Archive for Discourses
Prince Charming has come
Osho states, "Avoid esotericism. They are dangerous things, you can become hooked into them ... Eat your breakfast and have a good sleep! "
Partners in a scam
"Why have religions put you against your natural instincts? For the simple reason, to make you feel guilty. Once guilt is created ... their work is done," says Osho.
Memories in the cosmic unconscious
The unconscious mind contains all the memories of one's past; the collective unconscious has memories of one's past lives...
The discontented stonecutter
"Whatsoever you think about yourself, starts happening. You create your world by your thought, you create your world by your desire," states Osho.
St. Augustine is asked to give a gist of his message
Osho relates a story attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430 CE). The answer is: "Just love.”
What is the secret of the Mystic Rose?
Osho replies, "The symbol of the mystic rose is that if man takes care of the seed that he is born with, gives it the right soil ... then the ultimate growth is symbolized as the [...]
God fulfils a man’s desires – but the neighbours get double
Osho states, "...millions of gifts are showering on you; just look at those gifts, and you will be surprised. You will be surprised at how you have been missing them.."
What I say is said for no particular reason
What is your message, Osho? I don't understand you.
Following a map of a river
Osho says, "If you float with the river of life, you will come to find your question and you will come to find your answer."
If you pray for rain, you better bring your umbrella!
Osho tells a story about faith versus prayer.
I see a spiritual regeneration for the whole world
Osho speaks to a group of people in Rajasthan, stating that he had come to tell them that there is a way to awaken from this bad dream they have mistaken for life.
Buddha was insulted
"For your foolishness, I cannot punish myself... It is for you to decide to insult or not, but it is my freedom to take it or not," said Buddha - as told by Osho.
I am not here to help you
Osho answers a question about why he has come to earth, and says, “My whole message is to see the truth, to see the hell that ego creates in the name of perfection, uniqueness - [...]
The woman is the stronger sex, and she has to be
Osho speaks on the strength of women and how they had to live according to the philosophy of the male chauvinists for so long.
Children… are natural mystics
Osho is asked, "Surely meditation is for mystics. Why do you propose it for ordinary people and their children?"
The train to heaven and the train to hell
Osho relates a story about Edmund Burke who used to go to church on Sundays – he was not a believer, but he liked the preacher and the way he talked about things.
A judge declared both parties to be in the right
"A man of understanding understands that somehow everybody has to be right in some sense or other," says Osho.
The only sacred place where life exists
Beloved Osho, I have to ask you this esoteric question. How can you say with such certainty that this earth is the only place in the universe where life has blossomed, and [...]
An angel came to earth
"You are a man on the earth, a woman on the earth; enjoy this gift of God! In deep gratefulness, sing the song, dance the dance that is waiting deep inside your being to be [...]
Many of you have been with me in the past
In answer to a question, Osho says that all boundaries are dissolving in this commune, as it is a meeting of old friends.
Nature has its own wisdom
Osho says, Remember the fragrance of the beautiful words of one of the great Zen masters, Ryokan:
Farid prefers a needle to scissors
Farid said, ”I am talking in metaphors. Scissors I don’t need, because scissors cut things apart. A needle I need, because a needle puts things together. I teach love."
Heartsease blooming in the king’s garden
Osho states, "Existence needs you as you are."
Without the Italians the world would not be the same
Osho, Why and how did god create the Italians?
Adam asks: “What is a headache?”
Osho explains the origins of women's headaches.
We would not like to lose a single person
A new translation of several Hindi discourses given by Osho in Ahmedabad and Mumbai has been published recently, entitled ‘Into the Void’. In an excerpt from this riveting [...]
A new satyuga – a golden age – is possible
Osho explains the four ages the Indian mystics call 'satyuga', 'treta', 'dwapar', and 'kaliyug', and declares that darkness and unconsciousness can only be broken by people whose [...]
Nobody can compete with Shiva
Osho explains a story from Hindu mythology about Shiva drinking poison.
The last tree standing
Osho relates a story by Lao Tzu where he says, “If you want to survive in this world be like this tree – absolutely useless."
Slowly slowly meditation is bound to win over
Osho says there is no need to be mad and suggests, "why not meditate?"
A man standing on the Suicide Point meets a Sufi mystic
Osho speaks about gratefulness for all that existence is giving: "The mystic said, ... I have been trying to wake you up. Existence has given you such precious things and rather [...]
All esotericism is nonsense
Osho answers a question about esotericism and says, “Yes! It is an escape from reality into fantasy.”
The madhouse on the India-Pakistan border
Osho speaks on the meaninglessness of boundaries and nations: "It is a mad world. All boundaries are absolute nonsense. Anything that divides man from man is inhuman, uncivilized, [...]
Nachiketa goes in search for Death
Osho relates the story of a young brahmin who angers his father so much with his questions, that he gives him to Death. Once found, Death confesses: "I have never killed anyone!"
All political revolutions are destructive
Osho answers the question, "Why do revolutions fail?"
History is taking a great turn – it is moving on another plane
Osho says, "A real man has no nostalgia at all. He never looks back because it is no longer there."
The child that only wanted to eat sweets
"If you cannot follow your own advice, what right have you got to give it to somebody else?” states Osho.
Make it a law that any man who wants to marry a second time has to marry a widow
Osho says, "In India for thousands of years the woman has suffered so much because of this idea that she has to remain a widow."
Living is the real challenge
Osho answers the question, "Beloved Osho, If you depart on the 6th of July *) of any year, are we all going with you?"
I enjoy my afternoon sleep
Osho answers personal questions by Nathan Wood, The Rogers Cable System, Portland, Oregon about his typical day: "I have always slept from eleven till two for the simple reason [...]
A lion meets a sheep at the stream
Osho states, "Lust for power is the foundation of all wars. If you look at human history... the whole of human history is nothing but a history of wars, man killing man."
They say I am the Hugh Heffner of the spiritual world
Q: You are known throughout the world as the tantra master or the sex guru, yet in the three years I have been in your ashram, not only have I had less sex than ever before in my [...]
A man in the cinema
"The watcher is not on the screen, he is sitting in the movie hall. But the problem arises when the watcher becomes identified with something on the movie screen," says Osho.
Everything is done to remain young as long as possible
Q: Beloved Osho, In Western society, at least, youth is considered to be everything, and to a certain extent, it seems this is as it should be if we are to continue growing in [...]
That’s how Zen people work
Ryokan must have loved bamboo tremendously because he sings about it in many songs; he paints bamboo in many paintings, says Osho.
The retired surgeon
"Every child comes with tremendous energy and potential, but the whole of society around the child starts moulding him, giving him ideals", states Osho.
You cannot be aware of what I am intending to do
Osho explains, "The India that you know, I have already left... But for whomsoever wants to seek and search and be, India still provides the best climate - spiritual climate, I [...]
The king’s carpenter asks if one of the trees wants to become a table
"Now this is a totally different approach... There is no fight between the man and the tree, there is a friendship. This is absurd for a Western mind," states Osho.
My sannyasins all have to be cuckoos!
Osho answers a question by Vivek.
There is no rebirth after the seventh body
Osho answers the question, "You have said that Buddha attained mahaparinirvana, but also that Buddha is to come once again in human form and will be known as Maitreya. How is it [...]
