Osho on Religion Dogmas

Osho on Scientology, Scientology is nothing but a kind of Hypnosis

Osho on Scientology

Question – Osho, What is your opinion of scientology? Osho – It is fantastic…I mean bullshit, utter bullshit! Be aware of such stupid things. They move in the world in the name of science because science has credit, so any kind of stupidity can pretend to be scientific. And people are very much impressed by [...]

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Osho on Religion – Religion is freedom from Knowledge

Osho on Religion

Osho : I have heard a story. A wasp made its abode near a window outside a big building. In winter this wasp would sleep and rest, in summer it would fly, dance and collect the pollen of the flowers. It was very happy. But this wasp was a special one – it was a [...]

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Osho on Rajneeshism, Rajneeshism is not a Religion

Osho on Rajneeshism

In a rare TV interview, while he is in silence, Osho is asked: What is your vision for the future of Rajneeshism? Osho : Rajneeshism is not a religion like Christianity, Hinduism, Mohammedanism, Buddhism, etc. The name should not be misunderstood. It simply shows a poverty of language–to be exactly true, Rajneeshism is a religionless [...]

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Osho on Judaism – Hassidism, Hassids from Judaism

Osho on Judaism - Hassidism

Osho : I am the only Jew in India!……In fact, there have been only two source religions in the world: Hinduism and Judaism. Both are dead. Jainism and Buddhism are offshoots of Hinduism but because the root is dead the branches are dead too. And Christianity and Islam are branches of Judaism, and because the [...]

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Osho on Sin Guilt Teachings in Christianity

Osho Christianity

Question : AREN’T A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE WESTERN MIND THE RESULT OF THE SIN-ANDGUILT IN CHRISTIANITY? Osho : Yes, that is bound to be. The concept of sin creates a very different consciousness around it. This concept is lacking in the Eastern mind. Rather, it is substituted for by the concept of [...]

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Osho on Ramakrishna Mission, Ramakrishna Mission is not true to Ramakrishna

Osho on Ramakrishna Mission

Osho : This is the oldest format: the Master is preceded by a disciple who functions as a predecessor and prepares the ground. Because of its defects and limitations, there has been another, the opposite. Ramakrishna is succeeded by Vivekanand; he is not preceded by anybody. The Master comes first, then the disciple follows. This [...]

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Osho on Jesus Christ and Christianity, Christianity has nothing to do with Christ

Osho on Jesus Christ and Christianity

Osho : I WILL SPEAK ON CHRIST, but not on Christianity. Christianity has nothing to do with Christ. In fact, Christianity is anti-Christ — just as Buddhism is anti-Buddha and Jainism anti-Mahavir. Christ has something in him which cannot be organized: the very nature of it is rebellion and a rebel]ion cannot be organized. The [...]

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Osho on Religion , Religion is Transformation

Osho on Religion

Osho – Religion is a radical change of vision. It is not just a change of outlook. It is not just a change of ideology – it is a change of the very being itself. Hence it is radical – radical means of the roots. Religion is not a kind of renovation it is discontinuity [...]

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Osho on Buddhism, Osho on What is Buddhism

Osho on Buddhism

Osho – Buddhism is not interested in general policy. It is not interested in philosophical speculation. It is interested in the details of life, its sufferings and their causes. It does not give you outlandish solutions. It does not provide you with new dreams. It simply looks face to face into life. It does not [...]

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Osho – Why you call yourself Bhagwan

osho on bhagwan

Question – Why do you call yourself Bhagwan? why do you call yourself God? Osho – I AM — and because you are. And because only god is. There is no other way, there is no other way to be. You may know it, you may not know it. The only choice is between ignorance [...]

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Osho on Indian Philosophy, What is the basic Indian Philosophy?

Osho on Indian Philosophy

Question – What is the basic Indian Philosophy? Osho – As far as I am concerned, I do not see philosophy as Indian or non-Indian. It is not possible. Philosophy is only universal. There can be no geographical division in the human mind. These divisions, these distinctions, are political. Indian, Japanese and German, or eastern [...]

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Osho on Philosophy – PHILOSOPHY means mind, philosophy means thinking

Osho on Philosophy

Question – Osho, Why are you so much against Philosophy? Osho – Sudheer. PHILOSOPHY means mind, philosophy means thinking, philosophy means going away from yourself Philosophy is the art of losing yourself in thoughts, becoming identified with dreams. Hence I am against philosophy, because I am all for religion. You cannot be philosophical if you [...]

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Osho on Radhaswami Sect, Osho on Radhaswami religion

Osho on Radhaswami Sect In India there is a religion, Radhaswami. They have a list; they think there are fifteen stages of the evolution of the soul. Mohammed is on the third stage — I am just telling you as an example — Jesus is on the fourth stage, one stage higher; Krishna is on [...]

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