Osho – The wealthy people in the West get bored with their riches
Question – Bhagwan, you have said that people need to experience material wealth in their lives before spiritual growth can happen. Why then do so many people in wealthy, developed…
Osho – Desirelessness is the method to come in, and desirelessness is meditation
Osho – Renounce every outward-going effort, all that leads you outward. All that becomes a vehicle for your consciousness to move outward – renounce it. In the deep inactivity of…
Osho on Spiritual Ego – Ego can exploit any direction of life
Question – Beloved Osho, what is meant by a spiritual ego? Is spiritual greed one of its symptoms? Is it curable? Osho – Anand Tarangini, the spiritual ego is not…
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 Vincent Van Gogh Paintings – Power is a way to repress your inferiority complex
Osho – Bliss makes one victorious. Money cannot make one victorious; at the most It covers up your property It does not make you rich, remember. It simply helps you…
Osho – Desire has to be purified and transformed, because it is your energy
Osho – The energy called desire has been condemned for centuries. Almost all the socalled saints have been against it, because desire is life and they were all life-negative. Desire…
Osho on Money and Enjoyment – Whatsoever you have, start enjoying right now
[A sannyasin says he feels disturbed because he wants more money to enjoy himself more.] Osho – For what do you want to have money? Because money in itself is…
Osho – If money serves meditation, money is good and one should use it
Osho – Jaya means inner victory, conquering oneself, and ananda means bliss – bliss that comes out of conquering oneself. And that is the only bliss there is. You can…
Osho – Capitalism is not the cause of black markets and corruption.
Question – Capitalism is full of corruption and black marketing. What have you to say about it? Osho – Capitalism is not the cause of black markets and corruption. Scarcity…
Osho – Whatsoever the world can give to us keeps us poor
Osho – Whatsoever the world can give to us keeps us poor. It can’t make us rich; it can at the most give us a pretension of being rich. Even…
Osho on Poverty – Poverty is ugly and it has to be destroyed totally
Osho – Poverty is not something to be praised; it is something to be condemned, totally condemned. It is like cancer: it has to be destroyed; no respect should be…
Osho on greed for money – use money, but never be greedy
Question – my greed for money, to have money and to see that i am able to make money, what does it mean? Osho – It simply means that you…
Osho – Why am I always thinking of Money?
Question – Osho, Why am I always thinking of Money? Osho – What else is there to think about? Money is power. Everybody else is thinking of money, don’t be…
Osho on Poverty in India, Why India is so Poor
Question – Beloved Osho, Why is India so Poor? Osho – The so-called saints are responsible. Down the ages, India has lived with a wrong philosophy — a philosophy that…
Osho – Money, power, prestige – they all make you cunning
Osho – Money, power, prestige — they all make you cunning. Seek pleasure and you will lose your innocence; and to lose your innocence is to lose all. Jesus says:…
Osho – When a rich man prays, his prayer cannot be for money. If he is still praying for money, he is not yet rich enough
Osho – There are two kinds of religiousness in the world: the religiousness of the poor — it is very worldly, it is very materialistic — and the religiousness of…
Osho – I am bankcrupt, Shall I just live on other People’s Expenses
Question – I HAVE BECOME QUITE USELESS. NOW WHAT DO I DO ABOUT MY FINANCIAL SITUATION? SHALL I JUST LIVE ON OTHER PEOPLE’S EXPENSES? Osho – If you have really…
Osho on addiction of Money, Politics, Power
Osho : Sometimes through money he wants to become great – yes, money also gives you a feeling of expansion; it is a drug. When you have much money, you…
Osho on money – Richness is condemned. Money is condemned
Question – Beloved Osho, Can you talk about money? What are all these feelings which are around money? What makes it so powerful that people sacrifice their lives for it?…
Osho on Sex and Money, Person who represses sex becomes more money-minded
Osho – Nirmal, they are connected. Money is power; hence it can be used in many ways. It can purchase sex, and down the ages that has been the case.…
Osho- Can a businessman be a meditator?
Question – Osho – Can a Businessman be a Meditator? Osho – One has to do something in life. Somebody is a carpenter and somebody is a king, and somebody is…