Osho – Remember, this is the first realisation,’I am astray,’
Question : I kept wondering what you meant about our having to go astray — wondering what i would have to do, and then suddenly realised, we are astray.’ Osho…
Osho on Jews and their guilt of crucifying Jesus Christ
Question : Beloved Master, Why are so many Jews here? Osho : Alexandra, Jews are intelligent people, the most intelligent in the world. That’s why they are hated so much.…
Osho – Unless one feels guilty, one never rationalises
[A sannyasin says he is apprehensive about earning money in the west, because he has never enjoyed his work as a dentist, but he needs to pay tax arrears before…
Osho on Decision Making – To decide means to take risks
Question : Beloved Osho, Often i have the feeling that i am not doing something i ought to be doing, or doing something i should not be doing; that something…
Osho – Jesus never created guilt in people. That was one of his crimes
Question – Are fear and guilt the same thing? and surely as light shows up darkness, So jesus must have made people aware of their guilt. Osho – Fear and…
Osho – Time is the world and eternity is God; horizontal is the world, vertical is God
Osho – While you are here with me, be here with me; be totally here with me so that you can learn a new mode of movement, so that you…
Osho – Never repent about the past because that is again wasting the present
Question – Beloved Osho, my mind, the monster, distracts me even when i’m sitting in discourse. It simply takes over and thinks all sorts of silly thoughts and by the…
Osho – Guilt creates pathology. Drop your guilt. And don’t bother about the causes
QUESTION – I ALWAYS FEEL GUILTY EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO APPARENT CAUSE. WHY? Osho – Just good luck, sir. You must have been brought up by very good parents,…
Osho – We have gone astray, from the very beginning man is astray
Question – I kept wondering what you meant about our having to go astray — wondering what i would have to do, and then suddenly realised, we are astray.’ Osho…
Osho to a Con-Man and Hustler – There is a danger with intelligence; it can deceive itself
[A visitor had previously written to Osho, confessing he was a con-man and hustler. He had asked Osho to help him put his abilities to positive ends.] Osho – Hello,……
Osho on Guilt Feeling – You are not guilty. You may be ignorant
Osho – The moment you are in a total standstill you have reached. Then there is no more. And this can be done any moment. If you understand, this can…
Osho – All that is called sin is not possible if you are aware
Osho – Heraclitus touches the deepest problem of man: that is — fast asleep even while awake. You sleep when you sleep, but you also sleep while you are awake.…
Beloved Osho, I am a sinner. Can I also become your Sannyasin?
Question – BELOVED OSHO, I AM A SINNER. CAN I ALSO BECOME YOUR SANNYASIN? Osho – Govind, yes, absolutely yes! In fact, only a sinner can become a sannyasin. Those…
Osho – According to Gautama the Buddha, this is the original sin: to live Unconsciously
Osho – Man ordinarily is a robot. He lives apparently awake, but not really. He walks, he talks, he acts, but it is all as if in sleep — not…
Osho – Guilt is imposed by others; shame is your own experience
Osho – But why does the priest go on creating guilt in man? There is a secret behind it. If you can make humanity feel guilty you remain powerful. The…
Osho – Buddhism never creates any guilt, it is not for repentance, it is for remembrance
Osho – The ordinary way of human beings is to overlook one’s own faults and to emphasize, magnify, others’ faults. This is the way of the ego. The ego feels…
A real master always makes you feel good about yourself, not guilty; respectful towards yourself
Osho – Buddha says: Go alone, just remember two things. Don’t carry your mistakes — that means, don’t carry your past. There is no need even to repent about the…
Osho – I Teach you to forgive others, but even more to forgive yourself
Osho – Love knows how to forgive. Not only does one have to forgive others, one has to forgive oneself too, and that is the harder thing because we have…
Osho on Sin Guilt Teachings in Christianity
Question : AREN’T A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE WESTERN MIND THE RESULT OF THE SIN-ANDGUILT IN CHRISTIANITY? Osho : Yes, that is bound to be. The concept of…
Osho on Spontaneity, Guilt and Listening to Inner Voice
Osho : FIRST, IN TANTRA, spontaneity is the greatest value – to be just natural, to allow nature to happen. Not to obstruct it, not to hinder it; not to…
Osho on Guilt and Fear, Guilt is a creation of the priests.
Question : BELOVED MASTER, Can you say something about Guilt and Fear? Osho – Latifa, fear is natural, guilt is a creation of the priests. Guilt is man-made. Fear is…