Osho on War Terror

Osho – My effort will be to expose our barbariousness, in nationalism, in different groups

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Question – Bhagwan, you are going on a world tour. What will your message be? Osho – My message is, that we have to create a world without the boundary of nations, without the boundary of religions — only then we will be for the first time civilized. Otherwise we are carrying barbarious past in [...]

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Osho on Violence – Violence is unhappiness – uneasiness within

Osho on Violence and Violent Mind

Osho – Water from mountains flows downward trying to find out pits, ditches or lakes. Water runs downwards; then the same water, becoming well heated, is transformed into vapour and then begins to run towards the sky, begins to find heights, begins to ride on clouds, begins to travel towards the sun. It is the [...]

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Osho – Man has a hidden woman in himself; So has the woman a hidden man in herself

Osho on Men and Women

Osho – There are two approaches towards reality: one is logical. Of that approach, Aristotle is the father in the West. It simply moves in a line, a clear-cut line. It never allows the opposite; the opposite has to be discarded. This approach says A is A and never not A. A cannot be not [...]

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Osho – Instead of the soldier the sannyasin has to be praised

Osho on Solider and Sannyasin

Osho – In the past we have praised warlike qualities very much because the whole past of humanity is nothing but wars and wars. In three thousand years we have fought five thousand wars. It is rare to find a single day when somewhere on the earth war is not going on. It seems man [...]

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Osho on Ideals and Meditation – Drop all kinds of idealisms

Osho on Ideals and Meditation

Osho – Man is unconscious, Although he believes he is conscious. That very belief protects his unconsciousness. Man is ignorant, although he believes he knows. That very belief keeps the ignorance intact. Man is just the opposite of what he thinks he is. To understand this is the beginning of a great revolution. To see [...]

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Osho – If you are in love you are naturally, spontaneously, creative

Osho on Love and Creativity

Osho – If you are in love you are naturally, spontaneously, creative; if you are not in love you are not only uncreative, you become destructive. Millions of people live without love; hence there is so much destruction in the world, so much anger, violence, hatred. Very rarely do you come across a person who [...]

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Osho – To be a criminal needs great Unconsciousness

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Osho – Even to cut a flower is uncivilized behavior, what to say about people like Genghis Khan, who killed forty million people; Tamerlane, who killed thirty million people; Nadir Shah, he again killed forty million people, and statistics are not available about many others. Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ivan the Terrible … no [...]

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Osho – Just a general raising of consciousness is needed

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Osho – All politicians are chimpanzees — without exception. They look like men, but they behave like chimpanzees. You should not go by the looks, you should watch their actions — and all their actions are idiotic. And it is not only today; it has been so for the whole history of man. Unless we [...]

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Osho – If you really want peace on the earth, create peace in your heart, in your being

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Question – Beloved Master, You told us the story of Krishna and Arjuna. But is there no value in resisting war in a time where a handful of madmen play with atomic bombs? Osho – Peter Bohm, how can you resist these few madmen who are playing with atom bombs? What will be your strategy [...]

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Beloved Osho, Please talk about the Misuse of Power

Question – Beloved Osho, Please talk about the Misuse of Power. Osho – Shantam Divyama, there is the famous statement of an English philosopher: “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.” I do not agree with him. My analysis is totally different. Everybody is full of violence, greed, anger, passion — but has no power; so [...]

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Osho – The world can come to a harmony if meditation is spread far and wide

Osho – The world can come to a harmony if meditation is spread far and wide, and people are brought to one consciousness within themselves. This will be a totally different dimension to work with. Up to now it was revolution. The point was society, its structure. It has failed again and again in different [...]

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Osho – The press should be absolutely free, and the freedom of press includes television, radio, and all news media

Osho on Press Media

Question : Have you a message for the Press? Osho – Certainly. The press should be absolutely free, and the freedom of press includes television, radio, and all news media. Nothing should be in the control of the government, because government has all the powers, and individuals have no powers. Who is going to fight [...]

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