha ‘vihared’ there.”
  21. Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master #8: Everybody has the right to be wrong · 36 mentions · 8 July 1987
    “First, the teachings of Gautam Buddha have created two kinds of seekers: one is called ARHATA and the other is called BODHISATTVA.”
  22. The Sword and the Lotus #19: A simple thank you · 35 mentions · 9 February 1986
    “This statement of Gautam Buddha is one of the milestones in the history of human growth: Appa deepo bhava -- be a light unto yourself.”
  23. Es Dhammo Sanantano #103 · 34 mentions · 23 November 1977
    “Bhagwan Gautam Buddha was dwelling in Jetavana in Shravasti.”
  24. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 1 #3: Only nothing is · 33 mentions · 23 August 1976
    “Buddha says to understand this homelessness is to become a sannyasin.”
  25. Es Dhammo Sanantano #79 · 33 mentions · 8 April 1977
    “When they came to the Buddha, each already had five hundred disciples.”
  26. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 4 #11: Collecting pebbles on the seashore of life · 32 mentions · 10 November 1976
    “So first Buddha says: There is no God -- because if there is a God and any belief in God, then man can never be free; because then there is a dominator, a dictator.”
  27. Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master #5: Suchness is our self-nature · 31 mentions · 7 July 1987
    “It is one of the most strange coincidences that Gautam Buddha and Mahavira both revolted against the knowledgeable, the learned, the scholarly, the brahmins, the pundits, for a single reason -- that by being knowledgeable, you simply cover up your ignorance.”
  28. Es Dhammo Sanantano #109 · 31 mentions · 29 November 1977
    “He could have used some of that wealth in the vast work of the Buddha—he did not.”
  29. Sahaj Samadhi Bhali #10 · 31 mentions · 30 July 1974
    “You will make the Buddha your greatest prison.”
  30. Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master #17: Take the risk wholesale · 30 mentions · 13 July 1987
    “But as far as I can see, this is not a true statement of Gautam Buddha himself.”
  31. The Diamond Sutra #11: The Fully Enlightened One · 30 mentions · 31 December 1977
    “The word suchness is of immense importance in Buddha's approach towards reality.”
  32. Es Dhammo Sanantano #2 · 30 mentions · 22 November 1975
    “Buddha says: desire is insatiable.”
  33. Es Dhammo Sanantano #65 · 30 mentions · 25 March 1977
    “In today’s sutras the Buddha gives a few priceless pointers for the search of that rasa.”
  34. Tao Upanishad #78 · 30 mentions · 11 August 1973
    “Buddha said, “Drop the search; just be present here and now.”
  35. One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green #4: One wonders · 29 mentions · 16 January 1989
    “There are, according to Gautam Buddha, and according to all the mystics of the East -- and particularly of India -- three bodies.”
  36. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 2 #1: The challenge of the buddha · 29 mentions · 31 August 1976
    “You become rightly a human being only when you have accepted this challenge of the Buddha.”
  37. The Great Pilgrimage: From Here to Here #24: The only way to be is not to be · 29 mentions · 1 October 1987
    “A man came to Gautam Buddha with almost the same question that you have raised here.”
  38. Es Dhammo Sanantano #22 · 29 mentions · 22 January 1976
    “What Buddha said—still, even now, its full time has not come.”
  39. Take It Easy, Vol 2 #7: Breaking Through the Bottom · 28 mentions · 1 May 1978
    “Buddhism is not a philosophy -- not at least in Buddha's being or in Ikkyu's being.”
  40. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 3 #1: You Are Always on the Funeral Pyre · 28 mentions · 21 October 1976
    “Buddha says: There is no God -- it simply shows that man knows not why he is here.”
  41. The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #11: Emptying · 27 mentions · 20 July 1987
    “Now this is from a man who, in his previous sutras, has said that everything is illusory -- the world is illusory, the senses are illusory, the mind is illusory, even the Buddha is illusory!”
  42. No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity #3: A meeting of two rivers · 26 mentions · 28 December 1988
    “He has sent a telegram asking me, now I have allowed Gautam Buddha to be my guest, have I become a Buddhist?”
  43. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 1 #1: The most excellent way · 26 mentions · 21 August 1976
    “But you cannot look for a loophole in the Buddha.”
  44. Es Dhammo Sanantano #117 · 26 mentions · 7 December 1977
    “Buddha said: Just bow down.”
  45. Es Dhammo Sanantano #81 · 26 mentions · 21 May 1977
    “A young man took initiation with the Buddha.”
  46. Es Dhammo Sanantano #84 · 26 mentions · 24 May 1977
    “Today’s sutras of the Buddha are about just such arrangements of the mind.”
  47. The Diamond Sutra #3: The Wheel of Dhamma · 25 mentions · 23 December 1977
    “THEREFORE, SUBHUTI, LISTEN WELL AND ATTENTIVELY, says Gautama the Buddha.”
  48. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 4 #5: The discipline of transcendence · 25 mentions · 4 November 1976
    “What winds blow on the consciousness that disturb it7 Buddha says: The name of that wind is passion, desire.”
  49. The Sword and the Lotus #21: Something deeper than the mind · 25 mentions · 10 February 1986
    “In Gautam Buddha's time there was a man who was very angry, violent, and for some reason he became so murderous that he took a vow that he would kill one thousand people and cut off their heads.”
  50. Es Dhammo Sanantano #112 · 25 mentions · 2 December 1977
    “What Krishna said—the language is different; what Buddha said—the language is different; what Mohammed said—the language is different.”
  51. Es Dhammo Sanantano #52 · 25 mentions · 3 April 1976
    “Buddha said, Turn the chariot back.”
  52. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #20: Base your Rule on the Rule · 24 mentions · 5 October 1970
    “There is a good deal of similarity between Christ's concept of neutrality, Buddha's idea of indifference, Mahavira's transcendence of attachment, and Krishna's non-attachment.”
  53. Nowhere To Go But In #8 · 23 mentions · 1 June 1974
    “Buddha says that it is the moment that is true.”
  54. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 7 #9: Man's absence is his freedom · 23 mentions · 19 December 1979
    “Gautama the Buddha worked hard for six years in all kinds of disciplines to arrive home, to know the truth of his being, to realize the meaning of life.”
  55. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 1 #5: Be therefore mindful · 23 mentions · 25 August 1976
    “Buddha's standpoint is totally different.”
  56. The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #34: Enlightenment · 23 mentions · 18 August 1987
    “Gautam Buddha has said, "To experience enlightenment is primary, but to say anything about it is secondary."”
  57. The Osho Upanishad #35: Bhagwan rajneesh, the buddha lord maitreya · 23 mentions · 23 September 1986
    “Gautam Buddha had promised that after twenty-five centuries he will be coming as Lord Maitreya.”
  58. Es Dhammo Sanantano #1 · 23 mentions · 21 November 1975
    “Gautam Buddha is like the snow-clad Himalayas.”
  59. Es Dhammo Sanantano #46 · 23 mentions · 28 March 1976
    “When the Buddha says, sin is poison, he is simply stating a fact.”
  60. Es Dhammo Sanantano #98 · 23 mentions · 7 June 1977
    “For the teachings of Gautam Buddha were indeed in opposition to what they understood as religion—blind belief.”
  61. Beyond Enlightenment #7: Zorba and Buddha: Their split is your social disease · 22 mentions · 9 October 1986
    “The East, because of people like Gautam Buddha and Mahavira, could not deny that these people were sincere.”
  62. Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master #1: To seek nothing is bliss · 22 mentions · 5 July 1987
    “And the second thing that I would like you to remember is that although he was a follower of Gautam Buddha, in some instances he shows higher flights than Gautam Buddha himself.”
  63. Satyam Shivam Sundram #17: You have to put aside your fear · 22 mentions · 15 November 1987
    “Gautam Buddha has the right word for it.”
  64. The Buddha: The Emptiness of the Heart #3: This knowing is a transformation · 22 mentions · 10 September 1988
    “Maneesha, Gautama the Buddha marks a milestone in the history of consciousness.”
  65. The Sword and the Lotus #11: Godless and yet so godly · 22 mentions · 31 January 1986
    “Hindu avataras have been here, Gautam Buddha has been here, Moses and Jesus have been here, Mohammed and many others.”
  66. Es Dhammo Sanantano #82 · 22 mentions · 22 May 1977
    “Seven things about Gautam Buddha.”
  67. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 6 #1: The security of insecurity · 21 mentions · 21 October 1979
    “Gautama the Buddha is talking today about the very essence of buddhahood: the height of buddhahood and the depth of it, the glory and the grace, the tremendous freedom that it brings, the light that it showers, the love, the joy, the bliss, the awakening.”
  68. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 1 #10: Thus come, thus gone · 21 mentions · 30 August 1976
    “Buddha says the ego is a continuity, it is not a substance -- continuity like a flame, continuity like a river, continuity like the body.”
  69. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 3 #5: Become a Driftwood · 21 mentions · 25 October 1976
    “Buddha's approach is unique.”
  70. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 3 #7: Just Working for Peanuts · 21 mentions · 27 October 1976
    “The first floor of Buddha's teaching is known as HINAYANA; the second floor is known as MAHAYANA, and the third floor is known as VAJRAYANA.”
  71. The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #25: Two awakenings · 21 mentions · 27 July 1987
    “First, in the context of the whole Zen approach: in the eyes of Gautam Buddha, Bodhidharma, Ta Hui, the world is nothing but emptiness.”
  72. Zen: The Mystery and The Poetry of the Beyond #2: Spread the message · 21 mentions · 9 January 1989
    “He has my respect, my love -- but I cannot tolerate to be compared with Gautam Buddha!”
  73. Es Dhammo Sanantano #4 · 21 mentions · 24 November 1975
    “So Buddha says: if you must know, do not think about God—think about yourself.”
  74. Es Dhammo Sanantano #102 · 21 mentions · 22 November 1977
    “This is why we call the Buddha’s sayings “sutras”—threads.”
  75. Es Dhammo Sanantano #57 · 21 mentions · 8 April 1976
    “Buddha says: to seek outside is a trick to avoid.”
  76. Kaivalya Upanishad #2 · 21 mentions · 26 March 1972
    “Buddha said, “It concerns me, for the attitude with which you ask must be known to me—otherwise my answer will have no meaning.”
  77. From Death to Deathlessness #1: The man of compassion has to lie · 20 mentions · 2 August 1985
    “There was a man in Gautam Buddha's time whose name was Angulimal.”
  78. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #2: God is an insult to man · 20 mentions · 7 February 1989
    “And if these are trivia then I have to take him back to Gautam Buddha.”
  79. Satyam Shivam Sundram #9: The great affair · 20 mentions · 11 November 1987
    “I will have to start my answer from Gautam Buddha, because he was the first man to use the words "to be in the middle," and of course nobody has been able to improve upon the meanings that he gave to the word `middle.'”
  80. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 11 #7: Beyond the beyond · 20 mentions · 17 April 1980
    “In Buddha's story, the serpent must have been an ancient buddha provoking Adam and Eve, "Go without fear and eat the fruit and don't be afraid, don't be cowards!"”
  81. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 9 #3: Buddhas only point the way · 20 mentions · 13 February 1980
    “The Buddha says:”
  82. The Diamond Sutra #1: That Realm of Nirvana · 20 mentions · 21 December 1977
    “I love Gautama the Buddha because he represents to me the essential core of religion.”
  83. Zen: The Special Transmission #9: The Bird Has Flown · 20 mentions · 9 July 1980
    “But when Buddha says something it has a totally different significance, because it comes from his experience, it is rooted in his being.”
  84. Es Dhammo Sanantano #107 · 20 mentions · 27 November 1977
    “Buddha said: Guard your Smriti!”
  85. Hari Om Tat Sat #28: Vipassana comes in the end · 19 mentions · 24 February 1988
    “Sagaresh, the vipassana meditation was invented by Gautam Buddha, and for twenty-five centuries Buddhists have been torturing themselves.”
  86. No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity #9: Be ready to be chopped · 19 mentions · 3 January 1989
    “I call this kind of people idiots because they don't understand a simple thing: Who has styled Gautam Buddha, if he was not self-styled?”
  87. Take It Easy, Vol 2 #12: In The House of the Moon · 19 mentions · 10 May 1978
    “And Buddha says: This is not all that there is.”
  88. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 3 #9: Away with the Passions! · 19 mentions · 29 October 1976
    “But there have been sects: in Buddha's time there was this sect of the Jains which was obsessed with the idea of fasting.”
  89. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 4 #7: The ten grounds of the way · 19 mentions · 6 November 1976
    “Buddha said: You do not understand the Way.”
  90. The Heart Sutra #3: Negation of Knowledge · 19 mentions · 13 October 1977
    “Krishnamurti says so or because Gautam Buddha has said so.”
  91. The Rebellious Spirit #3: What binds you is the lust for the unlived life · 19 mentions · 11 February 1987
    “It was fortunate for Gautam Buddha that he was born as a prince.”
  92. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 2 #32: Falling in love with an enlightened person · 19 mentions · 1 August 1973
    “So really, to call Buddha's love `love' is not good, but we have no other term.”
  93. YAA-HOO! The Mystic Rose #3: Heart is the soil -- trust is the climate · 19 mentions · 21 March 1988
    “Gautam Buddha was expected to deliver his morning sermon.”
  94. Es Dhammo Sanantano #50 · 19 mentions · 1 April 1976
    “To understand the Buddha-words is simple; to live them is hard.”
  95. Es Dhammo Sanantano #92 · 19 mentions · 1 June 1977
    “Hence Buddha says—es dhammo sanantano.”
  96. No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity #2: An assembly of two buddhas · 18 mentions · 27 December 1988
    “Gautama the Buddha rebelled against the caste system; that was his great crime.”
  97. Om Shantih Shantih Shantih #13: Be, known thyself, keep the measure · 18 mentions · 6 March 1988
    “In India we have not crucified Gautam Buddha but we have been more sophisticated in destroying him, far more clever -- and it is bound to be so because India is a far more ancient land than Greece.”
  98. Take It Easy, Vol 2 #10: The Bodhisattvas' Merciful Vow · 18 mentions · 8 May 1978
    “Buddha says: Man is naturally good.”
  99. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 11 #5: How sweet to be free · 18 mentions · 15 April 1980
    “Gautama the Buddha is reminding his bodhisattvas that the path that they have followed themselves, the very beginning of the path, they may have completely forgotten about by now.”
  100. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 3 #5: Freedom contains all · 18 mentions · 16 August 1979
    “Gautam Buddha's search is not for God; it cannot be.”
  101. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 9 #2: Is there life before death? · 18 mentions · 12 February 1980
    “Buddha says: Seek ye not; otherwise you will miss.”
  102. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 4 #3: Remember the middle · 18 mentions · 2 November 1976
    “That's why Buddha says: Be a driftwood.”
  103. The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #10: Clinging · 18 mentions · 19 July 1987
    “It is not a coincidence that he calls Gautam Buddha `Old Yellow Face'; it is an unconscious, sarcastic remark.”
  104. The Heart Sutra #7: Full Emptiness · 18 mentions · 17 October 1977
    “That's why Buddha says it can be attained only when you understand that it is nonattainable.”
  105. The Invitation #27: Still time to change the trains · 18 mentions · 4 September 1987
    “Gautam Buddha could deny God -- I deny God.”
  106. The Razor's Edge #25: The same vicious circle · 18 mentions · 9 March 1987
    “And these were people who reached to the highest peak; they belong to the same category as Gautam Buddha.”
  107. The Sword and the Lotus #12: The golden mean · 18 mentions · 1 February 1986
    “In Gautam Buddha's life there is a beautiful story....”
  108. The Zen Manifesto: Freedom From Oneself #11: Sammasati -- the last word · 18 mentions · 10 April 1989
    “That tradition comes from Gautam Buddha himself.”
  109. Zarathustra: The Laughing Prophet #7: Of the stillest hour · 18 mentions · 11 April 1987
    “There is a story about Gautam Buddha.”
  110. Es Dhammo Sanantano #42 · 18 mentions · 24 March 1976
    “Buddha said, There is no need of any cover—for even if God is, ultimately He can do nothing contrary to you.”
  111. Es Dhammo Sanantano #94 · 18 mentions · 3 June 1977
    “Gautam Buddha’s entire teaching, his whole deshna, can be gathered into one small word.”
  112. Beyond Enlightenment #13: The only holy approach · 17 mentions · 15 October 1986
    “It is significant to understand that there is only one person, Gautam Buddha, who has used nothingness, emptiness, for the ultimate experience.”
  113. Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master #19: Relish the mystery in the depths of your heart · 17 mentions · 14 July 1987
    “He cannot say that the Buddha is wrong, so he has to produce strange answers which don't fit at all with what Buddha said -- and they don't fit absolutely with what Bodhidharma himself said earlier.”
  114. Death is Divine #2: The call of the unknown · 17 mentions · 2 October 1978
    “Gautam Buddha is an Aghori, Krishna is an Aghori, Christ is an Aghori, Lao Tzu is an Aghori.”
  115. From Bondage to Freedom #13: The world needs to be one · 17 mentions · 27 September 1985
    “Zorba the Buddha is certainly amongst you.”
  116. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 11 #3: The quiet way to the happy country · 17 mentions · 13 April 1980
    “Buddha says, tell the people:”
  117. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 5 #3: What you desire you will become · 17 mentions · 13 October 1979
    “Gautama the Buddha is the greatest breakthrough that humanity has known up to now.”
  118. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 5 #7: You are the source · 17 mentions · 17 October 1979
    “This is one of the greatest contributions of Gautama the Buddha to the world: he makes the individual absolutely, categorically, irrevocably responsible.”
  119. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 6 #5: Live in joy · 17 mentions · 25 October 1979
    “They go against the idea that prevails all over the world about Gautama the Buddha.”
  120. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 8 #1: Discontent is divine · 17 mentions · 21 December 1979
    “The way of Gautama the Buddha is the way of intelligence, understanding, awareness, meditation.”
  121. The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #12: Non-duality · 17 mentions · 20 July 1987
    “Why have the people like Gautam Buddha been so insistent that the whole existence -- except your witnessing self, except your awareness -- is just ephemeral, made of the same stuff as dreams are made of?”
  122. The Osho Upanishad #36: You are here only for that miracle · 17 mentions · 24 September 1986
    “Even though Gautam Buddha had given the flower to Mahakashyap it was not the flower that made him laugh, it was something else.”
  123. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 2 #39: Sunyawad -- the philosophy of emptiness · 17 mentions · 7 November 1973
    “Buddha said that there is no God.”
  124. Ajhun Chet Ganwar #12 · 17 mentions · 1 August 1977
    “From outside, people will see the skyscraper; the Buddha will look like a pauper.”
  125. Es Dhammo Sanantano #119 · 17 mentions · 9 December 1977
    “In this way, through Sariputta, for the first time a ray of the Buddha fell upon him.”
  126. Es Dhammo Sanantano #58 · 17 mentions · 9 April 1976
    “Buddha said: you shall not be able to say, “I did wrong because what else could I do—fate made me do it!””
  127. Communism and Zen Fire, Zen Wind #4: I am a spiritual terrorist · 16 mentions · 2 February 1989
    “The Zorba is there; I can introduce the Buddha also.”
  128. Hari Om Tat Sat #16: No master can betray love · 16 mentions · 2 February 1988
    “The phenomenon of the master and the disciple happened in the East in its golden days, when there were people like Lao Tzu and Zarathustra and Gautam Buddha.”
  129. No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity #1: To create a few more rainbows · 16 mentions · 26 December 1988
    “A few months ago in Bombay, Govind Siddharth had a vision that Gautam Buddha's soul has been searching for a body.”
  130. Take It Easy, Vol 1 #3: All Lies and Nonsense! · 16 mentions · 13 April 1978
    “And the paradox that Buddha says there is no self, the paradox that Buddha does not believe in individuality...”
  131. Take It Easy, Vol 1 #11: The Lotus Flower of the Law · 16 mentions · 21 April 1978
    “The appearance of Gautam the Buddha was one of the most phenomenal events of human consciousness.”
  132. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 1 #10: Neither this nor that · 16 mentions · 30 June 1979
    “One astrologer approached him -- he was very puzzled, because he saw the footprints of the Buddha on the wet sand and he could not believe his eyes.”
  133. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 10 #5: The Buddha is your birthright · 16 mentions · 25 February 1980
    “The whole philosophy of Gautama the Buddha is contained in the first sutra.”
  134. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 11 #1: Hold your tongue · 16 mentions · 11 April 1980
    “The whole message of Gautama the Buddha is to turn in.”
  135. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 12 #8: Born enlightened · 16 mentions · 28 April 1980
    “One night it happened, almost as it happened to Gautama the Buddha; of course, the problems were different, but the process was the same.”
  136. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 7 #5: Truth is that which is · 16 mentions · 15 December 1979
    “The way of Gautama the Buddha is the way of let-go; it cannot be determined by willpower.”
  137. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 2 #9: The discipline beyond discipline · 16 mentions · 8 September 1976
    “THIS SUTRA IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, one of the very central to Buddha's message.”
  138. The Transmission of the Lamp #35: Worship may be a worse crucifixion · 16 mentions · 12 June 1986
    “In Gautam Buddha's stories about his past lives there is one story that just before this life, when he became Gautam Buddha, he was an unconscious human being as everybody else is, and he heard about one man that had become awakened, enlightened.”
  139. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 #40: Sudden Enlightenment and its obstacles · 16 mentions · 1 March 1973
    “So what is Buddha's experience?”
  140. Es Dhammo Sanantano #3 · 16 mentions · 23 November 1975
    “Gautam Buddha is not a philosopher.”
  141. Es Dhammo Sanantano #11 · 16 mentions · 1 December 1975
    “When Buddha says, the mind is momentary, restless; life is fleeting—he is merely announcing a fact.”
  142. Es Dhammo Sanantano #39 · 16 mentions · 8 February 1976
    “Buddha says: ‘He who is without faith.’”
  143. Es Dhammo Sanantano #73 · 16 mentions · 2 April 1977
    “Buddha says: the one engaged in the unworthy is naturally not engaged in the worthy.”
  144. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #18 · 16 mentions
    “Buddha says: had I not known, perhaps I would have taken another path.”
  145. Ram Duware Jo Mare #4 · 16 mentions · 28 May 1974
    “Buddha said, “If I did not know, perhaps I would take the other route; but now that I know, I must go.”
  146. Isan: No Footprints in the Blue Sky #5: Just be here · 15 mentions · 5 November 1988
    “Gautam the Buddha was one of the buddhas.”
  147. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #17: Don't Imitate, Just be Yourself · 15 mentions · 3 October 1970
    “Even a thousand names of people who have known truth will not add one iota to the measure of Buddha's truth, nor will they add to the glory and grandeur of truth itself.”
  148. Nansen: The Point of Departure #1: The Earth and the Sky are not Seperate · 15 mentions · 5 October 1988
    “Just one mention and yet he is regarded as the greatest disciple of Gautam Buddha.”
  149. Rinzai: Master of the Irrational #6: All you can do is drop your mind · 15 mentions · 29 October 1988
    “The whole existence is wiser than you, so whatever happens -- Buddha says suchness -- just whatever happens, remember, such is the nature of existence.”
  150. Sermons in Stones #30: The Master only makes you remember who you are · 15 mentions · 29 December 1986
    “And by the way, this is the reason no woman has been able to become a Gautam Buddha.”

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