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1、JustLikeThatTalksonSufiStoriesTalksgivenfrom01/05/75amto10/05/75amEnglishDiscourseseriesCHAPTER1Theunteachableteaching1May1975aminBuddhaHallAMANCAMETOLIBNANI,ASUFITEACHER,ANDTHISINTERCHANGETOOKPLACE.MAN:IWISHTOLEARN.WILLYOUTEACHME?LIBNANI:IDONOTFEELTHA
2、TYOUKNOWHOWTOLEARN.MAN:CANYOUTEACHMEHOWTOLEARN?LIBNANI:CANYOULEARNHOWTOLETMETEACHYOU?Truthcannotbetaught...butitcanbelearned.Andbetweenthesetwosentencesisthekeyofallunderstanding.Soletmerepeat:truthcannotbetaught,butitcanbelearned–becausetruthisnotate
3、aching,notadoctrine,notatheory,aphilosophy,orsomethinglikethat.Truthisexistence.TruthisBEING.Nothingcanbesaidaboutit.Ifyoustartsayingsomethingaboutityouwillgoroundandround.Youwillbeataroundthebush,butyouwillneverreachthecenterofit.OnceyouaskaquestionA
4、BOUTyouarealreadyonthepathofmissingit.Itcanbeencountereddirectly,butnotthroughabout.ThereisnoVIAMEDIA.Truthishereandnow.Onlytruthis.Nothingelseexists.Sothemomentyouraiseaquestionaboutitthemindhasalreadymovedaway.Youaresomewhereelse,nothereandnow.Truth
5、cannotbetaughtbecausewordscannotconveyit.Wordsareimpotent.Truthisvast,tremendouslyvast,infinite.Wordsareveryverynarrow.Youcannotforcetruthintowords,itisimpossible.Andhowisonegoingtoteachwithoutwords?2CHAPTER1.THEUNTEACHABLETEACHINGSilencecanbeamessage.
6、Itcanconvey,itcanbecomethevehicle.Butthenthequestionisnotofthemaster’sconcerntoteachit.Thequestionisofthedisciple’stolearnit.Ifitwasaquestionofteaching,thenthemasterwoulddosomething.Butwordsareuseless–nothingcanbedonewiththem.Themastercanremainsilenta
7、ndcangivethemessagefromeveryporeofhisbeing–butnowthedisciplehastounderstandit.Unaided,withoutanyhelpfromthemaster,thedisciplehastoreceiveit.That’swhyintheworldofreligionteachersdon’texist,onlymasters.Ateacherisonewhoteaches,amasterisonewhoIS.Ateacheri
8、sonewhotalksaboutthetruth,amasteristruthhimself.Youcanlearn,buthecannotteach.Hecanbethere,open,available–youhavetodrinkhim,andyouhavetoeathim.Youhavetoimbibehim.Youhavetobecomepregnantwithhim.Youhavetoabsorb.Amasterisonewhohasbecomethetruthand