Osho Discourses

Osho – Deva Nisarga…. Nisarga means to be Natural, to be Spontaneous

Osho on Deva Nisarga

Osho – Deva Nisarga…. Nisarga means to be natural, to be spontaneous, to be simple and poor. And blessed are the poor – only they shall inherit the kingdom of God. Only the poor are rich. This inner poverty is really an inner richness. When you simply move with nature, by and by you disappear. [...]

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Osho – How do You Know Inner World of a Person

Osho on inner world

Question – How do you know the inner world of a person? Because I have always felt that the moment you see somebody, Instantly his whole life is revealed to you. This is my own experience too. Osho – There is not much mystery in it, it is very simple. If YOU are a mirror, [...]

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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 Predestined Life, Osho on Free will and Fate (destiny)

Osho on Predestined Life

Question : Are our lives Predestined or Not? Osho : This is not a personal problem, it is a philosophical question. Our lives are both predestined and they are not. Both yes and no. And both answers are true for all questions about life. In a way, everything is predetermined. Whatever is physical in you, [...]

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Osho on Free Will and its relation to Being and Non doing

Osho on Free will

Question : PLEASE EXPLAIN MAN’S FREE WILL AND ITS RELATION TO BEING AND NON-DOING. Osho : There is nothing like that, like free will. It is just an ego concept, there cannot be anything like that. I am not saying the opposite, that you are dependent and slaves. Mind moves into opposites very easily. It [...]

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Osho – Love is the only light there is in life

Osho on Light

Osho : Prem Ellen. Prem means love; Ellen means light. Love is the only light there is in life. Love is the inner light. It needs no fuel; it is eternal. It is not caused by anything, hence it cannot be turned off. Anything that can be put on can be turned off. It is [...]

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Osho on Badarayana’s statement, ”Athato Brahma Jigyasa”

Osho on Badarayana’s statement

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 the ultimate.” It is the first statement in his BRAHMASUTRA: MAXIMS ABOUT THE ULTIMATE, [...]

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Osho – Why I always fall Asleep during discourse

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Question – Osho, Why do I Always fall Asleep during the discourse Osho – This is a very ancient religious practice, this is not new. You are not doing something special. Religious people have always been doing it. So take it as a confirmatory sign! You must be becoming religious. I have heard… During the Second [...]

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Osho on Nothingness – Is there Quality in Nothingness?

Osho on Nothingness

Question – Osho, Is there Quality in Nothingness? Osho – Anudeya, NOTHINGNESS CAN EITHER BE just emptiness or it can be a tremendous fullness. It can be negative, it can be positive. If it is negative it is like death, darkness. Religions have called it hell. It is hell because there is no joy in [...]

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