Osho on Rebellious Spirit

Osho on Total Acceptance and Rebellion – The rebellion is against the dead past

Osho on Rebellion

Question – Beloved Master, What is the line of distinction for a rebel, between the attitude of total acceptance of existence and a non-conforming attitude towards the world at large? Osho – Gyan Asanga, the difference, the “distinction for a rebel, between the attitude of total acceptance of existence and a non-conforming attitude towards the [...]

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Osho – Spiritual rebelliousness can only come out of compassion and meditation

Osho on Spiritual rebelliousness

Question – Beloved Master, What is compassion for a rebellious man? Osho – Raso, rebellion itself is the compassion. It is not a reactionary approach towards life. It is out of compassion that a man of understanding becomes a rebel. You are asking, “What is compassion for a rebellious man?” Rebellion itself is his compassion. [...]

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Osho – Violence can never be a part of the rebellious spirit

Osho on Violence

Question – Beloved Master, Can you please say something about violence as the expression of rebellion? Osho – Milarepa, violence can never be a part of the rebellious spirit for the simple reason that violence is the whole past of humanity — and the rebel wants to discontinue with the past. Violence has been the [...]

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Osho – What is peace for the rebellious man?

Osho on Peace

Question – Beloved Master, What is peace for the rebellious man? Osho – Raso, peace is, for the rebellious man, his very light. It is his very aroma, his fragrance, the harmony of his heart, his at-oneness with existence. All conflicts of the mind are just memories of the past. The mind is no longer [...]

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Osho on Rebellion and Revolution – Rebellion is individual, nonviolent, peaceful

Osho on Rebellion and Revolution

Question – Beloved Master, What is Rebellion? and What is the difference between reaction and the action of the rebellious man? Osho – The first thing to be understood is the difference between rebellion and revolution. Revolution is an organized effort to change the society forcibly, violently. But the trouble is, you cannot change the [...]

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Osho – All my sannyasins are rebels; no other kind of people can be my sannyasins

Osho - All my sannyasins are rebels

Question – BELOVED MASTER, ARE YOUR SANNYASINS ALL REBELS? IS IT TRUE THAT A REBEL IS BORN AND NOT MADE? OR ARE WE BORN REBELS BUT TAMED AND CONDITIONED BY OUR SOCIETIES? Osho – Jivan Mary, one who is not a rebel will not come close to me. The very fact that he comes close [...]

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Osho on Bakunin Philosophy of Anarchism

Osho on Bakunin Philosophy of Anarchism

Mikhail Bakunin Question – Beloved Master, What is the difference between the individual anarchism of bakunin and the rebel of your vision? Osho – Azima, I love Bakunin and his philosophy of anarchism, but he too, is an impractical, unpragmatic philosopher. He simply goes on praising the beauties of anarchism: no government, no armies, no [...]

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Osho on Rebellion and Revolution – Religion is rebellion, and if it is not rebellion, then it is not religion.

Osho on Rebellion and Religion

Osho – Deva means divine, vidroha means rebellion – divine rebellion. Religion is rebellion, and if it is not rebellion, then it is not religion. It is never conformity, it is never convention. Christ is religious because he is a rebel. Christianity is not religion because it is nothing but conformity. Buddha is a rebel, [...]

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Osho – It is possible to be a rebel without being enlightened

Osho on Rebel and Enlightenment

Question – Beloved Master, What is the difference between the rebel and the enlightened one? Is it possible to be a real rebel without being enlightened? Osho – Anand Rupen, it is possible to be a rebel without being enlightened. It is also possible to be enlightened without being a rebel. But both will be [...]

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Osho – A rebellious person necessarily becomes Religious and a Loving Person cannot miss god

Osho – Prem means love, keshava is a name of krishna – it means god – god of love. But literally keshava means ’the long-haired one’. Krishna is the first hippie! Long hair has always been a symbol of rebellion… a symbol that one wants to go back to nature. Long hair has always stood [...]

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