Osho speaks in discourse the day Anand Maitreya left his body, 17 July 1987.
Angulimala “had taken a vow that he would kill one thousand people, not less than that, because the society had not treated him well.”
“If we see changes in the situation we change immediately, as if we have no integrated soul, no crystallized soul.”
Vivekananda was called and Ramakrishna shouted very angrily and said, ‘Is this the way to use power?’
Osho comments: “If there is such test, such totality of trust, time is not needed. If there is no trust, then even three lives are not enough.”
“Even an unenlightened Master, with deep trust, can revolutionize your life. And the reverse is also true: even an enlightened Master may not be of any help. It depends on you…” says Osho.
Maneesha has asked a question: Our beloved Master, What is the difference between a puzzle and a mystery?
“Once you can become a witness in the sex act you will transcend sex, because in witnessing you become free.”
Another Sufi story featuring Akbar: “That girl’s love was far deeper. She was closer to God than I was…”
“This is the man of individuality, who does not care for his life, for his body, who has no fear. He accepted death with joy.”
“The golden gate is open for those who are simple, who are humble, who are almost nobodies…” adds Osho.
Osho states, “When you are seeing a sunset and you are overwhelmed by its beauty, in that moment there is knowing.”
“Love and respect can sweetly help them to be more understanding about the world, can help them to be more alert, aware, careful,” says Osho.
“Intellectuals are profound archers – first they shoot the arrow and then they draw the target!” explains Osho.
“Eastern psychology says that it is not the parents who decide your life. Really, you have chosen them,” states Osho.
Osho states, “In science, in archery, in other arts, concentration may be of great use – but it is not meditation.”
Osho says, “Thinking and contemplation are both processes of the mind, but they are very different, even opposite.”
“Democracy basically means government by the people… but the people are retarded. So let us say: government by the retarded, for the retarded, of the retarded,” states Osho.
Osho responds to the question, “And why has there not been a Master before you in all the ages who has combined and synthesized all the teachings of past Buddhas?”
“What kind of home is this where people go on changing? It is a caravanserai. It is just an overnight stay, and then one has to go.”
“You have to catch hold of your inner light with your own awareness. Other than that there is no way,” says Osho.
Osho speaks on ‘Agony and Ecstasy’: “Agony means: I don’t know who I am…. Ecstasy is the flower of agony.”