Osho on Meditatively going to sleep and waking up
Osho : In the morning when you feel the sleep has left you, don’t open your eyes immediately. The mind has the tendency to open the eyes immediately. You miss…
Osho on Ultimate Happening Enlightenment – Samadhi
Question – ”Does this happening occur suddenly and unexpectedly?” Osho : Both things can be said. It cannot be predicted, so it happens suddenly. Nobody can say when it will…
Osho on Vairagya ‘Non Attachment’
Question : Beloved Osho, Is Vairagya, Nonattachment, a method, a means, an intermediate stage, or an end in itself? Osho : It is all – because means and ends are…
Osho on Gurus Enlightened Masters Grace Existence support
Ancient Sutra – SUCH A SEEKER ACQUIRES THE ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THESE THINGS WITH THE GRACE OF THE SCRIPTURES, THE GURU, AND THE SAGES. Osho : Whatsoever you do…
Osho on Right Contemplation and Right Meditation
Osho : This will look a little paradoxical, because we think meditation is always right, contemplation is always right. That is not the case; you can contemplate on wrong things.…
Osho on Surrednering to a Guru – Master
Question : Beloved Osho, Need one be absolutely sure about a Guru to become his disciple? Osho : You can never be absolutely sure about a guru, and that is…
Osho on Boredom Repetitive Life, Osho on Boring Life
Question : BELOVED OSHO, HOW IS ONE TO OVERCOME BOREDOM? HOW CAN ONE REDISCOVER MYSTERY IN THINGS THAT HAVE BECOME BORING, REPETITIVE, DEMYSTIFIED? Osho : The first thing to remember…
Osho on Hippie way of life, Osho on Wandering Hippies
Question : BELOVED OSHO, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE HIPPIE WAY OF LIFE – A LIFE OF NONACHIEVING, ALL PLAY AND NO WORK, LIVING FOR THE MOMENT, WANDERING ABOUT INSTEAD…
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 Gautam Buddha Rational Mind
Question : DIDN’T BUDDHA HAVE A RATIONAL MIND? Osho : He was very rational, but he had very irrational gaps. He was at ease with the irrational also. The concept…
Osho on Predestined Life, Osho on Free will and Fate (destiny)
Question : Are our lives Predestined or Not? Osho : This is not a personal problem, it is a philosophical question. Our lives are both predestined and they are not.…
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 Western Mind and Eastern Mind
Question – Will the Western Mind have to expand as the Eastern Mind has? Osho – The Western mind can succeed as far as science is concerned, but it cannot…
Osho on Particular Way of Living as an Preparation
Question : DO YOU RECOMMEND ANY PARTICULAR WAY OF LIVING AS A PREPARATION? Osho : The moment you become aware, your whole life, your whole way of living will change.…
Osho discourse on Osho teachings, Osho Doctrine
Question : What do you Teach and What is your Doctrine? Osho : I am not teaching a doctrine. Teaching a doctrine is rather meaningless. I am not a philosopher;…
Osho Hands, Osho hands touching seekers heart
Question : WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR HANDS? I FIND MYSELF MORE EMOTIONALLY MOVED BY WATCHING THEM, THAN BY LISTENING TO THE WORDS YOU SPEAK. Osho : It is…
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…
Osho on Falling in Love, Head Condemns Love
Question : YOU SAID THAT WHEN TWO BEINGS ARE IN LOVE THEY ARE IN COMMUNION WITH EACH OTHER. THEN WHY DOES THE WORLD CALL IT ’FALLING’ IN LOVE WHEN IT…
Osho on Free Will and its relation to Being and Non doing
Question : PLEASE EXPLAIN MAN’S FREE WILL AND ITS RELATION TO BEING AND NON-DOING. Osho : There is nothing like that, like free will. It is just an ego concept,…
Osho on Search for Enlightenment a selfish search
Question : IS NOT THE SEARCH FOR ENLIGHTENMENT A SELFISH SEARCH? Osho : Yes, it is. And the most selfish. There is nothing like it, it is incomparably selfish. And…
Osho on Knowledge, Knowing and man of Knowledge
Osho : All knowledge is belief. Knowing is not belief, it is KNOWING. It is your perception it is your vision it is your growth. It is just like the…
Osho on Samurai warriors – He was a monk and also a warrior.
Osho : Seven or eight hundred years ago in Japan they tried to create a different type of person – they called him a samurai. He was a monk and…