The book of nothing sosan

This book delves into buddhas thoughts and lao tzus thoughts which emerged into zen. Its the kind of text that by reading one line a person can instantly drop all heaviness and find inner peace and contentment with just being. Each line reads as a simple meditation that enlightens the heart and mind into silence and relaxation. This book is the transcribed version of oshos talks on sosans verses hsin hsin ming. And when he says something he carries something of the unknown to the world of the known. He was an enlightened one but lived the life of a beggar. No need to go to the church and the mosque and the temple life is a big enough temple.

We will be entering the beautiful world of a zen masters nomind. Osho there is little known about the ancient zen master, sosan, yet with very few. These verses of sosan are called in chinese the book of true faith. In this world of suchness there is neither self nor otherthanself. Oshos discourses on the great way touched my heart. The book of everything is a lavishly illustrated book that offers a fresh translation of the walled garden of truth by the 12th century poet hakim sanai. Here is an alive, contemporary zen master at work and as the meaning of sosans. Sosan about whom nothing much is known was a wandering zen monk, a zen mystic. You simply start saying yes, and everywhere you will feel prayerful because everywhere the ego will be absent. Doubts and irresolutions vanish and the truth is confirmed in you. Hsin hsin ming, the book of nothing quotes by osho goodreads. Sosan, the 3rd patriarch of chan buddhism zen in china, wrote what i consider to be the best explanation of spiritual enlightenment ever written. Zen buddhism, talks on the faith mind of sosan, hsin hsin ming.

Hsin hsin ming verses on the faith mind of sengstan sosan, 3rd zen patriarch, translated from the original chinese by richard b. The book of nothing is very short, like a poem exclaiming the beauty and supremeness of the nondual state. Nu is er over deze sosan niet veel bekend, maar dat is zeer kenmerkend voor zen. All is void, clear, and selfilluminating, with no need to exert the mind. Zen buddhism, talks on the enlightened mind of sosan, hsin hsin. Here thinking, feeling, knowledge, and imagination are of no value. Discourses on sosans verses on the faithmind osho on.

To come directly into harmony with this reality just simply say when doubts arise, not two. No matter when or where, enlightenment means entering this truth. If i were to save only two books from the whole world of the mystics, one would be sosans hsin hsin ming, osho says. Hsin hsin ming the book of nothing osho boeken besproken. The text is a poem that reads like smooth running water of a mountain stream. The book of nothing is remarkable for its brevity and for the simplicity in which it describes the silence experienced by the empty mind of zen. Nothing much is known about him this is as it should be, because history records only violence. History does not record silence it cannot record it.