Osho on Master – Disciple

Osho on Pseudo Masters and Fake Gurus

Osho on Pseudo Masters

Osho – One thing about the pseudo master is that he manages a facade, he wears a mask. He wears a mask that you would like him to wear. He fulfills your expectations. The true master never fulfills anybody’s expectations. Jesus proved that he was a true master because at the last moment he frustrated [...]

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Osho – Disciplehood is a paradox, birth – death together

Osho - Disciplehood is a paradox

Osho – Deva means divine, jurgen means a farmer. Life is an opportunity, just a seed. One can miss it, one can remain a seed; that will be the missing of the opportunity. One has to seek the right soil. One has to be a farmer; One has to learn how to grow. All that [...]

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Osho – Master is always acting; A Master is a perfect actor

Osho on Master

Question – You said that a master sometimes has to be angry with the disciple and in that case he is acting. Is he acting also when he laughs or smiles at him? Osho – A Master is always acting; a Master is a perfect actor. He does not take life seriously. He does not [...]

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Osho – What is the secret, How you Work on so many People at same time

Osho Work

Question – What is the secret of how you can work on so many of us at the same time? Osho – There is no secret to it. Because I love you, you are not so many. My love surrounds you, you become one. I am not working really on individuals, then it would have [...]

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Osho – To be in the presence of a Buddha is to be on the way to becoming a Buddha

Osho on Buddha Presence

Osho – In the last night, when Jesus was departing from his friends, he broke bread and gave it to his disciples and said, “Eat it; this is me.” It is possible. When a man like Jesus takes the bread in his hand, the bread is no longer the same; it has become sacred. And [...]

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Osho – When disciple is ready the Master is also ready

Osho on Master Disciple

Osho – Your own innermost center is your real master. Outer masters can help, but their help is basically directed toward finding the inner master. And when the inner one is found, there is no need for the outer master. You have become master in your own right. But this happens only when you have [...]

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Osho on Desire for having a Perfect Master

Osho on Desire for having a Perfect Master

Osho : Why the Perfect Master? The ego always seeks perfection. If you are after money, the ego wants you to be the richest man in the world, the most perfect man in the world. If you are after morality, you want to become the most perfect saint. The ego has a very very deep [...]

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Osho on Communion between Master and Disciple

Osho on Communion between Master disciple

Osho : Communion means a state of love between the Master and the disciple where all conflict has been dropped. It is the ultimate in a love affair. Lovers fight, but the disciple and the Master live in such a communion that there is no fight, no question of fight; there is no argumentation. The [...]

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Osho on Surrednering to a Guru – Master

Osho on Surrednering to a Guru

Question : Beloved Osho, Need one be absolutely sure about a Guru to become his disciple? Osho : You can never be absolutely sure about a guru, and that is not needed. What is needed is that you should be absolutely sure about yourself. How can you be sure about a master? You exist on [...]

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Osho Hands, Osho hands touching seekers heart

Osho hands

Question : WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR HANDS? I FIND MYSELF MORE EMOTIONALLY MOVED BY WATCHING THEM, THAN BY LISTENING TO THE WORDS YOU SPEAK. Osho : It is natural, because when I am speaking I am speaking to your heads. Emotion cannot be involved, emotion cannot be there. I am talking to your [...]

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Osho on Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda

Osho on Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda

Question : Could we say that Ramakrishna exploited Vivekananda? Osho : It could be said but it should not be said, because the word conveys an idea of condemnation behind it. He did not exploit him to gain something selfish for himself; his idea was that through Vivekananda others will be benefited. He exploited him [...]

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Osho on Teacher and a Master, Teachers are many, masters few

Osho on Teacher and a Master

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 [...]

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Osho on Mary Magdalene and Judas, Jesus disciple Mary Magdalene

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 was sitting there crying tears and [...]

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Osho on Gurus Work, What a Guru can Do

Osho on Gurus work

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, nothing is wrong in it; a mother, after all, [...]

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Osho on Sage Ashtavakra and Yagnavalkya

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 age. Then even in your [...]

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Osho on Spiritual Master – Guru, What makes some one a Guru, A Spiritual Master?

Osho on Spiritual Master

Question – What makes some one a Guru, A Spiritual Master? Osho – When you are not there, when you have completely disappeared, the other becomes an open book to you. The more other-oriented you are, the less you can know what is happening to the other. The more you become self-oriented, the more possibility [...]

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Osho on Authentic Sadhus, An authentic sadhu is one to whom the world has become unreal

Osho on Authentic Sadhus

Question : Then how can one tell if a Sadhu is AUTHENTIC OR NOT? Osho – There is no need. If someone becomes a sadhu, it is his own private affair. There is no need to pay any attention to him. Whether he is fake or authentic, it is his affair. His belief is a [...]

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Osho on Muktananda, Osho on Muktananda Guru ‘Bhagavan Nityananda’

Osho on Muktananda

Osho on Muktananda – Have you seen Muktananda’s guru’s picture? If you have not seen it, it is worth seeing. It is a rare treat. I think he is unique — Nityananda IS unique. You may have seen people with big bellies: Nityananda is a belly with a head! The belly is so big, you [...]

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Osho on U G Krishnamurti, U G Krishnamurti with Ramana Maharshi

Osho on U G Krishnamurti

U G Krishnamurti Osho on U G Krishnamurti – Just the other day I was reading a lecture of U. G. Krishnamurti. He says he went to see Ramana Maharshi. He was not attracted — because he was chopping vegetables. Yes, Ramana Maharshi was that kind of man, very ordinary. Chopping vegetables! U. G. Krishnamurti [...]

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Osho on Totapuri, Osho on Ramakrishna Guru ‘Totapuri’

Osho on Totapuri

Totapuri Osho on Totapuri – Ramakrishna used the name of Mother Kali as a mantra continually, for years. He achieved much through it, but not the ultimate. He became silent, he became purified, he became holy; he became everything that we can conceive of a religious man. He became totally a religious man — but [...]

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