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God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth Talks given from 06/02/89 pm to 12/02/89 pm English Discourse series 7 Chapters Year published: 1989 God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth Chapter #1 Chapter title: God is a puppeteer 6 February 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Archive code: 8902065 ShortTitle: GDEAD01 Audio: Yes Video: Yes Length: 195 mins OUR BELOVED MASTER, ON THEIR FIRST MEETING, SEIGEN ASKED SEKITO, WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? AND SEKITO REPLIED, I COME FROM SOKEI. SEIGEN HELD UP A WHISK AND SAID, DID YOU FIND THIS OVER THERE? SEKITO REPLIED, NO, NOT ONLY WAS IT NOT OVER THERE, BUT IT WAS ALSO NOT IN THE WEST LAND. SEIGEN ASKED, YOU REACHED THE WEST LAND, DIDNT YOU? TO WHICH SEKITO REPLIED, IF I HAD REACHED, I COULD HAVE FOUND IT. SEIGEN SAID, NOT YET ENOUGH -- SPEAK FURTHER. SEKITO REPLIED, YOU SHOULD ALSO SPEAK FROM YOUR SIDE. HOW IS IT YOU URGE ONLY ME? SEIGEN SAID, THERES NO PROBLEM FOR ME IN ANSWERING YOU, BUT NOBODY WOULD AGREE WITH IT. SEIGEN CONTINUED, WHEN YOU WERE AT SOKEI, WHAT DID YOU GET THERE? SEKITO REPLIED, EVEN BEFORE GOING TO SOKEI, I HADNT LOST A THING. THEN SEKITO ASKED, WHEN YOU WERE IN SOKEI, DID YOU KNOW YOURSELF? SEIGEN SAID, HOW ABOUT YOU? DO YOU KNOW ME NOW? SEKITO ANSWERED, YES, I DO. HOW CAN I KNOW YOU ANY FURTHER? HE CONTINUED, OSHO, SINCE YOU LEFT SOKEI, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN STAYING HERE? SEIGEN REPLIED, I DO NOT KNOW EITHER. AND YOU, WHEN DID YOU LEAVE SOKEI? SEKITO SAID, I DONT COME FROM SOKEI. SEIGEN RESPONDED, ALL RIGHT -- NOW I KNOW WHERE YOU COME FROM. SEKITO SAID, OSHO, YOU ARE A GREAT ONE -- DO NOT WASTE TIME. Friends, a new series of talks begins today: GOD IS DEAD, NOW ZEN IS THE ONLY LIVING TRUTH. The series is dedicated to Friedrich Nietzsche, who was the first man in the history of mankind to declare, God is dead, therefore man is free. It was a tremendous statement; its implications are many. First I would like to discuss Nietzsches statement. All the religions believe that God creat