During sannyas darshan, Osho says to Anand Maria (Praveeta), “Rebel against all that is untrue, rebel against that which is imposed by others. Rebel against the status quo, rebel against all the vested interests. Rebel against the past.”
“Wherever you go you will find death waiting for you,” states Osho. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
With the third eye you become capable of seeing things which are there, but which cannot be seen with ordinary eyes, says Osho.
“Once a religion is organized, it is dead,” says Osho. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
“How did you manage to cross?” “Whenever I felt myself toppling over to one side, I leaned to the other.” From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
“You can be here, you can be on the Moon, you can be on Mars, you can change outer things – it makes no difference,” says Osho.
“Seeking truth in scriptures, seeking truth in philosophies, is looking at the reflection.” From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
Osho on the subject of ‘Cancer’. “When the mind becomes very tense, so tense that it is intolerable, it starts affecting the body tissues. That’s why cancer exists only when civilization becomes very, very sophisticated.”
Osho states, “You may not be aware, but within the last hundred years scientists have discovered that there must be at least fifty thousand planets in the universe on which there may be life.”
“Conflict you have always been in. Now try accord. And suddenly you will see – the whole meaning changes. Then you are no more in antagonism with nature,” says Osho. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
While commenting on a sutra by Nanak, Osho speaks of the importance of music and to see it as the door to the divine. “Our temples are designed for sound to reverberate inside, their construction based on it.”
Osho answers a question by freelance journalist Penny Allen from Sisters, Oregon, USA:
“What happened to your glasses?”
Osho speaks on ‘peace of mind’ and asserts that to be against anything is to be at war. “Peace is very alive. Peace is more alive than war – because war is in the service of death, peace is in the service of life.”
“… one who only understands the word becomes ugly,” says Osho. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
Osho answers a question by Vinod Bharti; “If you see the impotence of the mind, the mind disappears but action becomes for the first time tremendously beautiful.”
In Rajneeshpuram, Osho declared a few sannyasins enlightened. Here is a question of one of them. Osho comments on how they reacted differently mentioning, among others, Vinod Bharti and Maitreya.
Osho speaks about the holy ones around us who exist in a bodiless state, referring to the book, ‘Light on the Path’ by Mabel Collins. Part 2 of 2. “When subjectivity and objectivity are both transcended, you enter reality.”
“We arise out of the cosmic consciousness; we fall back into the cosmic consciousness,” says Osho. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
Osho comments on Yuri Gagarin’s quote, ‘Strange, when you live on the earth, you don’t bother about the earth…’
Osho speaks on the inner and outer senses, referring to the book, ‘Light on the Path’. He says that the book “was dictated by the Masters to Mabel Collins.” Part 1 of 2. “If your inner senses are penetrating… you can also tune yourself to the divine.”
Henri Bergson spoke at the beginning of this century. He said, ‘The addition to the body brought by technology calls for a corresponding addition to the soul.’
In a darshan, Osho speaks about the different reflections of bliss that we know as pleasure, happiness and joy, and refers to Leonardo da Vinci and Pablo Picasso.
Osho comments on a parable found on the back of Bob Dylan’s album, John Wesley Harding, From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
Modern psychology has discovered a few things which are significant; although they have been discovered only intellectually, still it is a good beginning.
“All asking is unnecessary, because whatsoever answer I give to you is really there inside you. I only make it apparent. I help it to surface in you,” says Osho. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
Deva Ashoka wrote the introduction to the darshan diary ‘The Open Door’. He elaborates on the two Bhagwans he perceives, the one who speaks in discourse and the other, in darshan.
“All civilizations live through beliefs and faith,” explains Osho. From ‘Hidden Mysteries’, Ch 2, Part 9 of 9.
“The mind is very cunning. Everybody’s mind is the mind of the Jew. ‘Jew’ is not a race; it is the innermost core of all minds,” says Osho about this ‘joke’. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
“It is not a question of following me; the real question is of following your own light,” says Osho.
Osho talks about Italians, and Indians, “I must have been an Italian; otherwise whatsoever I am now today would not have been possible.”
“The final thing to be understood about the tirtha is the value of symbolic acts,” explains Osho. From ‘Hidden Mysteries’, Ch 2, Part 8 of 9.
The Japanese Master Nan-In (1868-1912) gave audience to a professor of philosophy. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
Osho speaks to a sannyasin about the meaning of his new name and the human soul’s suffering and longing to go back to god.
Almost every person is split – for such silly and stupid things you cannot believe. You will not allow a saint just a little bit of smoking?
“There is one other thing to be understood. Ordinarily we have the illusion that we are all separate individuals. This is a wrong belief,” declares Osho. From ‘Hidden Mysteries’, Ch 2, Part 7 of 9.
“If you ever want to get out of the mind – and without it there is no possibility of your inner growth – then, ‘Judge ye not,'” says Osho. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
An Enlightenment Day Celebration in Bhagwan’s silent presence held in Pune 1. The following are quotes on the occasion of the celebration – and a song.
Osho, Why is hugging such an incredibly effective therapeutic tool? P.S. I used to think that clarity, wit and analysis was the way, but they are all garbage alongside hugging.
“Simple means no inferiority, no superiority… one simply is – no comparison,” says Osho. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
“The pyramids of Egypt are tirthas of some old, lost civilization. One interesting fact about the pyramids is that there is complete darkness inside,” says Osho. From ‘Hidden Mysteries’, Ch 2, Part 6 of 9.
“Your saints cannot be innocents because their goodness is forced too much; their goodness is already ugly. Their goodness is managed, controlled, cultivated, it is not innocent,” says Osho. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
Osho speaks on the impact of television and computers in modern life, asserting that computers can destroy people’s memory systems.
“Hindus and Jainas have separate keys; the former work with water, the latter with fire,” states Osho. From ‘Hidden Mysteries’, Ch 2, Part 5 of 9.