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Enlightenment the UltimateFlowering

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ENLIGHTENMENT THE ULTIMATE FLOWERING

Enlightenment is the disappearance of ego,

desires, and all that is tangible and connectedwith mind. Enlightenment is the state of no

mind. It is a state when drop has merged intothe ocean.

Thought is mind in motion. No-thought is mind

at rest. Samadhi is witnessing of both. It istranscendence.

Masters speak of enlightenment so that the

seekers will get the first glimpse. And this first

far away glimpse is relevant for the seekers.

A satori is a state of the person becomingenlightened. When satori gets crystalized your


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inner space is full of light. This crystalized stateof inner light is Enlightenment. This is the stagewhen drop merges into the ocean. This is the

near shore of enlightenment. The river ofenlightenment needs the other shore for the

river bed for the enlightenment to flow likeundercurrent.

Samadhi happens when the other shore too is

found. And not only your inner incandescenceguides your emotions, intelligence and intellect

instead the whole existence has becomeenlightened through you.

Samadhi is the ultimate in enlightenment. In

fact it is the state beyond enlightenment. Firstyou become one from many and then becomezero from one. This is the whole mathematics of

spirituality. From many to one and from one tonothingness you attain to utter emptiness

within.

As a result for your inner search to attain a newimpetus I am speaking to you on various

aspects of enlightenment and also experience ofthe masters who have attained to

enlightenment.

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Enlightenment the Ultimate Flowering

2011, Taoshobuddha

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TAOSHOBUDDHA

The word Taoshobuddha comes from three

words, tao, sho, and Buddha. The word Taowas coined by the Chinese master, Lau Tzu. It

means that which is and cannot be put intowords. It is unknown and unknowable. It can

only be experienced and not expressed in words.Its magnanimity cannot be condensed intofiniteness. The word Sho implies, that which isvast like the sky and deep like an ocean carries

within its womb a treasure. It also means oneon whom the existence showers its blessings.

And lastly the word Buddha implies theEnlightened One; one who has arrived home.

Thus, Taoshobuddha implies one who is

existential, on whom the existence showers its

blessings and one who has arrived home. TheEnlightened One!


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Contents

1. Preface 7

2. What is Enlightenment? 21

3. Ignorance and Enlightenment 28

4. Kundalini not indispensable 33

5. Death with Enlightenment 36

6. Krishnamurti talks Enlightenment 43

7. Types of Satori 48

8. Samadhi the ultimate in Enlightenment 56

9. Characteristics of Samadhi 60

10. Master and Satori 74

11. Difference between Satori and Samadhi 81

12. Enlightenment not Ritual 88

13. Realization of Truth 102

14. Sleep and Samadhi 108

15. Enlightenment the inner flowering 119

16. Enlightenment of Gautama Buddha 168

17. Osho the essence of Enlightenment 196

18. Enlightenment and Ramakrishna 247

19. Enlightenment of Ananda 254

20. Enlightenment of Oshos father 263

21. Enlightenment of Mahakashyap 270

22. Enlightenment of Namdev 280

23. Enlightenment Ramanas Mother 288

24. Enlightenment Gurdjieffs Wife 294

25. Enlightenment Maher Baba 300


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26. Enlightenment of Manjushree and 309Samantabhadra

27. Enlightenment your nature 312

28. Enlightenment Nanak 317

29. How to recognize an enlightened one? 334

Preface

t is erroneous to say that I am enlightened.

Enlightenment is the disappearance of ego,desires, and all that is tangible and connected

with mind. Enlightenment is the state of nomind. It is a state when drop has merged into

the ocean.

But then a question arises if masters do not

speak of enlightenment how the seekers will getthe first glimpse. And this first far away glimpse

is relevant for the seekers. As a result for yourinner search to attain a new impetus I am

speaking to you on various aspects ofenlightenment and also experience of the

masters who have attained to enlightenment.

Enlightenment is not ritual. The moment youmake enlightenment ritual you have moved far

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away from reality. There are certain things thatyou have to understand about enlightenment.Very often it is asked if enlightenment is

accidental. This is something very significant tounderstand. Enlightenment is always accidental.

This does not mean that you do not have to try

for it. There is another equally important thingthat you have to remember. Certainly your

trying is not going to bring it. Your effort is notgoing to achieve it. But making the effort,

searching in all directions in every possible way,some day it happens certainly not because of

your efforts but because of your intense urge, atremendous intensity like a flame within you.

But it is always accidental. You cannot say, ithappened because I did that. Otherwise, thingswould have been very simple.

Enlightenment is not ritual. However, after the

master is no more, and also, with the passage

of time the inner search becomes a mere ritual.Look at the Buddhists monks all are making it aritual. For example, Buddha was sitting under a

Bodhi Tree, when enlightenment happened. Inevery Buddhist monastery there are Bodhi

Trees, and they are sitting, waiting forenlightenment to happen - as if the Bodhi Tree

has something to do with it.

Buddha had eaten that evening a sweet made of

milk and rice. Buddhist monks think that hassomething to do with enlightenment, so forthem it has become very spiritual food. Before


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sitting for meditation, they will eat kheer rice-pudding that is the name of the sweet. Butenlightenment has nothing to do with kheer.

Buddha was sitting in the lotus posture for

enlightenment. So every Buddhist monk sits inthe same posture - perhaps the posture has

something to do with it. The posture hasnothing to do with Buddhas Enlightenment. But

millions, throughout history, have been sitting inthat posture, torturing their legs.

And now Westerners have started learning yoga

postures, in which the lotus posture is the mostimportant because Buddha became enlightened

in that posture. For a Westerner, who has beensitting in a chair his whole life the lotus postureis difficult. In a cold country you do not sit on

the ground. His legs are in tremendous torture,but he tries hard. It takes almost three months

for him to attain to the lotus posture but only to

the lotus posture. And then he waits his wholelife for enlightenment sitting is lotus posture. Itdoes not happen that way. When you look into

the experience of the enlightened ones you willfind uniqueness with each master. Existence

never repeats itself.

Rumi danced for thirty five hours continuously.In that whirling he became aware of the

unmoving within. Rumi became enlightened.

This was the unique way and unique onlybecause enlightenment happened to Rumi that


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way. Sitting under the Bodhi Tree Buddhaattained enlightenment nirvana.

This is another unique way only because ofBuddha. And now look at the Buddhist monks

following this like a ritual. Look at the followersof Rumi they go on whirling throughout the life

like a ritual. In that certainly they become greatperformers but not enlightened. The world has

produced only countable enlightened onesbecause of the human mind that always shelters

in rituals and thus the superfluous.

So it is not a certain sequence of causes thatbrings enlightenment. Your search, your intense

longing, and your readiness to do anything -altogether perhaps they create a certain aromaaround you in which that great accident

becomes possible.

But you cannot manage it. Every seeker has to

begin from the beginning in his unique way. Youcannot learn by watching somebody. That iswhat all the religions have been doing. There is

a certain prayer, a certain posture, a certainritual, and a certain way of breathing. Nothing

helps.

I have always loved a small story of Leo Tolstoyfrom Russia. The Archbishop of Russia became

very much annoyed because on a small island

three men had come to be known to thepopulation as saints. Now, this is againstChristianity. In Christianity a saint has to be


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certified by the church as if to be a saint is adegree, a title. The Church has to ordain thesaint hood on the appropriate person. The

English word saint comes from sanction. Whenthe church gives the sanction, one becomes a

saint.

The archbishop was very angry that without hissanction, these three people had become known

as saints. And thousands of people were goingto touch their feet, and seek their blessings.

Naturally, this was making him very angry.

One day he finally decided to go and see whatkind of saints these were. He went in a

motorboat, reached the island it was a verysmall island, only those three people lived there.It was early morning, and those three were

sitting under a tree. They looked simple,uneducated, and illiterate people.

The archbishop on the way was very nervousabout facing three saints who have influencedthousands of people. But now he saw there was

no problem as these looked idiots! He wentthere and they all touched his feet. He was well

satisfied. He said, Do you think you are saints?

They said, We are uneducated, illiterate, poorpeople. How can we think such high things?

They are not for us. But what can we do? People

go on coming. We try to prevent them, we tellthem they should go to you, but they do notlisten.


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The archbishop enquired authoritatively, Whatis your prayer?

The three looked at each other, and nudged.

One said, You say it. The others said, You sayit.

The archbishop said, Anybody can say it, there

is no harm. But start!

They said, We feel very embarrassed, becauseit is not really a prayer but we have made it up.

The archbishop was really angry: You have

invented the prayer? What is the prayer?

One of them said, If you really insist, so we

have to say; but we are feeling veryembarrassed, because the prayer is not very

great, it is very simple.

Our prayer is: You are three, we are three;have mercy on us.

Even the archbishop in his anger had to laugh.

He said, Great! So this is your prayer?

Those poor people said, We are ready to learn.If you teach us the right prayer, we will try it.

But it should not be long, because we may

forget it, or we may make mistakes, or getconfused. Our prayer is so simple we cannotforget it, we cannot make any mistake.


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The archbishop read the whole prayer of theorthodox church of Russia. It was too long.

Those three poor people said, This is too long.Please read it again. The third time, they said,

Just one time more, so we can remember.

The archbishop was happy that these idiots areno threat. Now there is no problem: I can

convince people that they know nothing - noteven the prayer of the church!

They touched the archbishops feet, thanked

him and told him that there was no need for himto come, he should have just sent a message

and they would have come to him. Why shouldhe take such trouble? Anytime he wanted, heshould just send a message and they would

come to the church itself.

Very happy and contented, the archbishop left.

When he was just in the middle of the lake, hesaw those three running on the water, comingtowards him, saying, Stop! We have forgotten

the prayer! Just once more repeat!

The archbishop looked at them they werestanding on the water, running on the water. He

must have been a man of some intelligence.

He said, Forgive me. Your prayer is right; you

continue your prayer. Your prayer has reached;my prayer has not reached. You are reallysaints. It does not matter whether the church


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has sanctioned you or not. Sanctions areneeded by those who are not really saints. Thevery existence approves of your prayer. Just

forgive me that I interfered in your life.

This is a story by Leo Tolstoy. It is possible.With purity of heart, with serenity of the mind,

and with calmness of the being, any worduttered becomes a prayer even this becomes a

prayer: You are three, we are three; havemercy on us. And the great accident happens.

But you cannot copy it. That indeed is the

problem. You can go to an island and sit under atree, and say, You are three, we are three;

have mercy on us, and nothing will behappening. Within an hour or two you will getbored, and you will say that this does not work.

It is not a question of methodology.

Existence has allowed enlightenment in so many

different ways to people. All that we can say isthat certain qualities not very particularmethods are needed. But certain qualities when

they come to meet within you, function not as acause, but something happens because of their

presence. This is what in science is called acatalytic agent. They function as a catalytic

agent.

For example, you know that water is made with

hydrogen and oxygen. But you can go on mixingoxygen and hydrogen and water will not bemade. If you divide water, you will find only


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hydrogen and oxygen. Then what is missing?Why, even when mixing them in the properproportion, H2O - the water still not happening?

For that, the presence of electricity is needed. Itdoes not cause it. It is a totally different

phenomenon than causality. However itspresence is a catalytic agent. Without its

presence, oxygen and hydrogen can remaintogether for eternity, but water will not happen.

So when you see silver lines in black clouds, it is

not just for painters and people who understandbeauty and are sensitive to esthetic values. That

silver line is nothing but the presence ofelectricity that transforms hydrogen and oxygen

into water. But scientists were surprised in thebeginning because it does not take any part justits presence is needed. But without its presence

nothing happens.

So I can say to you that enlightenment is

always an accident, not an effect produced by acertain cause. Otherwise, things would havebeen very easy. Everybody could have produced

the cause, all the necessary ingredients, andwould have become enlightened.

If the lotus posture is needed, he will do it. If

standing on the head is needed, he will do it. Ifsitting under a Bodhi Tree is needed, he will do

it anything. If other men have been able to do

it, you can. But the problem is that it is not acause-and-effect phenomenon. So I can


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describe only a certain presence which functionsas a catalytic agent.

Meditation creates the catalytic agent. Create atotally silent mind with no thoughts a totally

relaxed body with no tensions, a totally emptyheart with no moods or feelings, or sentiments,

or emotions and then, simply wait.

In this silence, serenity, just wait.... And thenout of nowhere something explodes in you.

Yes, it is an explosion. Indeed explosion of light,

love, and tremendous bliss, which remains withyou forever. You cannot lose it even if you want

to. Nobody can become unenlightened again,that is not possible.

Alike other titles of Taoshobuddha, this titleEnlightenment the Ultimate Flowering iscontinued effort and commitment for

transformation of human consciousness.

Whether embodied or Unembodied the

enlightenment one has dissolved in existencelike drop merging into ocean. And then the

ocean lends it magnanimity, splendor andcosmic oneness to the enlightened one.

The indomitable energy that enlightenment

brings acts as catalyst in the process of

enlightenment.


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The mere presence clears the path of inwardjourney. Buddha represents the highest peak ofconsciousness. Buddha is the experiment in the

totality of Consciousness. Buddha representsthe fruition of ones being or the blossoming as

the Enlightenment.

Buddha represents a totally different king ofspirituality pure and sublime. Buddha is the

most godless yet most Godly being ever walkedon the earth. Buddha propounded the

religionless religion. Never before this happenedthat someone spoke of human transformation in

such profound yet uncontaminated way.

Over the years each time the message ofBuddha overflowed the need was there topreserve the message in as many forms as may

be possible. But it never happened as time wasnot right.

SUBHUTI ASKED:

WILL THERE BE ANY BEINGS IN THE FUTURE

PERIOD, IN THE LAST TIME, IN THE LAST EPOCH, INTHE LAST FIVE HUNDRED YEARS, AT THE TIME OF

THE COLLAPSE OF THE GOOD DOCTRINE WHO,

WHEN THESE WORDS OF THE SUTRA ARE BEINGTAUGHT, WILL UNDERSTAND THEIR TRUTH?

THE LORD REPLIED:

DO NOT SPEAK THUS, SUBHUTI!

YES, EVEN THEN THERE WILL BE BEINGS WHO,WHEN THESE WORDS OF THE SUTRA ARE BEING

TAUGHT, WILL UNDERSTAND THEIR TRUTH.


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FOR EVEN AT THAT TIME, SUBHUTI, THERE WILL BE

BODHISATTVAS. AND THESE BODHISATTVAS,SUBHUTI, WILL NOT BE SUCH AS HAVE HONOREDONLY ONE SINGLEBUDDHA, NOR SUCH AS HAVE

PLANTED THEIR ROOTS OF MERIT UNDER ONE

SINGLE BUDDHA ONLY.

ON THE CONTRARY, SUBHUTI, THOSE

BODHISATTVAS WHO, WHEN THESE WORDS OF THE

SUTRA ARE BEING TAUGHT, WILL FIND EVEN ONESINGLE THOUGHT OF SERENE FAITH, BE SUCH AS

HAVE HONORED MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

OF BUDDHAS, SUCH AS HAVE PLANTED THEIRROOTS OF MERIT UNDER MANY HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF BUDDHAS.

KNOWN THEY ARE, SUBHUTI, TO THE TATHAGATATHROUGH HIS BUDDHA-COGNITION. SEEN THEY

ARE, SUBHUTI, BY THE TATHAGATA WITH HIS

BUDDHA-EYE. FULLY-KNOWN THEY ARE, SUBHUTI,TO THE TATHAGATA. AND THEY ALL, SUBHUTI WILL

BEGET AND ACQUIRE AN IMMEASURABLE AND

INCALCULABLE HEAP OF MERIT.

THEREFORE, SUBHUTI, LISTEN WELL ANDATTENTIVELY,

The Buddha Being the energy field that the

enlightened ones have created shall continue toact as catalyst in the process of transformation

of human consciousness.

When the gates of heaven opened for Buddha

opened. He refused to enter until the entire

existence sentient and insentient attains toenlightenment. The indomitable energy ofenlightenment shall continue to act as catalyst.


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Buddham Sharnam Gachchami, Dhamam sharnam

Gachchami, sangham sharnam Gachchami!

Love

Taoshobuddha

A man of awareness never hesitates in taking

risks if that be necessary to save consciousness.He has found the shores of awareness. And thenit will not matter how deep he may be in watershe has the shores of awareness in sight. He may

gamble, but only on the periphery. He maybecome a gambler but he is just acting. Within

it was only a drama, he remains aware eachmoment and of each act. He may pretend that

he was drinking alcohol but he never drink. Andwho in a pub is so aware to notice if you are

drinking or not?

Such is the situation of you so called religiousone. Without the inner vision they go on making

judgments from outer behaviors. So even if he

was actually drinking water and just keeping abottle of alcohol in front of him, would the

drunkards have noticed it? And if they hadnoticed, would you say they were reallydrunkards?

The prostitutes danced and all eyes were on theprostitutes, but his mind was somewhere else


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established in consciousness will he be thencommitting sin. Certainly not sin is when thereis unconsciousness. Such is the man of

awareness. He enters into the pool of the worldonly to save you. For him there is no risk in

anything. He is like the lotus leaf that cannot bemoistened by dew drop.

Taoshobuddha on Enlightened Master

How to recognize an

enlightened one?

he words of the enlightened one overflowspontaneously. He does not make any

effort. The choice of words, their arrangements,and the melody creates an energy field that

cannot be put in words. Words come from thesource. It is the inner beauty, harmony and

bliss that assume words to manifest innernessfresh and new. After enlightenment each word

that overflows is like a coin freshly minted orthe flower that has just blossomed. It becomes

scripture that will continue to be the beaconlight.

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There is something mystical in the overflows ofthe enlightened one for which no words are

sufficient to explain. However, certainly there issomething indescribable.

Through such compositions and overflows the

enlightened one creates such level of beautythrough the use and mastery of musical rhythm

and rhyme with the play of words, that thereader and listener not only can appreciate the

wisdom contained in these compositions, butalso reach levels of ecstasy and mystical

energy that is seldom found in other suchcompositions. Certainly these connect to your

being. I call these as Meditations.

The mastery of rhyme and rhythm is such that

very often he creates a new vocabulary, usingthe same old words, yet creating new feelings

that are associated with the insights of

enlightenment. Furthermore, often he has suchmastery of play on words or at other times heuses the same word with a different accent or

vowel twice or even thrice in the samecomposition, with a different meaning each

time.

One cannot help but marvel at the linguisticmastery that the enlightened one displays

through various compositions and meditations

that he has created. One can simply drown inthe essence of it and thus get connected to yourbeing.


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In any case, the end result is the same. Theexperience of artistic beauty of these

compositions, voice modulations, rhythm andecstatic energy, and alpha brain wave patterns

all combined together with the mentalunderstanding of the wisdom conveyed take the

listener to the state of meditation. This is asclose as one can get to the mystical experience

itself, without actually being present withenlightened master.

In other words, His presence pervades each

composition just as consciousness permeatesthe entire cosmos.

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