December 2008

Osho on Effort and Effortlessness

Osho on Effort and effortlessness

[The sannyasin adds: how to work and do something which requires great effort on one hand, and yet to do it without any effort.] Osho : The problem arises because of the logical mind, because the mind says that these two things are contradictory. If you make effort, you make effort; how can you make [...]

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Osho on Patience and Hopelessness on Path

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Osho : On the path nothing more is needed than patience. Man can do everything that he is capable of, but still there is no necessity that the ultimate happens; it may happen, it may not. We can grope in the dark; the door may open, it may not So if one has not infinite [...]

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Osho on Western philosopher Descartes

Osho on Western philosopher Descartes Osho : In the West there was a philosopher named Descartes – a deep thinker. He decided not to accept anything until he found the truth which cannot be doubted, so he began to reflect. He labored hard and he felt everything was doubtful. One may say ”God is,” but [...]

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Osho on Illusion of Mind, Osho on projection of Mind

Osho on projection of Mind

Osho : Adhyas, or illusion, means seeing what is not there. Shankara loved this word very much and for the Upanishads it is very fundamental. Adhyas means projection, seeing what is not there: what is seen is not really there, you are projecting it from within. You are the cause of the projection. A face [...]

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Osho on Desire itself leads you to Misery

Osho on desire to misery

Question : Beloved Osho, you said that desire always creates misery. Then do the desires for good deeds, for religion, for god also create misery? Osho : Desire itself leads you to misery; it does not make any difference what you desire. The object of desire can be anything – you may want money or you [...]

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Osho – Creation is Pranayam and Destruction of the world is Pratyahar

Osho - Creation is Pranayam

Question - Beloved Osho, Yesterday you explained that pranayam is the method which expands the bio-energy and pratyahar is to return to the original source. First it is expansion, then it is return to the source. Why is it so? Osho : Because life is made of contradiction and there is no other way for life [...]

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Osho – Self Knowledge is liberation Knowledge is liberation

Osho – Self Knowledge is liberation Knowledge is liberation Osho : Like this, such things are given which have no value. You give away in charity that which is useless. You do not have to make much effort to fast – it is only a little trouble to the body. You can do austerities also [...]

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Osho on Hope, hope can disappear in happiness

Osho discourse on Hope

Osho : Hope is the thread with which we live. It is a very thin thread. It can break at any moment, but it does not break. It has become a very strong shackle. If it breaks from one end we hold it from the other. If it breaks from the world we start hoping [...]

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Osho on Freedom, Osho on Meaning of Freedom

Osho on Meaning of Freedom

Osho : There is a very old story about an ascetic who was doing sadhana in a dense forest. He was sitting with closed eyes and was praying to God continuously. He wanted to gain heaven. Hunger and thirst did not worry him. A very poor young woman used to come to that forest to [...]

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Osho on Lord Krishna Friendship with Sudama

Osho on Krishna Sudama friendship

Questioner : You say that persons like krishna don’t make friends nor do they make foes. Then how is it that he as a king comes running down to the gate of his palace to receive sudama, his poor old friend of childhood days and gives him all the wealth of the world in return [...]

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Osho on Kabir Sayings, Osho on Saint Kabir Sayings

Osho on Sufi Mystic Kabir Sayings

Osho : ALL methods are methods, all means are means. And if you want to reach the end you will have to drop all means and all methods. That is the only way to enter into the ultimate. The lover will have to forget all about love, and the meditator will have to forget all [...]

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Osho on Sanai Path of love – The Hadiqa

Osho on Sanai Path of love – The Hadiqa Osho : Sanai calls his path ”the path of the garden.” The path of the meditator is a kind of desert. The desert has its own beauty: if you have been in the desert in the night, it has a coolness you will never find anywhere [...]

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Osho on Life Duality, Life exists through duality

Osho on Life Duality

Osho : Life exists through duality. The very process of life depends on polar opposites. Life is like a river: for the river to exist, two banks are needed. The river cannot exist without two banks to support it, just as the bird cannot fly without two wings and you cannot walk without two legs. [...]

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Osho on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Transcendental Meditation

Osho on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Transcendental Meditation

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Osho : I do not mean that you have to repeat the words ”I am,” rather, have the feeling. Taking a bath, feel ”I am.” Let there be the touch of the cold shower, and let yourself be there behind, feeling it and remembering ”I am.” Remember, I am not saying that [...]

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Osho on Planning and Worrying for Future

Osho on Planning and worrying for Future

Question : Osho, is it really possible to be in the “now-here” all the time? Most of my time seems to go in planning for, or worrying about, the future. Osho – Nitin, whether you know it or not, you cannot be anywhere else than here and now. Wherever you are it will be here [...]

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Osho on Sudden Enlightenment and After Enlightenment

Osho on Sudden Enlightenment

Osho : Maneesha, it is one of the most important problems for any seeker, to understand a clear distinction between cultivation and enlightenment. You can cultivate enlightenment, but that will be only phony. You may believe in it, but your belief cannot make it true. Even if the whole society supports it, it does not [...]

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Osho on Zen Master Hyakujo Sutras of enlightenment

”IT IS NOT OBTAINED FROM OTHERS. THEREFORE, WHEN YOU ARE ENLIGHTENED,YOUR ORIGINAL NATURE MANIFESTS ITSELF. NOW YOU HAVE ATTAINED IT – CAREFULLY CULTIVATE IT.”Osho : This is a very significant statement of Hyakujo. You cannot cultivate enlightenment, that will be phony. You can walk like a buddha, you can manage to sit in the lotus [...]

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Osho why sould i Take Sannyas, reason for Sannyas

Question – OSHO, WHY SHOULD I TAKE SANNYAS? Osho : Because tomorrow you may not be. The next moment you may not be. And sannyas is nothing but a vision of living this moment utterly, totally, absolutely. Sannyas simply means that you will not postpone life anymore. Sannyas simply means that you will not live [...]

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Osho on meaning of this Universe – Existence

Osho on Universe - Existence

Question : Beloved Osho, What is the point of the Physical Universe, If man’s destiny is ultimately to Transcend it? Osho : That is the point: otherwise, how will you transcend? The universe is needed to transcend. The misery is needed to transcend, the darkness is needed to transcend, the ego is needed to transcend [...]

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Osho – It is Hard for me to surrender to a Man

Osho on Surrendering to a Man

Question : Beloved Osho, Why is it hard for me to Surrender to a Man? Osho : Then don’t surrender. Why unnecessarily create trouble for yourself? Who is telling you to surrender to a man in the first place? Don’t surrender. Why do you start taking unnecessary troubles on your head? If you don’t feel [...]

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Osho – Is it True that one has to go through Hell

Question : BELOVED OSHO, IS IT TRUE THAT ONE HAS TO GO THROUGH HELL?Osho : You need not go through hell because you are already there. Where else will you find hell? This is your ordinary state — hell. Don’t think that hell is somewhere deep down below the earth. Hell is you. You, unaware, [...]

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Osho on Enlightenment through Intelligence

Question : BELOVED OSHO, CAN THE INTELLECT BE A DOOR TO ENLIGHTENMENT, ORIS ENLIGHTENMENT ONLY ACHIEVED THROUGH SURRENDER? Osho : Enlightenment is always through surrender, but surrender is achieved through intelligence. Only idiots cannot surrender. To surrender you need great intelligence. To see the point of surrender is the climax of insight; to see the [...]

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