Osho on Centering, inner center Osho : The world is transformed by people who live in this world as if this world is just a dream. People are changed, transfigured, by those who live in this world unconcerned, indifferent to trivia… who live a life of inner centering, who live in the world but don’t [Continue]

Question : Wu Wei and the way of the Heart – How are they Interrelated? Osho : They are not interrelated; they are one and the same thing – just two ways of saying the same thing. Wu-wei means action without action. It means doing without doing. It means allowing that which wants to happen..Don’t [Continue]

Osho on Satori, Satori is a glimpse of samadhi Osho : What happens when you simply sit? The whole energy that has been moving in the body, outside the body, in actions, is no more moving. You become a pool of energy. The energy goes on gathering; you become a reservoir. In zazen you are [Continue]

Osho on Sufism Osho : Sufism is a vision. In fact to call it ’Sufism’ is not right because it is not an ’ism’ at all. Sufis don’t call it ’Sufism’; it is the name given by the outsiders. They call their vision TASSAWURI, a love-vision, a loving approach towards reality. It is falling in [Continue]

Question : How is One to know that Sannyas is Good? Osho : Sir, the proof of the pudding is in its tasting. Become a sannyasin: there is no other way. It is an experience; you have to know it through your own experience. And it is such an interior experience that nothing can be [Continue]

Osho : Many buddhas have existed, but once in a while a buddha becomes a master. The famous name of Gautam the Buddha is famous just because of his being a master. Millions of buddhas preceded him, but they were not masters. It happened: One day somebody asked Buddha, ‘You have almost fifty thousand sannyasins [Continue]

Osho : Once you become alive, once your life energy arises, you will suddenly feel that you fit with existence, but you don’t fit with the society. And I tell you: if you don’t fit with the society, don’t bother about it, because ultimately it means nothing. The only thing that will be meaningful ultimately [Continue]

Osho on Generosity, Generosity is real richness Osho : Generosity is the real richness. And to be generous, to share, you don’t need many things. To be generous, you just have to share whatsoever you have. You may not have much – that is not the point. Who has much? Who can ever have enough? [Continue]

Osho discourse on Diogenes Osho : Why do you want to hide your body from others? What is wrong with it? Society, civilization, culture, they have conditioned your minds to believe that something is wrong with the body. You feel guilty if you are caught naked. And laws exist and courts to force you not [Continue]

Osho discourse on Nirvana Question : What is Nirvana?Osho : This story is about NIRVANA… this ancient Buddhist story. An exceptionally beautiful young woman, Enyadatta, enjoyed nothing quite as much as gazing at herself in the mirror. She was a little crazy, as all human beings are. When she looked into her mirror one morning, [Continue]

Osho on Mary Magdalene and Judas Osho : Remember Mary Magdalene? She seems to me the only true follower of Jesus. Her authenticity, her daring, is immense. Jesus had come to her house and she poured precious perfume on his feet, washed the feet with the perfume, then wiped the feet with her hair. She [Continue]

Osho discourse on Kabir death Osho : Nobody can save anybody else – and it is good that nobody can save anybody else. Otherwise even your liberation would be a kind of enforcement. It would be as if you have been forced to enter into heaven – two persons following you with naked swords and [Continue]

Osho on Gurus work, what a Guru can Do Question – What can a Guru do for you? Osho – The question is from Vidya’s mother, Sigrid. She must be worried about Vidya, about what is happening to Vidya here. And, deep down, she is nagging Vidya and trying to take back. It is natural, [Continue]

Osho on Ashtavakra and Yagnavalkya Osho – The inner is tremendously powerful, the outer is very weak. The inner is eternal, the outer is very temporary. How many years do you remain young? And as youth fades away you start feeling that you are becoming ugly, unless your inner being is also growing with your [Continue]

Badarayana’s statement, ”Athato Brahma jigyasa” Question – Beloved Osho, Is not the inquiry into ‘sachchidanand’ the same as badarayana’s ”athato Brahma jigyasa”? Osho : Maneesha, Badarayana’s statement, ”athato brahma jigyasa” is one of the most potential statements ever made. It means, ”Now begins the inquiry into [Continue]