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Osho on Hui Neng

20 discourses in which Osho speaks about Hui Neng, most mentions first. Each line is his own sentence from that talk.

  1. Walk Without Feet, Fly Without Wings and Think Without Mind #6: Think Without Mind · 24 mentions · 6 January 1978
    “Either like a Hui Neng, listening to the four lines of the Diamond Sutra, you become enlightened.”
  2. The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #32: Desirelessness · 19 mentions · 17 August 1987
    “But the master chose a very strange man, Hui Neng, to be his successor.”
  3. Ma Tzu: The Empty Mirror #3: Ripe plum · 18 mentions · 18 September 1988
    “Eno was the man who had introduced Ma Tzu to Nangaku.”
  4. The First Principle #1: Catching the First Principle · 17 mentions · 11 April 1977
    “When the fifth patriarch of Zen, Hung-jen, was asked why he had chosen Hui-neng as his successor out of the five hundred monks in his monastery, he replied: "Four hundred and ninety-nine of my disciples understood Buddhism very well, and only Hui-neng had no u…”
  5. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 #9: Techniques for centering · 13 mentions · 12 November 1972
    “Hui Neng, a Chinese master, was working under his master.”
  6. Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 2 #6: The Door to the Wild · 12 mentions · 26 June 1977
    “A Ch'an story describes how the Abbot Hui-ming approached the master, Hui-neng.”
  7. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #1: God is a puppeteer · 10 mentions · 6 February 1989
    “where Eno lived, his old master, who has sent him to Seigen because his death was imminent, and who said, "I will not be able to see your enlightenment, but you are bound to be enlightened.”
  8. Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1 #9: Symbols of the Tiredness of Man · 10 mentions · 19 June 1977
    “That's why the great Zen Master, Hui Neng, has said, 'If you meet Buddha on the way, kill him immediately.”
  9. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #2: God is an insult to man · 6 mentions · 7 February 1989
    “Sekito was sent to Seigen by his master, Eno.”
  10. Nansen: The Point of Departure #2: Go beyond Emptiness · 5 mentions · 6 October 1988
    “Eno was his master.”
  11. The Diamond Sutra #9: Pure Land Paradise · 5 mentions · 29 December 1977
    “It is said that Hui Neng, one of the greatest Zen masters, the sixth patriarch in the Zen tradition, became enlightened by hearing four lines of The Diamond Sutra.”
  12. Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1 #10: Philosophical Bastards · 5 mentions · 20 June 1977
    “If we think about Freud, Jung, Adler and company then he is right, but if we think about Patanjali, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Hui Neng, then he is wrong.”
  13. Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 2 #7: An Explosion of Insight · 5 mentions · 27 June 1977
    “That's why Zen says -- Hui-neng's words: 'All doctrine by nature is dark.”
  14. Books I Have Loved #8 · 4 mentions
    “My choice for the ninth is Hui Neng, the Chinese successor to Bodhidharma.”
  15. Ma Tzu: The Empty Mirror #1: The mirror · 4 mentions · 16 September 1988
    “And that's what another great master, Eno, said to Nangaku.”
  16. The True Name, Vol 1 #4: Some Other Ganges · 4 mentions · 24 November 1974
    “And one day a man came by the name of Hui Neng.”
  17. Santo Magan Bhaya Man Mera #16 · 4 mentions · 27 May 1978
    “His name was Hui Neng.”
  18. I Am the Gate #6: The secrets of spiritual explosion · 3 mentions · 8 June 1971
    “Then come Hui Neng.”
  19. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 3 #5: Beyond Honour and Disgrace · 3 mentions · 15 August 1975
    “Bodhidharma gave all that he had to Hui-neng.”
  20. Ek Omkar Satnam #4 · 3 mentions · 24 November 1974
    “Then one man came—Hui Neng.”