Osho – Jesus’ prayer is almost childish. That’s the beauty of it
Question – Will you please explain to me the Lord’s Prayer, as given by Jesus? Osho – MEDITATION CAN BE EXPLAINED, prayer never. It can be understood, but it cannot…
Osho – Can the doors of heaven be opened by money?
Osho – Prayer does not depend on what you say; it depends, rather, on what you are. Worship depends not on what you do but what you are. Religion is…
Osho on Sadhana on Aum Mantra
Question – In doing sadhana on aum, is it better to repeat it like a mantra or to try to hear it as an inner sound? Osho – The mantra…
Osho on Bhajans (singing divine songs) – Bhajan is a continuous remembrance
Osho – You will see lots of people doing bhajan, singing the song of the divine, but they are not really doing bhajan. They are doing it very superficially. It…
Osho – Become so totally a slave of the goddess or god of love that you become one with it
Osho – Mallik is a name for God, a Sufi name. It means exactly what the English word ”lord” means – the master of all. Love is the god or…
Osho on Helplessness – It is good to feel helpless, Prayer arises out of helplessness
[A sannyasin said that Ma Vipassana who is seriously ill is his friend; he would like to do something but feels helpless.] Osho – It is good to feel helpless……
Osho on Prayer – PRAYER is not a technique, it is not a ritual
Question: How should I Pray? I don’t know how to properly express this love that I feel into Prayer Osho – PRAYER is not a technique, it is not a ritual,…
Osho on Worshipper – Focus yourself within on the worshipper
Osho – Mind cannot comprehend him, but he can comprehend the mind. Mind is included in him – everything is included; even the stone is included in him. But the…
Osho on Prayer, Prayer needs a poetic heart, a loving heart
Question – What is Prayer? Osho – Prayer is wonder, reverence. Prayer is receptivity for the miracle that surrounds you. Prayer is surrender to the beauty, to the grandeur to…
Osho – What is the difference between Surrender and Blind Faith or Belief?
Question – What is the difference between Surrender and Blind Faith or Belief? Osho – MANY THINGS HAVE TO BE UNDERSTOOD. First, the difference between faith and belief, and second,…
Osho speaks on Tibetan mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum.”
Osho speaks on the Tibetan mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum.” The only country in the world which has devoted all its genius to the inner exploration is Tibet. Its findings…
Osho – When you are repeating a mantra you are using the Mind
[A visitor says he has been meditating here but prefers passive meditations – like TM that he has been doing for some time. He wonders if he should keep using…
Osho – Anger is just the opposite of Prayer. To live in an angry way is to live without Prayer
Osho – Man can live in a violent way. That’s how many people live: aggressive – aggressive with others, aggressive with themselves. And those who are aggressive with others and…
Osho – The devotee’s vision is the greatest vision
Osho – When a scientist looks at a certain thing he looks with a rational eye; he wants to know what it is. When a poet looks at the same…
Osho – Music is not of the mind. Mind is a jarring note in music, a distraction
[A sannyasin brought his guitar to darshan and sang and played to Osho. He sang a song full of hare krishnas and LSD, kama sutras and cosmic consciousness. Osho commented…
Osho – God’s creativity is continuous; there is no rest.
Osho – It is not only that God created existence in the beginning. He continuously creates it, the creativity is a continuum. It has never stopped. In fact there was…
Osho – God can be Worshipped either out of Fear or out of Love
Osho – God can be worshipped either out of fear or out of love. If the worship is out of fear it is false, it is a sheer wastage of…
Osho on Tibet Problem and Tibetan Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum
Question – Beloved Master, would you like to say something about the famous Tibetan Mantra, ”Om Mani Padme Hum”? Osho – Maneesha, the only country in the world which has…
Osho on Meera, Indian woman Mystic Meera
Osho : Meera is a launching place for your pilgrimage. Her scripture is the scripture of love. Perhaps calling it scripture is not right. Take Narada’s BHAKTI SUTRAS — sutras…
Osho on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Transcendental Meditation
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Osho : I do not mean that you have to repeat the words ”I am,” rather, have the feeling. Taking a bath, feel ”I am.” Let there…
Osho on Ramakrishna Bhakti (Devotion) Approach
Ramakrishna Paramhansa Question : Ramakrishna said that the bhakti approach is the most suitable for this age. Is that so? Osho : No. Ramakrishna said that bhakti yoga was the…
Osho on difference in Prayer and Meditation
Question : What is the difference between Prayer and Meditation? Osho : A lot of difference. A great difference. in fact they are absolutely different things. Their movement is in…