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    20 Difficult Things to Accomplish in this World: life's challenges according to Buddha
    20 Difficult Things to Accomplish in this World: life's challenges according to Buddha
    20 Difficult Things to Accomplish in this World: life's challenges according to Buddha
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    20 Difficult Things to Accomplish in this World: life's challenges according to Buddha

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    "The Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters" is a succinct summary doctrine by which Buddhism was introduced to China. Each of the 42 sutras begins with the Buddha said”. This particular sutra deals with 20 Difficult Things to Accomplish in this World” and Osho takes us through each verse, and dissects it line by line, never omitting to explain--in clear modern terms--the real meaning of the verses.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOsho Media International
    Release dateSep 30, 2012
    ISBN9780880500159
    20 Difficult Things to Accomplish in this World: life's challenges according to Buddha
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    Osho

    Osho is one of the most provocative and inspiring spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. Known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, the influence of his teachings continues to grow, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world. He is the author of many books, including Love, Freedom, Aloneness; The Book of Secrets; and Innocence, Knowledge, and Wonder.

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    20 Difficult Things to Accomplish in this World - Osho

    20 Difficult Things to Accomplish in this World

    life’s challenges according to Buddha

    Osho

    Copyright © 1976, 2012 OSHO International Foundation

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    Images and Cover Design © OSHO International Foundation

    20 Difficult Things to Accomplish in this World: Life’s challenges according to Buddha, by Osho

    From a series of OSHO Talks titled: The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol. 2, #1

    This OSHO Talk is complete in itself.

    The full series of OSHO Talks The Discipline of Transcendence is available in 4 volumes, in audio format.

    Twenty Difficult Things to Accomplish in this World is also available as an original audio recording under the same title, spoken by Osho.

    Osho comments on a Buddha sutra from SERMONS OF A BUDDHIST ABBOT – ADDRESSES ON RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS By The Rt. Rev. Soyen Shaku, Publ.: Samuel Weiser Inc., 734 Broadway, New York, New York 10003 USA, 1971, reprinted with permission.

    Published by

    OSHO MEDIA INTERNATIONAL

    an imprint of

    OSHO INTERNATIONAL

    www.osho.com/oshointernational

    ISBN-13: 978-0-88050-015-9

    20 Difficult Things to Accomplish in This World

    The Buddha said:

    There are twenty difficult things to attain or accomplish in this world:

    1. It is difficult for the poor to practice charity.

    2. It is difficult for the strong and rich to observe the Way.

    3. It is difficult to disregard life and go to certain death.

    4. It is only a favored few that get acquainted with a Buddhist sutra.

    5. It is by rare opportunity that a person is born in the age of a buddha.

    6. It is difficult to conquer the passions, to suppress selfish desires.

    7. It is difficult not to hanker after that which is agreeable.

    8. It is difficult not to get into a passion when slighted.

    9. It is difficult not to abuse one’s authority.

    10. It is difficult to be even-minded and simple-hearted in all one’s dealings with others.

    11. It is difficult to be thorough in learning and exhaustive in investigation.

    12. It is difficult to subdue selfish pride.

    13. It is difficult not to feel contempt toward the unlearned.

    14. It is difficult to be one in knowledge and practice.

    15. It is difficult not to express an opinion about others.

    16. It is by rare opportunity that one is introduced to a true spiritual teacher.

    17. It is difficult to gain an insight into the nature of being, and to practice the Way.

    18. It is difficult to follow the steps of a savior.

    19. It is difficult to be always the master of oneself.

    20. It is difficult to understand thoroughly the ways of Buddha.

    Life is not a bed of roses. It is difficult, it is complex. It is very rare to be alive in the true sense of the word. To be born is one thing, to be alive quite another. To be born is to be just biologically here, to be alive is a totally different dimension – the dimension of spirituality.

    Unless a man is spiritual he is not alive yet. But to move from the biological realm to the spiritual realm is very difficult, arduous. It is the greatest challenge there is. It is the greatest quantum leap: from the body to the soul, from the material to the immaterial, from the visible to the invisible, from time to timelessness, from out to in. It is arduous.

    In this sutra Buddha says there are twenty difficult things. These twenty difficult things can become twenty steps of the challenge. These twenty difficult things are not to make you beware of them; these twenty difficult things Buddha is talking about not to avoid them – it is an invitation, it is a challenge.

    These twenty Himalayan peaks are just a challenge for you, a great invitation. Don’t remain in the valley. The valley is very secure, convenient, comfortable. You will live comfortably, you will die comfortably. But you will not grow. You will only grow old,

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