Osho, Are children really so intelligent as you always say they are
Question: Osho, Are children really so intelligent as you always say they are? Osho : Gautami, Intelligence is not something that is acquired, it is inbuilt, it is inborn, it…
Osho – Every child is born clever. No child is ever born idiotic
Osho – Every child is born clever. No child is ever born idiotic. To become an idiot one needs to be educated. To convert people to idiocy, schools and colleges…
Osho – Children see very clearly; their eyes are transparent
Question : Osho, can children understand the Truth Osho : RAJ, CHILDREN CAN UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH but cannot understand that they understand it. They understand more clearly than you can…
Osho on desire to give birth to a Buddha, to become mother of a buddha
Question : I want to give birth to a buddha. That’s my only desire in life, to become the mother of a buddha. Osho, is it possible? Osho : First…
Osho – Why do I feel hesitation in enjoying anything?
Question – Why do I feel hesitation in enjoying anything? Osho – Joy is not allowed; you are preconditioned against joy. From the very childhood you have been taught that…
Osho – Leave children alone. Never impose any religion on them
Question – My little son was never baptized. will this be of importance. Osho – It is very important! It is good that he was never baptized because baptism is…
Osho on Motherhood – So many women want to be mothers but they don’t know how to be
[A sannyasin says: I am pregnant and I want to ask you if I can be a good mother and if the child can be okay. … I wanted a…
Osho on idea of worthlessness in Human Beings – Everyone is utterly Essential
Osho – Anand means bliss, mahbuba means beloved. God creates the world out of his love. The world flows out of his love – it is an expression of his…
Osho on Mother Child Relationship, When you are screaming at them, you have to love them also
[The new sannyasin says she is concerned about screaming at her son. Osho asks her to give an example, and she replies: He comes up to his sister and he…
Osho – If you allow children, they can become very dictatorial; they can really exploit you
[A sannyasin, present with his five-year-old son says: I would like to talk about the relationship with my son. He is a very beautiful and rich child, but I feel…
Osho on Parenting – Overprotection always creates a problem, but underprotection also creates a problem
[An indian sannyasin, here on visit from kenya, said that she was concerned about what she felt was her overprotective attitude to her eighteen-year-old son. He also felt he was…
Osho – If something is wrong with the child, it must have come from the parents
Osho – Compassion is pure soul, it is pure sky: it has no matter around it. It is the ultimate blooming of the flower. Even the flower disappears in it,…
Osho – the day the child is born, the mother is also born
[A sannyasin and her young son are present. She says: It’s very difficult for me – I feel he is very strong and I don’t feel strong at all. I…
Osho on Teachers and Children – Choose teachers who love small children
[The sannyasin who started the ashram school says: I just don’t understand what it means to be a teacher to children here… ] Osho – Yes, that is right –…
Osho – Whenever a new child is born the relationship between the husband and wife immediately changes
[A sannyasin says she feels confused; stuck and not flowing. Osho checks her energy.] Osho – Nothing to be worried about. I don’t see that you are not flowing with…
Osho – When a mother becomes too much concerned about the child
[A sannyasin has brought her son because she is worried about the way he doesn’t eat, which may be causing bronchitis, and how he relates with other children.] Osho –…
Osho – The more disciplined the child, the more stupid he will be
Osho – Every child is born clever. No child is ever born idiotic. To become an idiot one needs to be educated. To convert people to idiocy, schools and colleges…
Osho on Ambition and Competitiveness, Nothing kills love more than Ambitiousness
Question – Osho, What is ambition? To live without ambition seems frightening, like starting a new life up from the beginning. Osho – Latifa, Ambition is the greatest poison there…
Osho – Parents are not consciously exploiting their children
Osho – We cling to the circumference, so much so that we have completely forgotten about the centre. Unless the circumference disappears completely we are not going to be reminded…
Osho – Without training the intellect the children will remain like animals
Question – Beloved Osho, if intellect is such an obstacle in the journey towards self-realization, is not then training and sharpening of it just useless? Is it not possible that…
Osho on Education System, Our educational system teaches ego
Osho – The center around which our education is moving is wrong. The whole problem has arisen due to the wrong center – which is ambition. Our whole educational system…
Osho – I teach you Responsibility, Responsibility makes you feel strong
Osho – Christianity has made you feel responsible for two thousand years, has made you feel guilty, that you are the sinner. Now psychoanalysis goes to the other extreme: it…