February 29, 2020

Osho - A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose

Chapter 28

Prem means love and vatya means whirlwind - a whirlwind of love. It is a beautiful word and it gives the sense of the wildness of love. Love is wild, and the moment one tries to domesticate it, it is destroyed. It is a whirlwind of freedom, of wildness,

Chapter 27

Prem means love and upassana means worship. This should be your attitude - of a deep, loving worship, of a worshipful love. The attitude of worship is something which has to be felt. Ordinarily it has

Chapter 26

[A sannyasin asks :I came to say that I'm going back to Scotland. The question comes to me of whether I should make this sort of decision myself or should I come to you and ask?]

Chapter 25

[A sannyasin says: I'm leaving tomorrow and I hope to come back as soon as possible.]

If you have the desire, it always happens. The desire becomes the

Chapter 24

Deva means divine and satyarthi means a seeker of truth - a seeker of divine truth. It has a very specific meaning of great significance. It does not mean a seeker of truth in the sense of a philosopher. That is not the real seeking. The

Chapter 23

Anand means bliss and sandesh means a message - a message of bliss... and you have to become one. Walking, sitting, doing something, not doing something, remain blissful. Allow bliss to happen more and more; don't obstruct it. It is

Chapter 22

TUESDAY July 20th

[A sannyasin who is leaving says: I would like to come back. I'm not finished here.]

Chapter 21

[A sannyasin asks about his relationship which is bringing up some hatred and aggression on both sides.]

Chapter 20

[A sannyasin is meeting Osho for the first time. He was 'sniffed out' of an earlier darshan. He says:

I love you.]

Chapter 19

[A sannyasin says: My mind is very stubborn. I'm leaving tomorrow and I'd like a meditation to help me with my mind.]

Chapter 18

Anand means bliss and bhakta means devotion, a devotee. And that is going to be your path.

[Osho said that Bhakta should make it his very style of life to

Chapter 17

Deva means divine and mradula means softness - divine softness. And I give this name to you for a certain purpose, so that it becomes a constant remembrance. Be soft.

Chapter 16

Prabhu means god and prakash means light - God's light. And that's what every human being is.

So feel more and more full of light. That's the way to come closer to the original source. Feel more and more full of light. Whenever you close

Chapter 15

[A sannyasin says: I'm going to be in a place where I'll have lots of temptation to drugs and sex.

I feel as though I've really developed some beautiful meditative things for myself and I feel a bit apprehensive... ]

Chapter 14

[A sannyasin says: We don't have any children yet and I have some feeling to have a child. I'm thirty-two now and I feel ready, but I would like your advice.

Osho checks her energy.]

Osho - A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose

Chapter 13
There was no spoken darshan on July 11th as it was Guru Poornima Day. Chapter 13 is a description of the celebration.

Osho - A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose

Chapter 12

[A french sannyasin said that he found passports and all those official kind of papers stupid and bureaucratic.]

Mm... but one lives in a stupid society. Just by throwing the paper

Chapter 11

[As Guru Poornima day was only two days away, Osho's family, friends and relatives, came to visit and pay their respects to their son, brother, nephew, uncle, friend, colleague - and guru. Most of Osho's immediate family - and he has nine

Chapter 10

[Osho speaks to a sannyasin:]

Much is going to happen. Just allow it. That is the greatest thing. It is very easy to do something because one remains the doer and the ego is fulfilled. But the greatest problem

Chapter 9

[Osho recommended that a newcomer undertake the course of Rolfing, saying:]

When the mind is melting and changing, it is very simple to go into Rolfing, and great is the benefit

Chapter 8

Anand means bliss and divyo means divine - divine bliss. And that has to be remembered. I give you the name so it becomes unconsciously an undercurrent of remembrance - that wherever there is bliss, there is the divine.

Osho - A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose

Chapter 7

[A sannyasin, said he felt a lot of jealousy at the possibility of his girlfriend having sexual relations with anyone else. He said he tried to just witness the fear of her leaving him for someone else, but it still persisted.]

Chapter 6

[A sannyasin asks about the way in which people misunderstand what Osho is teaching, particularly in reference to sex.]

It has always been so. People live in such an unconscious state that it is

Chapter 5

Anand means bliss and Rudra is one of the names of Shiva. The Hindus have a trinity of gods.

Brahma is the creator god, or God's creative function. Vishnu is one who maintains the existence, or

Chapter 4

[A visitor:

I'm not sure if I want to take sannyas or not because I'm not sure exactly what it means.

I'm not sure whether I can surrender because it would be putting you before Christ.

Chapter 3

[A sannyasin, said she was unable to communicate with her sister, who is also here. She said she felt her sister had some jealousy towards her which she did not understand.]

Chapter 2

Deva means divine and punyatam means holy, pure, simple. You have to forget the old name and remember the new. And remember the idea behind it of purity, simplicity. A person can be pure and not simple; then purity is not worth anything. You can force

Chapter 1

[A sannyasin leaving for the West says: I feel deep gratitude for all that has happened to me since I've been here.]

I know.... Much will be happening, much more, and gratitude prepares

Osho A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose

When you are cold, the energy is moving inwards; when you are warm, the energy is moving outwards. Of course people will always like you to be warm, because your energy moves towards them only when you are warm. When you are cold, your
energy is not moving towards them so they feel offended. They don't feel good, so they will tell you again and again that you are cold. But it is for you to decide.

202 Jokes Of Mulla Nasrudin

151.

Mulla Nasrudin and his friend, out hunting, were stopped by a game warden. The Mulla took off, and the game warden went after him and caught him, and then the Mulla showed the warden his hunting licence.

"Why did you run when you had a licence?" asked the warden.

202 Jokes Of Mulla Nasrudin

101.

The wedding had begun, the bride was walking down the aisle. A lady whispered to Mulla Nasrudin who was next to her, "Can you imagine, they have known each other only three weeks, and they are getting married!"

"WELL," said Mulla Nasrudin, "IT'S ONE WAY OF GETTING ACQUAINTED."

202 Jokes Of Mulla Nasrudin

51.

"My grandfather," bragged one fellow in the teahouse, 'lived to be ninety-nine and never used glasses."

"WELL," said Mulla Nasrudin, "LOTS OF PEOPLE WOULD RATHER DRINK FROM THE BOTTLE."

202 Jokes of Mulla Nasrudin

1.

Mulla Nasrudin went to the psychiatrist and asked if the good doctor couldn't split his personality.

"Split your personality?" asked the doctor. "Why in heaven's name do you want me to do a thing like

that?"

"BECAUSE," said Nasrudin! "I AM SO LONESOME."

During his discourses on the AKSHYA UPANISHAD

"This is worth considering. It is significant. The first thing to understand is that except for man,no animal is capable of laughter. So laughter shows a very high peak in the evolution of life. If you go out on the street and see a buffalo

Mulla Nasrudin and his friend, out hunting, were stopped by a game warden.

The Mulla took off, and the game warden went after him and caught him,
and then the Mulla showed the warden his hunting licence.

"Why did you run when you had a licence?" asked the warden.

Osho - Don't Bite My Finger Look Where I'm Pointing

Darshan 31 March 1978

[A sannyas couple who are part of a music centre in the west tell Osho they want to start a meditation centre. He gives them a name: Malar - It means melody, music, rhythm.]

Darshan 30 March 1978

[A sannyasin who is leaving says: It's like a step into the unknown, to go back. I don't know what's happening and I don't know how I'm going to live anymore.]

Darshan 29 March 1978

Chandrakirti is one of the greatest Buddhist philosophers. He is not only a philosopher but also a Buddha himself, part of that great chain that Buddha created, and one of the most important links in that chain. There are no traditions which have produced as many enlightened people as Buddhism.

Darshan 28 March 1978

We are alone, all togetherness is just a dream, because in fact there are not two to be together: only one exists. So all relationship is illusory. There is nobody to relate to - only consciousness exists - that is the meaning of kaivalya; and to

Darshan 27 March 1978

And remember that the change of a name is not just a change of the name: it means much. It orients you towards the future instead of the past. The old name belongs to the past, it contains your whole past; it

Darshan 26 March 1978

Krishna is one of the names of god. And one has to remember constantly that at the innermost core of our being god abides, lives, that we are shrines of god, that we live only because we live in god. We may not be aware of it - we are not - but life is not possible without god.

Darshan 25 March 1978

[A sannyasin, who is returning to his job as a therapist in the west says: I fear really giving a lot of energy and never getting any of that love back. It's something I realise that I really need since I've been here.... What do I do?]

Darshan 24 March 1978

Nirjara. It is one of the most important words in the Eastern search for truth. It comes from the Jaina tradition. That tradition is very much unknown in the West but is one of the most important in the East, as important as the

Darshan 23 March 1978

[An Israeli, who is studying at a college in Poona for one year, takes sannyas.]

Use this time for meditation also. That will be far more significant

Darshan 22 March 1978

[March 21st was Enlightenment Day when everyone could come to celebrate darshan in Osho's silent presence.]

Madhuban means the garden. The garden is a metaphor of joy...

Darshan 20 March 1978

[A sannyasin with terminal cancer and a few weeks to live is returning to the west. Osho blesses him.]

Don't be worried... don t be worried. I am coming with you; don't be worried at all.

Darshan 19 March 1978

Sindhu means the ocean. The small is beautiful, but the small is not really small; the small is big.

Every atom contains the whole universe and every drop, the ocean, because only one exists - in the

Darshan 18 March 1978

[Osho gives someone sannyas.]

Come here! Close your eyes, and just feel me. Feel surrounded by my energy, and open all the doors, all the windows. If your breathing wants to change, allow it to,

Darshan 17 March 1978

Swanirodha. Swa means self, ego, nirodha means cessation - cessation of the self. And the only problem is the self; all other problems are by-products of it. People go on becoming too concerned about other problems. They try to solve

Darshan 16 March 1978

Aseem means the unbounded, the infinite. Start living in the infinite, because that is our true reality.

The idea that we are finite is just an idea, it does not correspond to reality; hence it creates much

Darshan 15 March 1978

[A sannyasin and her young son are present. She says: It's very difficult for me - I feel he is very strong and I don't feel strong at all. I don't know what to do in certain situations.]

Darshan 14 March 1978

[Osho gives sannyas to someone.]

Come here! Close your eyes. Just listen to the sounds, all the sounds - the flute, the dog barking - and if something starts happening in your body, any shaking, trembling,

Darshan 13 March 1978

Prem means love, lali means redness - redness of love. Red represents life, it represents blood, it represents passion. It is not only the colour of the flowers, it is not only the colour of the rising sun; it is also the colour of rising consciousness, of blooming

Darshan 12 March 1978

Anand means bliss or blissfulness; iti means this or thisness - this is it. Bliss is not far away, it is close by; not even close by but within you, not even within you: you are it. The mind always thinks of that; the existence is this. The mind always

Darshan 11 March 1978

Maya means illusion, veet means beyond - beyond illusion. Maya in itself is not good. Maya means that which only appears but is not; it is an hallucination. The English word 'magic' comes from this root 'maya'... Veet Maya - it means one who has gone beyond illusion, mm? Good, Maya!

Darshan 10 March 1978

Veet means beyond, ama means darkness - beyond darkness. And everybody is living in darkness.

Until god has happened to you, you are in darkness, because god is the only light there is. One can be rich in darkness, one can be poor, one can be educated, one can be

Darshan 9 March 1978

Asango means absolute aloneness. It does not mean loneliness. Loneliness is a negative state, it is miserable. You are hankering for the other and the other is not available; you would like to be with the other but you are forced to be lonely. Loneliness is enforced, it is

Darshan 8 March 1978

The message is to never think about yourself in any way which condemns. One has to learn to respect oneself; that is the beginning of a great change. We have been taught to condemn, to despise, to hate. We have been told to love others but we have not been told to love ourselves, so we don't have a good image of ourselves.

Osho - Don't Bite My Finger Look Where I'm Pointing

Darshan 7 March 1978

Premmurti. It means image of love. Open your heart more, think less. Get down from the head to the heart, feel more. Through feeling more one gets to the being; through thinking more one gets away from the being. Thinking creates distance from yourself; feeling destroys the distance.

Darshan 6 March 1978

[A sannyasin brings her five-year-old daughter to take sannyas. Osho tells her: Help her to get into dancing as much as possible; that will become her meditation, Osho then tells her. Children can enter into

Darshan 5 March 1978

Anand means bliss, satta means a teacher - a teacher of bliss. It is not that you have to teach bliss, but your whole life has to become a teaching. You should live in such a way that even if a stranger passes by he can feel your bliss. That is the real teaching of bliss.

Darshan 4 March 1978

[Osho gives someone sannyas:]

This will be your new name... and a new beginning, a new birth. Count yourself as being alive from this moment. Up to now you have been a caterpillar, only living in a kind of shell. That's how everybody is living; their lives are at the

Osho - Don't Bite My Finger Look Where I'm Pointing

Darshan 3 March 1978

Swatantra means freedom, sarjano means creativity. Freedom is true only if it creates. Creativity is the indication of a true freedom, and creation is true only if it comes out of freedom. Creativity without freedom is not true creativity, it is imitation, it is borrowed. It can be very skilful, it can be technically

Darshan 1 March 1978

[Osho initiates the new baby of a sannyasin.]

Deva means divine, sangam means meeting. Each child is a meeting of the sky and the earth. Each child is a miracle. Something happens that should not ordinarily happen: the meeting of matter and

Osho Don't Bite My Finger Look Where I'm Pointing

Many people have been asking me, 'Why have only men been great enlightened masters - why not women?' One of the reasons is this, that man is an extrovert; he can express himself well. He is a

Secretly, a jewel in his robe

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

DOGEN SAID:

WHEN HSUAN-SHA BECAME ENLIGHTENED HE SAID TO OTHER MONKS, "THE WHOLE
UNIVERSE IS A BRILLIANT JEWEL OF THE BUDDHA-MIND ...."

Live one day as a buddha

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

DOGEN WROTE:

PRACTICE IS IDENTICAL WITH EXPRESSION, AND VICE VERSA. TO EXPRESS THE WAY ALL

The sky is not scratched by the cloud

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

DOGEN SAID,

THE BUDDHA SAID, IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE MEANING OF THE BUDDHA-

The moon never breaks the water

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

DOGEN WROTE:

WHEN WE ACHIEVE ENLIGHTENMENT, IT IS JUST LIKE THE MOON REFLECTING ITSELF

Dive a little deep

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

DOGEN SAID:

IN THE PRACTICE OF THE HIGHEST SUPREME WISDOM, IT IS MOST DIFFICULT TO MEET

The mountainless ocean

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

DOGEN CONTINUES:

WHEN WE LOOK AROUND OUR BOAT ON THE MOUNTAINLESS OCEAN, WE SEE NOTHING

Firewood and ash

OUR
BELOVED MASTER,

DOGEN CONTINUES:

WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT THE SHORE FROM OUR BOAT, WE MISTAKENLY FEEL AS IF THE

To study the way ... to forget the self ...

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

DOGEN WROTE:

TO STUDY THE WAY IS TO STUDY THE SELF. TO STUDY THE SELF IS TO FORGET THE SELF.

Osho Dogen The Zen Master A Search And A Fulfillment

this is the first day of a new series of talks, devoted to the full moons. The moon is an ancient symbol of transforming the hot rays of the sun into cool, peaceful, beautiful rays. It has nothing of its own. When you see the moon, you are seeing only a mirror which is reflecting the rays of the sun. Those reflected rays are just like the ones you can see when the sun is reflected in a river.

Osho - The Beloved Volume 2

Love Is Death

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED OSHO, THERE IS NO MORE SEARCHING AND SEEKING. THAT HAS
ALL STOPPED. I HAVE FOUND NOTHING IN PARTICULAR, BUT I

Be The Formless In You

MY HEART
DRESS YOURSELF IN THE SPIRIT
OF ALL WOMEN
AND REVERSE YOUR NATURE AND HABITS.

I'm Just Being To You

The first question:

Question 1:

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN SOMEBODY HATES YOU?

WHETHER SOMEBODY HATES YOU OR SOMEBODY LOVES YOU

They Kill Lust With Lust

THOSE WHO ARE DEAD
AND YET FULLY ALIVE
AND KNOW THE FLAVORS
AND FEELINGS
IN LOVING;
THEY WILL CROSS THE RIVER.

Now Is Not Part Of Time

The first question:

Question 1:

HOW SHOULD I PRAY? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY EXPRESS THIS
LOVE THAT I FEEL INTO PRAYER.

Die Living

THE MAN THAT BREATHES
LIVES ON THE AIR,
AND THE OTHER, UNSEEN,
RESTS ABOVE REACH.

BETWEEN THE TWO
MOVES ANOTHER MAN
AS A SECRET LINK.

Remember To Stop In The Middle

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED OSHO, I HAVE HEARD....

A PSYCHOLOGIST WANTS TO EXPERIMENT WITH HIS TWIN

Close Your Eyes And Try To Catch Him

NEVER PLUNGE INTO THE RIVER OF LUST,
YOU WILL NOT REACH THE SHORES.

IT IS A RIVER OF NO COASTS WHERE TYPHOONS RAGE.

When Doubt Is Not, Trust Is

Question 1:

THE FIRST QUESTION:

WHY DOESN'T TRUST ARISE OUT OF THE DECISION TO TRUST?

TRUST IS NOT A DECISION ON YOUR PART. You cannot decide for

The Roots And The Flowers Are One

THE MILK OF THE LIONESS
IS SEEN AT ITS BEST
WHEN STORED
IN A GOLDEN CUP.

WORSHIPPING PROSPERS
IN A PROPER CONTAINER.

Osho The Beloved Volume 2

Life is nothing but a way of dying. You are going to die; how you die does not matter, when you die does not matter. How long you live and then die does not matter. Nothing matters. This standpoint is a half-truth -- and half-truths are

Osho - The Beloved Volume 1

Truth is neither I nor you

The first question:

Question 1:

WHO HAS ORIGINATED BAULS? PLEASE EXPLAIN.

PEOPLE LIKE BAULS ARE NEVER ORIGINATED. Religions like the Baul

It is always god who loves

WHAT DEALINGS
CAN YOU EVER CONCLUDE
WITH SOMEONE WHO IS UNAWARE
OF THE FEELINGS IN LOVING?

The body is an abode

The first question:

Question 1:

THE BAULS CELEBRATE THEIR LIVES IN THEIR BODIES. COULD YOU SAY
MORE ABOUT THIS? AMERICANS CHERISH THEIR BODIES WITH HEALTH

Dying with death, You must live to seek

COMMIT YOURSELF TO THE EARTH
WHILE ON THE EARTH,
MY HEART,
IF YOU WISH TO ATTAIN
THE UNATTAINABLE MAN.

Direction a non-ending process

The first question:

Question 1:

YESTERDAY YOU SAID THAT AN INWARD TRAVELLER HAS ONLY
DIRECTION AND NOT DESTINATION. WILL YOU PLEASE FURTHER CLARIFY

Kali and Krishna are one

COME IF YOU WISH TO MEET
THE NOVEL MAN.

HE HAS ABANDONED
HIS WORLDLY POSSESSIONS
FOR THE BEGGAR'S SACK
THAT HANGS FROM HIS SHOULDER.

The only criterion is your thirst

The first question:

Question 1:

HOW TO START THE JOURNEY? WHAT DOES IT EXACTLY MEAN TO
TRANSCEND SEX?

What is there, is there

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED
AND NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

WHAT IS THERE, IS THERE.

I BECAME A KING
IN MY DREAM
AND MY SUBJECTS
OCCUPIED THE ENTIRE EARTH.

I am just a midwife

The first question.

Question 1:

I ALWAYS YEARN TO BE HERE, BUT WHY, ON SEEING YOU, AM I FILLED WITH AWE?

Submission is the secret of knowledge

ONLY A CONNOISSEUR OF THE FLAVOURS OF LOVE CAN
COMPREHEND THE LANGUAGE OF A LOVER'S HEART,
OTHERS HAVE NO CLUE.

Osho The Beloved Volume 1

You will find your way to the object you love, so be very cautious about your object of love because that is going to decide your destiny. Your love is your destiny. Love something superb; love something of the

Osho - Dhammapada Volume 12

Forget all about it

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

YOU CONTINUALLY SPEAK OF DROPPING THE EGO, BUT HOW CAN I DO SO

Possessing nothing, wanting nothing

POSSESSING NOTHING,
WANTING NOTHING.

HE IS FULL OF POWER.

FEARLESS, WISE, EXALTED.

Born enlightened

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHAT IS INNOCENCE AND WHAT IS THE WAY TO BECOME INNOCENT?

No yesterday, no tomorrow, no today

HE IS CALM.

IN HIM THE SEED OF RENEWING LIFE
HAS BEEN CONSUMED.

HE HAS CONQUERED ALL THE INNER WORLDS.

Life, love, laughter

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

RAMAKRISHNA STAYED IN HIS BODY THROUGH SHOWING INTEREST IN

He is the moon

DESIRING NOTHING, DOUBTING NOTHING,
BEYOND JUDGMENT AND SORROW
AND THE PLEASURES OF THE SENSES,
HE HAS MOVED BEYOND TIME.

Music comes closest

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IS IT REALLY SO DIFFICULT FOR THE AWAKENED ONES TO WORK WITH US
BLIND PEOPLE AS GAUTAMA THE BUDDHA SAYS?

With love among the unloving

HE LOOKS DEEPLY INTO THINGS
AND SEES THEIR NATURE.

HE DISCRIMINATES
AND REACHES THE END OF THE WAY.

Just throw the whole bag

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

YOU SAY THAT ENLIGHTENMENT CAN HAPPEN ANY MOMENT. TO ME IT

No-self actualization

A MAN IS NOT BORN TO MASTERY.

A MASTER IS NEVER PROUD.

HE DOES NOT TALK DOWN TO OTHERS.

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Man is born only as a seed, not as a flower. Flowering has to be achieved; one should not take it for granted. Birth itself is only the opportunity for life, it is not life

Laugh your way to God

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

TO BECOME ENLIGHTENED, DO YOU NEED TO BE JEWISH OR DOES IT JUST HELP?

What mischief!

A MASTER GIVES UP MISCHIEF.

HE IS SERENE.

HE LEAVES EVERYTHING BEHIND HIM.

HE DOES NOT TAKE OFFENSE
AND HE DOES NOT GIVE IT.

Laughter: love, joy, gratitude

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IS IT ALL A JOKE? BUT I DON'T GET IT.

Beyond the beyond

WANTING NOTHING
WITH ALL YOUR HEART
STOP THE STREAM.

WHEN THE WORLD DISSOLVES
EVERYTHING BECOMES CLEAR.

Rising in love

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH A WOMAN I HAD DIVORCED TWO YEARS AGO.

How sweet to be free

SEEKER!

DO NOT BE RECKLESS.

MEDITATE CONSTANTLY
OR YOU WILL SWALLOW FIRE
AND CRY OUT: "NO MORE!"

I goofed again!

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

THERE IS SOMETHING THAT EVEN YOU CANNOT DO. YOU CAN'T PUT

The quiet way to the happy country

YOU HAVE NO NAME AND NO FORM.

WHY MISS WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE?

THE SEEKER IS NOT SORRY.

In a right moment

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHY CAN'T I TAKE SANNYAS? I GO ON THINKING AND THINKING AND THINKING.

Hold your tongue

HOLD YOUR TONGUE.TaDO NOT EXALT YOURSELF
BUT LIGHTEN THE WAY
FOR YOUR WORDS ARE SWEET.

Osho Dhammapada Volume 11

Life is full of complications. Even when we are born there is a string attached. The greatest complication, the source of all complications is unawareness, unconsciousness.

Osho - Dhammapada Volume 10

Religion is a song, poetry, a dance of your heart

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

ARE YOU CONVERTING PEOPLE TO YOUR OWN RELIGION?

A new man with a new vision

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

I AM AN UNEDUCATED MAN. CAN I STILL BECOME ENLIGHTENED?

All is not lost, but time is running short

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHY ARE YOU BEING CONTINUOUSLY MISUNDERSTOOD

Love is its own reward

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHY DO I TAKE MYSELF AND EVERYTHING SO SERIOUSLY?

Delight in meditation

MASTER YOUR SENSES,
WHAT YOU TASTE AND SMELL,
WHAT YOU SEE, WHAT YOU HEAR.

IN ALL THINGS BE A MASTER
OF WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU

Not gospels but gossips

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

I FEEL LIKE SUCH A NO-SAYER. IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR NO-SAYERS?

The fool is his own enemy

THE FOOL IS HIS OWN ENEMY.
SEEKING WEALTH, HE DESTROYS HIMSELF.

SEEK RATHER THE OTHER SHORE.

Life transcends logic

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IN WANTING TO KNOW WHO I AM I OFTEN FEEL IN A SPACE OF

The Buddha is your birthright

QUIETEN YOUR MIND.
REFLECT.
WATCH.
NOTHING BINDS YOU.
YOU ARE FREE.

Transcendence - the true therapy

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

YOU SPEAK ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BUDDHAS, THE

Meditation requires courage

IT IS NOT IRON THAT IMPRISONS YOU
NOR ROPE NOR WOOD,
BUT THE PLEASURE YOU TAKE IN GOLD AND JEWELS,
IN SONS AND WIVES.

Whatsoever happens is good

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

CANNOT THE PRIESTS HELP HUMANITY IN SOME WAY OR OTHER?

Beyond happiness is bliss

THIRTY-SIX STREAMS ARE RUSHING TOWARD YOU!
DESIRE AND PLEASURE AND LUST....
PLAY IN YOUR IMAGINATION WITH THEM
AND THEY WILL SWEEP YOU AWAY.

Osho Dhammapada Volume 10

Gautama the Buddha's whole religion can be reduced to a single word. That word is freedom. That is his essential message, his very fragrance. Nobody else has raised

Osho - Dhammapada Volume 9

Intelligent people are dangerous

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IT IS LIKE DRIVING A CAR IN FORWARD AND REVERSE AT THE

The monkey in the forest

IF YOU SLEEP,
DESIRE GROWS IN YOU
LIKE A VINE IN THE FOREST.

The nature of things

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY THAT THE INTELLECT IS A BARRIER TO

How sweet it is

TO HAVE FRIENDS IN NEED IS SWEET
AND TO SHARE HAPPINESS.
AND TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING GOOD

Truth cannot be lost

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

I AM REJECTING MY MIND AND CLINGING TO AWARENESS.

The risk is worth taking

IF THE TRAVELER CAN FIND
A VIRTUOUS AND WISE COMPANION,
LET HIM GO WITH HIM JOYFULLY
AND OVERCOME THE DANGERS OF THE WAY.

Freedom is something inner

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

THIS MORNING WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WAKING UP AND RISING

Buddhas only point the way

I SHALL ENDURE HARD WORDS
AS THE ELEPHANT ENDURES THE SHAFTS OF BATTLE.
FOR MANY PEOPLE SPEAK WILDLY.

Is there life before death?

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IS THIS REALLY ALL THERE IS? MY LIFE SEEMS SO MEANINGLESS AND EMPTY.

Be on guard

FOR IF IN YOUR RENUNCIATION
YOU ARE RECKLESS AND BREAK YOUR WORD,
IF YOUR PURPOSE WAVERS,
YOU WILL NOT FIND THE LIGHT.

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All words are lies

The first question:

BELOVED MASTER,

ARE ALL WORDS LIES?

Rivers don't exist

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

HOW CAN YOU, AS A MAN, TALK ABOUT THE FEMININE PSYCHE?

The psychology of egolessness

The first question:

BELOVED MASTER,

GURDJIEFF SAID THAT IN ORDER TO ATTAIN TO REAL WILL ONE

Towards a new humanity

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IF BY ANY CHANCE I MIGHT NOT GET ENLIGHTENED THIS LIFETIME,

Sannyas is for sannyas' sake

ONE MAN DENIES TRUTH.
ANOTHER DENIES HIS OWN ACTIONS.
BOTH GO INTO THE DARK
AND IN THE NEXT WORLD SUFFER
FOR THEY OFFEND TRUTH.

Out of chaos stars are born

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHENEVER ONE COMES TO THE ABSURD, SOMETHING INSIDE

You have slept long enough

THE FOLLOWERS OF THE AWAKENED
AWAKE
AND DAY AND NIGHT THEY WATCH
AND MEDITATE UPON THEIR MASTER.

I call a spade a spade

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

YESTERDAY YOU SAID THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW US ALL

Be in the world and be holy

THERE IS PLEASURE
AND THERE IS BLISS.
FORGO THE FIRST TO POSSESS THE SECOND.

A madman's guide

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I AM LOSING MY MIND OR MY MEDITATION, OR BOTH.

Freedom has to be earned

WHILE A MAN DESIRES A WOMAN,
HIS MIND IS BOUND
AS CLOSELY AS A CALF TO ITS MOTHER.

The who behind all who's

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHAT IS THE GOLDEN RULE IN GAUTAM BUDDHA'S PHILOSOPHY?

Discontent is divine

"EVERYTHING ARISES AND PASSES AWAY."
WHEN YOU SEE THIS, YOU ARE ABOVE SORROW.
THIS IS THE SHINING WAY.

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Perfection is death

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WILL YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT THE DESIRE TO HELP PEOPLE, ITS
DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES TO OTHER FORMS OF DESIRE?

Veet Aikagro, desire is desire; there is no difference at all. Whether you want to help people or you want to harm people, the nature of desire remains the same.

Man's absence is his freedom

THE WAY IS EIGHTFOLD.

THERE ARE FOUR TRUTHS.

ALL VIRTUE LIES IN DETACHMENT.

THE MASTER HAS AN OPEN EYE.

THIS IS THE ONLY WAY,
THE ONLY WAY TO THE OPENING OF THE EYE.

FOLLOW IT.

OUTWIT DESIRE.

FOLLOW IT TO THE END OF SORROW.

WHEN I PULLED OUT SORROW'S SHAFT
I SHOWED YOU THE WAY.

Be in it; don't be of it

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

AT DARSHAN ON YOUR BIRTHDAY I LOOKED AT YOU, A STILL POOL OF
SERENITY, AND EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENING AROUND YOU WAS
IRRELEVANT. IT WAS SUDDENLY SO CLEAR THAT THIS - SITTING SILENTLY
AMIDST THE CHAOS AND FERVOR - WAS YOUR TEACHING; THAT YOU ARE
THE WAY.

The silence of a song

SILENCE CANNOT MAKE A MASTER OUT OF A FOOL.

BUT HE WHO WEIGHS ONLY PURITY IN HIS SCALES,
WHO SEEKS THE NATURE OF THE TWO WORLDS,
HE IS A MASTER.

HE HARMS NO LIVING THING.

AND YET IT IS NOT GOOD CONDUCT
THAT HELPS YOU UPON THE WAY,
NOR RITUAL, NOR BOOK LEARNING,
NOR WITHDRAWAL INTO THE SELF,
NOR DEEP MEDITATION.

NONE OF THESE CONFERS MASTERY OR JOY.

Don't take enlightenment seriously

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

HOW DID YOU BECOME ENLIGHTENED?

Prem Christo, one never becomes enlightened - one IS enlightened. One simply remembers it. It is not an achievement, but only a recognition. You are as much enlightened as I am, nothing is missing. You have not lost your god, it is impossible to lose him. He is our very life; without him we cannot exist for a single moment.

Truth is that which is

IF YOU DETERMINE YOUR COURSE
WITH FORCE OR SPEED,
YOU MISS THE WAY OF THE LAW.

QUIETLY CONSIDER
WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG.

RECEIVING ALL OPINIONS EQUALLY,
WITHOUT HASTE, WISELY,
OBSERVE THE LAW.

WHO IS WISE,
THE ELOQUENT OR THE QUIET MAN?

A real man is unpredictable

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHEN THE MOMENT COMES THE LEAF LETS GO ITS TENDER HOLD AND
GREETS ITS DYING WITH INNER GRACE. IS IT THEN THAT THE WAY IS OPEN
FOR LIFE TO EMBRACE ITS OWN E'ER THE LEAF TOUCHES DOWN?

Life: the greatest gift

LIFE IS EASY

FOR THE MAN WHO IS WITHOUT SHAME,
IMPUDENT AS A CROW,
A VICIOUS GOSSIP,
VAIN, MEDDLESOME, DISSOLUTE.
BUT LIFE IS HARD
FOR THE MAN WHO QUIETLY UNDERTAKES
THE WAY OF PERFECTION,
WITH PURITY, DETACHMENT AND VIGOR.
HE SEES LIGHT.
IF YOU KILL, LIE OR STEAL,COMMIT ADULTERY OR DRINK,
YOU DIG UP YOUR OWN ROOTS.
AND IF YOU CANNOT MASTER YOURSELF,
THE HARM YOU DO TURNS AGAINST YOU
GRIEVOUSLY.

The greatest rebellion ever tried

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

FROM WHERE DOES FRESHNESS COME?

Prem Naren, it does not come from anywhere; it is always here. Existence is freshness itself. Existence is fresh because it is always now and here. It is not burdened by the past, it does not gather any dust from the past. It is never old.
Time makes no impact on existence. Time does not exist as far as existence is concerned.
Time exists only for the mind; it is a mind invention. In fact, time and mind are synonymous. Stop the mind, and time stops.

Man: only a possibility

YOU ARE AS THE YELLOW LEAF.
THE MESSENGERS OF DEATH ARE AT HAND.
YOU ARE TO TRAVEL FAR AWAY.
WHAT WILL YOU TAKE WITH YOU?
YOU ARE THE LAMP
TO LIGHTEN THE WAY.
THEN HURRY, HURRY.
WHEN YOUR LIGHT SHINES
WITHOUT IMPURITY OR DESIRE
YOU WILL COME INTO THE BOUNDLESS COUNTRY.
YOUR LIFE IS FALLING AWAY.
DEATH IS AT HAND.
WHERE WILL YOU REST ON THE WAY?

The first myth of man is that he exists. Man is only a possibility. Rarely has man become an actuality. Only once in a while a Gautam Buddha, a Jesus Christ, a
Lao Tzu, a Zarathustra - the names are not many, they can be counted on the fingers. They are the only proof that man is not impossible. But the so-called ordinary humanity is only a myth, a belief in something which is not really there. Unless you become aware of this false phenomenon, you will never become what you were destined to become. You will remain a seed. You will never bloom, you will not be able to release your fragrance.
The name of Gautama the Buddha is

Happiness: the death of the ego

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHY DOES MISERY FEEL SO SAFE
AND HAPPINESS SO THREATENING?

Deva Surabhi, happiness is threatening and misery is safe; safe for the ego. Ego can exist only in misery and through misery. Ego is an island surrounded by

Mind is a fraud

LET GO OF ANGER, LET GO OF PRIDE.

WHEN YOU ARE BOUND BY NOTHING,
YOU GO BEYOND SORROW.

ANGER IS LIKE A CHARIOT CAREERING WILDLY.

HE WHO CURBS HIS ANGER
IS THE TRUE CHARIOTEER.

OTHERS MERELY HOLD THE REINS.

WITH GENTLENESS OVERCOME ANGER,

Everything is possible

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

TO ME, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PASSAGE IN THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES ENDS
WITH THE WORDS, "AND JESUS WEPT." IT OCCURS WHEN HE APPROACHES
JERUSALEM FOR THE LAST TIME, LOOKS DOWN ON IT IN HIS COMPASSION,

Forgetfulness, the only sin

DO NOT LET PLEASURE DISTRACT YOU
FROM MEDITATION, FROM THE WAY.

FREE YOURSELF FROM PLEASURE AND PAIN.

FOR IN CRAVING PLEASURE OR IN NURSING PAIN
THERE IS ONLY SORROW.

LIKE NOTHING LEST YOU LOSE IT,
LEST IT BRING YOU GRIEF AND FEAR.

No going back

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

UNIMAGINED ECSTASY, UNIMAGINED PAIN.

Yoga Sudha, it is natural. Ecstasy and great pain happen together, because it is a new birth: the joy of being born, the joy of entering into the unknown, the great adventure into God. But pain is also there,

Live in joy

LIVE IN JOY,
IN LOVE,
EVEN AMONG THOSE WHO HATE.

LIVE IN JOY,
IN HEALTH,
EVEN AMONG THE AFFLICTED.

LIVE IN JOY,
IN PEACE,
EVEN AMONG THE TROUBLED.

LIVE IN JOY,
WITHOUT POSSESSIONS,
LIKE THE SHINING ONES.

This too will pass

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IN SPITE OF DREADFUL POLITICAL CATASTROPHES, POLITICAL
ACTION
SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY MEANS TO FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE IN THE WORLD.

DOES THE SEARCH YOU ARE INSPIRING EXCLUDE POLITICAL ACTION?

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A slave in your own house

MASTER YOURSELF ACCORDING TO THE LAW.

THIS IS THE SIMPLE TEACHING OF THE AWAKENED.

THE RAIN COULD TURN TO GOLD
AND STILL YOUR THIRST WOULD NOT BE SLAKED.

DESIRE IS UNQUENCHABLE
OR IT ENDS IN TEARS, EVEN IN HEAVEN.

HE WHO WISHES TO AWAKE
CONSUMES HIS DESIRES
JOYFULLY.

Many are called; few are chosen

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

I AM CONFUSED ABOUT WHICH PATH I AM ON. SOMETIMES I FEEL
FILLED
WITH JOY WHEN PLAYING, SINGING, DANCING OR FIGHTING WITH OTHERS
AND I CAN ONLY SEE MYSELF BY LOOKING AT OTHERS.

The security of insecurity

HE IS AWAKE.

THE VICTORY IS HIS.

HE HAS CONQUERED THE WORLD.

HOW CAN HE LOSE THE WAY
WHO IS BEYOND THE WAY?

HIS EYE IS OPEN.

HIS FOOT IS FREE.

WHO CAN FOLLOW AFTER HIM?

THE WORLD CANNOT RECLAIM HIM
OR LEAD HIM ASTRAY,
NOR CAN THE POISONED NET OF DESIRE HOLD HIM.

Gautama the Buddha is talking today about the very essence of buddhahood: the height of buddhahood and the depth of it, the glory and the grace, the tremendous
freedom that it brings, the light that it showers, the love, the joy, the bliss, the awakening.

These sutras are rare - rarest amongst the most rare sutras, because Buddha is opening his own heart to you. He is inviting you to become a guest into his

This mad, mad game

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHEN I EXPECT YOU TO USE A

Entering the stream

DO NOT LIVE IN THE WORLD
IN DISTRACTION AND FALSE DREAMS,
OUTSIDE THE LAW.

A little taste of buddhahood

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE

You are the source

MISCHIEF IS YOURS.
SORROW IS YOURS.
BUT VIRTUE ALSO IS YOURS.
AND PURITY.

Christ: the last Christian

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES AND

Love knows nothing of duty

LOVE YOURSELF AND WATCH -
TODAY, TOMORROW, ALWAYS.

FIRST ESTABLISH YOURSELF IN THE WAY,
THEN TEACH,

Morning has broken

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHEN I AM DEAD, AM I REALLY DEAD? I WANT TO BE REALLY

What you desire you will become

VAINLY I SOUGHT THE BUILDER OF MY HOUSE
THROUGH COUNTLESS LIVES.
I COULD NOT FIND HIM....
HOW HARD IT IS TO TREAD LIFE AFTER LIFE!

The heart has no questions

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO BREAK MY HEART?

The world is on fire

THE WORLD IS ON FIRE:
AND ARE YOU LAUGHING?
YOU ARE DEEP IN THE DARK.
WILL YOU NOT ASK FOR LIGHT?

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Buddha talks about meditation, not about prayer. Prayer has no place in his vision.

Buddha never talks about God because he knows perfectly well

Aes dhammo sanantano

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

HOW CAN I GO TO THE OTHER SHORE WHEN I AM TRYING TO BE

Awake to the law

HE WHO GOES NAKED,
WITH MATTED HAIR, MUD-BESPATTERED,
WHO FASTS AND SLEEPS ON THE GROUND

Meditate a little bit

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE SENSE OF SCIENCE LIES IN ITS

See yourself in others

ALL BEINGS TREMBLE BEFORE VIOLENCE.
ALL FEAR DEATH.
ALL LOVE LIFE.

Is this the way it is?

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT BEING HERE WITH YOU MEANS TO LET GO OF

Dust against the wind

AS THE RICH MERCHANT WITH FEW SERVANTS
SHUNS A DANGEROUS ROAD
AND THE MAN WHO LOVES LIFE SHUNS POISON,

Truth is very simple

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHAT DOES ENLIGHTENMENT FEEL LIKE?

Be quick to do good

BE QUICK TO DO GOOD.
IF YOU ARE SLOW,
THE MIND, DELIGHTING IN MISCHIEF,
WILL CATCH YOU.

Via transcendence

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

CAN INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY BE CREATIVE?

Better than a hundred years

BETTER THAN A HUNDRED YEARS OF MISCHIEF
IS ONE DAY SPENT IN CONTEMPLATION.

BETTER THAN A HUNDRED YEARS OF IGNORANCE

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Gautama the Buddha has no philosophy of life. He is not a philosopher at all. He is a man of insight, he is wise; he knows how to see into life, into reality. He has a way of seeing but not a philosophy

Vast as the sky

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

THE WESTERN MIND IS SO ORIENTED TOWARD ANALYSIS, THE LEFT

A small candle

BETTER THAN A THOUSAND HOLLOW WORDS
IS ONE WORD THAT BRINGS PEACE.

BETTER THAN A THOUSAND HOLLOW VERSES
IS ONE VERSE THAT BRINGS PEACE.

A good belly laughter

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

YOU GRACIOUSLY SENT ME A TAPED ANSWER TO A QUESTION LAST

He is the charioteer

HE IS THE CHARIOTEER.
HE HAS TAMED HIS HORSES,
PRIDE AND THE SENSES.
EVEN THE GODS ADMIRE HIM.

There is no evolution

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

COULD THERE BE AN ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE PHYSICAL EVOLUTIONARY
PROCESS? IF SO, WHAT IS IT?

Freedom contains all

AT THE END OF THE WAY,
THE MASTER FINDS FREEDOM
FROM DESIRE AND SORROW -
FREEDOM WITHOUT BOUNDS.

I am a drunkard

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IF THE JEALOUSIES, THE POSSESSIVENESS, THE ATTACHMENT, THE NEEDS

Be a buddha!

WANT NOTHING.
WHERE THERE IS DESIRE,
SAY NOTHING.

HAPPINESS OR SORROW -
WHATEVER BEFALLS YOU,
WALK ON

A watcher on the hills

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

COULD YOU TALK ABOUT TRUST? WHENEVER I TRUST, WHATEVER HAPPENS

Knowledge is not knowledge

THE WISE MAN TELLS YOU
WHERE YOU HAVE FALLEN
AND WHERE YOU YET MAY FALL -
INVALUABLE SECRETS!
FOLLOW HIM, FOLLOW THE WAY.

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Knowledge is not knowledge. It has the appearance of knowledge, hence it deceives many. Knowledge is only information. It does not transform you; you remain the same.

The law - ancient and inexhaustible

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,
PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU MEAN BY THE DIMENSION OF MUSIC.

Sowing seeds of bliss

FOR A WHILE THE FOOL'S MISCHIEF
TASTES SWEET, SWEET AS HONEY.
BUT IN THE END IT TURNS BITTER.
AND HOW BITTERLY HE SUFFERS!

God loves laughter

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IN THE WEST I WAS TRAINED AS A SOCIAL WORKER. I WAS TAUGHT THAT IT

Does the spoon taste the soup?

HOW LONG THE NIGHT TO THE WATCHMAN,
HOW LONG THE ROAD TO THE WEARY TRAVELER,
HOW LONG THE WANDERING OF MANY LIVES

This is it

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

YOU HAVE ALWAYS POINTED OUT THAT MOST THINGS AND STATES ARE
TWO EXTREMES OF ONE STATE, POLAR OPPOSITES. THEN HATE IS THE OTHER

In the litter of the wayside

THE PERFUME OF SANDALWOOD,
ROSEBAY, OR JASMINE,
CANNOT TRAVEL AGAINST THE WIND.

BUT THE FRAGRANCE OF VIRTUE
TRAVELS EVEN AGAINST THE

Spread the rumor!

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE VERY PARADOXICAL: HAVING TO BE TOTAL

And travel on

WHO SHALL CONQUER THIS WORLD
AND THE WORLD OF DEATH WITH ALL ITS GODS?
WHO SHALL DISCOVER
THE SHINING WAY OF THE LAW?

Drink to the full and dance

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WOULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE NEW PHASE OF YOUR WORK?

The wisdom of innocence

HOW CAN A TROUBLED MIND
UNDERSTAND THE WAY?
IF A MAN IS DISTURBED
HE WILL NEVER BE FILLED WITH KNOWLEDGE.

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Once I was asked, "What is philosophy?" I said, "Philosophy is the art of asking the wrong questions." The blind man asking "What is light?" - this is philosophy. The deaf asking "What is music? What is sound?" - this is philosophy.

Neither this nor that

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER GODMEN?

Sunil Sethi, I am not a godman, I am simply God - as you are, as trees are, as birds are, as rocks are. I don't belong to any category. 'Godman' is a category invented by journalists. I simply don't belong to any category. You don't belong to any category either. All categories are

Seated in the cave of the heart

AS THE FLETCHER WHITTLES
AND MAKES STRAIGHT HIS ARROWS,
SO THE MASTER DIRECTS
HIS STRAYING THOUGHTS.

LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER,
STRANDED ON THE SHORE,
THOUGHTS THRASH AND QUIVER.
FOR HOW CAN THEY SHAKE OFF DESIRE?

THEY TREMBLE, THEY ARE UNSTEADY,
THEY WANDER AT THEIR WILL.
IT IS GOOD TO CONTROL THEM.
AND TO MASTER THEM BRINGS HAPPINESS.

The beginning of a new phase

The first question:

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,
I NEVER DID GET TURNED ON BY CLASSICAL MUSIC, AND ART GALLERIES

BORED ME SILLY. SO, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GO FROM THE FIRST LAYER, THE
HEAD, TO THE THIRD LAYER, THE CENTER, AND SORT OF BYPASS ALL THIS
AESTHETIC GARBAGE?

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Chapter 28

Chapter 27

Chapter 26

[A sannyasin asks :I came to say that I'm going back to Scotland. The question comes to me of whether I should make this sort of decision myself or should I come to you and ask?]

Chapter 25

[A sannyasin says: I'm leaving tomorrow and I hope to come back as soon as possible.]

Chapter 24

Chapter 23

Chapter 22

[A sannyasin who is leaving says: I would like to come back. I'm not finished here.]

Chapter 21

[A sannyasin asks about his relationship which is bringing up some hatred and aggression on both sides.]

Chapter 20

[A sannyasin is meeting Osho for the first time. He was 'sniffed out' of an earlier darshan. He says:

I love you.]

Chapter 19

[A sannyasin says: My mind is very stubborn. I'm leaving tomorrow and I'd like a meditation to help me with my mind.]

Chapter 18

[Osho said that Bhakta should make it his very style of life to

Chapter 17

Chapter 16

Chapter 15

[A sannyasin says: I'm going to be in a place where I'll have lots of temptation to drugs and sex.

I feel as though I've really developed some beautiful meditative things for myself and I feel a bit apprehensive... ]

Chapter 14

[A sannyasin says: We don't have any children yet and I have some feeling to have a child. I'm thirty-two now and I feel ready, but I would like your advice.

Osho checks her energy.]

Chapter 12

[A french sannyasin said that he found passports and all those official kind of papers stupid and bureaucratic.]

Chapter 11

[As Guru Poornima day was only two days away, Osho's family, friends and relatives, came to visit and pay their respects to their son, brother, nephew, uncle, friend, colleague - and guru. Most of Osho's immediate family - and he has nine

Chapter 10

[Osho speaks to a sannyasin:]

Chapter 9

[Osho recommended that a newcomer undertake the course of Rolfing, saying:]

Chapter 8

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Chapter 7

[A sannyasin, said he felt a lot of jealousy at the possibility of his girlfriend having sexual relations with anyone else. He said he tried to just witness the fear of her leaving him for someone else, but it still persisted.]

Chapter 6

[A sannyasin asks about the way in which people misunderstand what Osho is teaching, particularly in reference to sex.]

Chapter 5

Chapter 4

[A visitor:

I'm not sure if I want to take sannyas or not because I'm not sure exactly what it means.

I'm not sure whether I can surrender because it would be putting you before Christ.

Chapter 3

[A sannyasin, said she was unable to communicate with her sister, who is also here. She said she felt her sister had some jealousy towards her which she did not understand.]

Chapter 2

Chapter 1

[A sannyasin leaving for the West says: I feel deep gratitude for all that has happened to me since I've been here.]

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Darshan 31 March 1978

[A sannyas couple who are part of a music centre in the west tell Osho they want to start a meditation centre. He gives them a name: Malar - It means melody, music, rhythm.]

Darshan 30 March 1978

[A sannyasin who is leaving says: It's like a step into the unknown, to go back. I don't know what's happening and I don't know how I'm going to live anymore.]

Darshan 29 March 1978

Darshan 28 March 1978

Darshan 27 March 1978

Darshan 26 March 1978

Darshan 25 March 1978

[A sannyasin, who is returning to his job as a therapist in the west says: I fear really giving a lot of energy and never getting any of that love back. It's something I realise that I really need since I've been here.... What do I do?]

Darshan 24 March 1978

Darshan 23 March 1978

[An Israeli, who is studying at a college in Poona for one year, takes sannyas.]

Darshan 22 March 1978

[March 21st was Enlightenment Day when everyone could come to celebrate darshan in Osho's silent presence.]

Darshan 20 March 1978

[A sannyasin with terminal cancer and a few weeks to live is returning to the west. Osho blesses him.]

Darshan 19 March 1978

Darshan 18 March 1978

[Osho gives someone sannyas.]

Darshan 17 March 1978

Darshan 16 March 1978