“People look into books, find out fragments, make philosophies out of fragments. That’s how all the religions have evolved, and all the theologies and all the philosophies. They are all fragmentary,” says Osho. Related story in the series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
We can learn much, seeing what is happening, and then we can think introspectively about other civilizations which have disappeared, either through war or through calamities which apparently look natural.
Man is so miserable, that he wants to forget his misery in any kind of entertainment, howsoever stupid it may look to those who have a little intelligence.
Osho talks on ‘Education’: “A real education will not teach you to compete; it will teach you to cooperate.”
Osho talks on ‘Prana’: “Yoga says you are not only breathing air; you are also breathing prana. In fact air is just a vehicle for prana, just a medium.”
Osho says, “You are not new on this earth, you are older than the earth because you have lived on other earths also, other planets.”
Osho speaks on ‘India; “It is vibrating with certain energy fields which no other country can claim.”
Science is still working continuously to find a way to prolong life – to make it longer and longer and longer, and then ultimately to make life immortal.
The politician is not interested in children’s intelligence, because leaders are leaders only because people are stupid. Just think: if this country were intelligent, can you believe a man like Morarji Desai would be the Prime Minister of the country? It would be impossible. It is ridiculous! But people are so stupid; they will find
A politician was very much in love with his dog. One day he went to the market to buy some dog biscuits. He entered a shop and shouted, “Have you got biscuits for dogs?” The shopkeeper calmly replied, “Do you want to eat them here or do you want to take them home?” Politicians fight
In my childhood I used to love swimming, and my village river becomes very dangerous in rainy season, it becomes flooded.
“This is the reason why man is not meditative: The whole society forces him to be in a state of mind, not in a state of meditation.”
Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer, novelist, and philosopher.
Ignatius of Loyola (23 October 1491 – July 31, 1556) was born to a family of minor nobility in northern Spain.
Ninety-nine percent of people start meditating because meditation is talked about. There are times when it becomes fashionable.
There are stories about cultures reaching to the peak. But those that reached the ultimate height eventually had to go underground.
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was born in Prague, then part of Bohemia and of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.