Osho – Why is the media so nervous around you?
Question – Bhagwan, Why is the media so nervous around you? Osho – Because they have never come across a man like I am. The media knows politicians, popes, other…
Osho – Do real problems exist? Are all problems just mind games?
Question : Do real problems exist? Are all problems just mind games? Does awareness make problems disappear? Or is there a possibility that awareness brings repression? If i’d that whenever…
Osho – India is too old, my message is too new. India is ancient, traditional; I am rebellious.
Question : Beloved Master, Your message is universal, but is it only for those without a religion? Why are not your fellow indians crowding at the gate to get in?…
Osho – Why do you appear to give more attention to westerners and ignore indians?
Question : Why do you appear to give more attention to westerners and, on the whole, to almost ignore indians? — i am thinking especially of when you give sannyas.…
Osho on Gurdjieff’s last words to his disciples – ‘Bravo, America.’
Question – Beloved Master, Gurdjieff’s last words to his disciples were, “bravo, america.” I have heard you appreciated his insight about america, but right now the way american bureaucracy and…
Osho – The Profession of a Journalist is such that it lives on lies
Question – Osho, are all the journalists blind? can’t they see the truth? why are they continuously spreading lies about you? Osho – Nisha, THE PROFESSION OF A JOURNALIST is…
Osho on Deja Vu and Theory of Reincarnation
Question – Beloved Osho, occasionally, a strong feeling comes over me that exactly the situation i am in at that moment has happened before. others tell me of experiencing the…
Osho on Rationalisation – You are imprisoned in your Rationalisations
Question – What is Rationalisation? Osho – Rationalisation is a pseudo reasoning — it looks like reason, but is not. In life you use it every day. You come from…
Osho – Why does one cling to the old? Why is one afraid of the new?
Question – Why does one cling to the old? why is one afraid of the new? Osho – There is a natural reason in it. With the old one is…
Osho on Confusion and Emptiness – Confusion is almost the natural state of humanity
Question – Beloved Osho, When you looked at me i felt afraid and empty. i am confused. please comment. Osho – Confusion is almost the natural state of humanity. Everybody…
Osho on spiritual entertainment – Unless you are in communion with a master, everything is entertainment
Question – Beloved Osho, What does “spiritual entertainment” mean? Osho – Unless you are in a deep communion with the master, everything else that goes on in the name of…
Osho on Boredom – A Buddha is not bored, A Jesus is not bored
Question – Beloved Osho, don’t you get bored, bored and fed up, day after day answering the same questions, while we sit there with ears blocked, eyes tight, mouth sealed,…
Osho on birth control methods and family planning
Osho – Just the other day, one shankaracharya, Jayendra Saraswati, has given a statement that no religious man can support family planning — and all religions will agree with the…
Osho on Nudity – It is utterly beautiful to dance nude under the stars
QUESTION – WHY DO YOU TEACH NUDITY TO PEOPLE? OSHO – Sir, DO YOU SEE ANYBODY NUDE HERE? Are you utterly blind? I teach truth — truth is bound to…
Osho – Love has no motive, love simply is. Love is absurd, meaning- less, purposeless
Question – Osho, I have fallen in love with you. Why? Osho – Larry Obenfeld, I AM SORRY, YOUR QUESTION IS UNANSWERABLE. This is the only question which cannot be…
Osho on Anger – Anger is always proportionate to desire
Question – Beloved Master, What is anger? How can i remain cool and connected, but responsive in the crucial moment? Osho – The psychology of anger is that you wanted…
Osho on ‘I am afraid of taking Sannyas, Although i am immensely attracted’
Question – Beloved Osho, I am afraid of taking Sannyas, Although i am immensely attracted. I am afraid because of my husband. I don’t think he will be able to…
Osho on Sacrifice – The people who sacrifice become heavy on others, because they have sacrificed
[A sannyasin who is leaving says she loves her old mother and grown children and is reluctant to stay here a long time.] Osho – Remember one thing always, that…
Osho on Intimacy – Just to be sexually related to somebody is not intimacy
Osho – Prem means love, devarahi means a divine pilgrim. The full name will mean a divine pilgrim of love. Life is a pilgrimage, and unless love is attained, it…
Osho on introvert and extrovert person
[Someone asks: I feel that different centres have opened in part, but I don’t know which one to go with, to live with. I don’t know which one is best…
Osho – If we are all buddhas why did we fall into ignorance and unawareness?
Question – If we are all buddhas why did we fall into ignorance and unawareness? Osho – Because you are Buddhas. A rock cannot fall into unawareness. Because you are…
Osho – If sometimes one has to fall into hell, one has to; what else can one do?
[A German sannyasin says: I have to go to the army and I don’t like it… For one and a half years.] Osho – Like it! Make it a point…