Osho on Society

Osho – The basic problem before a spiritual seeker is not how to know, but how to be

Osho on spiritual seeker

Osho – The basic problem before a spiritual seeker is not how to know, but how to be. Knowing is not the problem, it is easy. The real problem is how to be, how the being should be strengthened. Knowing can grow easily; knowing has its own ways of growing. But knowing is a parasitic [...]

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Osho – Intelligent people are dangerous people. They are radicals, they are revolutionaries

Osho on Intelligent people and Society

Osho – It is only the mediocre mind that becomes psychologically obsessed with the future. But the society destroys everybody’s intelligence and makes everybody mediocre. The society does not want you to be really intelligent; it is afraid of intelligence. Intelligent people are dangerous people. They are radicals, they are revolutionaries; they are always sabotaging [...]

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Osho on workaholic society – The idea of ‘the work’ has been imposed on you

Osho on workaholic society

Osho – The idea of ”the work” has been imposed on you for centuries, that you are here for a certain ”work” to do. Naturally, people wanted you not to be just lazy and enjoy. They wanted ”work” because your work is going to create wealth, your work is going to create Alexanders, your work [...]

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Osho on Nakedness and Society – If you want to be naked, move to a lonely place

Osho on Nakedness and Society

[The sannyasin said that it was difficult to live in society. For example she likes to swim naked, and sit in cafes. But because she is female she gets hassled.] Osho – But the problem is…. Just listen – somebody wants to expose his genital organs to you in the street. He is an exhibitionist; [...]

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Osho – Take the risk of being in love with existence

Osho on being in love with existence

Osho – Prem Hasibo. Prem means love and Hasibo is a sufi name for God. It means: one who satisfies all needs. The full name will mean: love, the god that satisfies all needs. And love is the ultimate need. Everything else is secondary. Everything else is just a means to that great end. If [...]

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Osho – even after enlightenment the uniqueness of the individual remains intact

Osho on individuality and enlightenment

Question – If Krishnamurti is enlightened he must see what you are saying himself, right? So why doesn’t he just come here and find himself a chair and a case of cold sodas and lean back and forget all that? Osho – He sees what I am saying and I see what he is saying, [...]

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Osho on Fear of Other’s Opinion – Never accept others’ opinions

Osho on fear of other's opinion

Question – Why am i always afraid of other’s opinion? Osho – Because you are not, because you are not yet. You are nothing but a piled-up phenomenon of others’ opinion. Who are you? Somebody says you are beautiful, so you are beautiful. And somebody says you are ugly, so you are ugly. And somebody [...]

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Osho on Subhash Chandra Bose – Individuality is intrinsically rebellious

Osho on Subhash Chandra Bose

  Subhash Chandra Bose Osho – Almost the whole of humanity is a victim: victims of pretensions, victims of having masks, victims of not being natural, because being unnatural pays – society gives respect to the false. Society is not respectful to the authentic and to the real, because the false can be controlled, and [...]

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Osho on Personality and Individuality – Don’t cling to Personality

Osho on Personality and Individuality

Question – Beloved Osho, Is It really worth putting any energy into improving my personality? Osho – Anand Tarika, have you ever heard me? I have been constantly telling you that the personality has to be dropped so that your individuality can be discovered. I have been insisting that the personality is not you; it [...]

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Osho – Society becomes a game of condemning each other

Osho on Society

Osho – You cannot hide your unconsciousness; it surfaces. Your reality goes on expressing itself — you may not be able to see it, but everybody else can see it. This is a strange world! You may not see your unconsciousness, but everybody knows about it, just as YOU know about everybody else’s. Because we [...]

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