Osho – Only a brave man can accept that he is a coward
Question : You made me realise i was a coward and i accepted it and was happy. Now i am getting a feeling that i am becoming brave, and i…
Osho on Buddha Disease – When you love Buddha you want to imitate
Osho : Buddha means one who is enlightened, and prem means love — love for the enlightened one, or love for enlightenment. Buddha is not a person — mm? it…
Osho on Suicide – I will teach you the real suicide
Question : I want to commit suicide. Osho – Then first take sannyas. And you may not need to commit suicide, because sannyas is the greatest suicide possible. And why…
Osho – Why we tend to forget the beautiful moments
Question : Beloved Osho, Being with you in discourse, i feel so nourished, and have finally found the rest i had longed for. Being in the west, i didn’t even…
Osho on Failure and Failing Attitude, Osho on Negative Trips
Osho – There is no problem as far as your energy is concerned — the whole problem is in your mind. The way you have been thinking in your past…
Osho on Rationalization, Rationalization is a trick of the Mind to deceive
Question – Osho, What is rationalization? I am asking this question because my husband is a professor of philosophy and whatsoever i say he almost always says it is nothing…
Osho on Fatalistic Attitude – The fatalist is one who has not understood life
Question – What is the difference between being a fatalist and just floating, feeling everything is beautiful? Osho – A vast difference, a lot of difference. And the difference is…
Osho – You have great expectations about yourself, that you should relax so much
Osho – No, nothing is the problem. You can relax easily but you do not, mm? Just drop the idea that you are holding; you are not holding or
Osho on Negativity – When the negative moments come, just remain watchful
Osho – Remember one thing: when the negative moments come, just remain watchful; don’t get identified with them. They come, and they come with a great force… and when they…
Osho – The secret of immortality is to die as an ego
Osho – The secret of immortality is to die as an ego. Be just a zero and you have attained to the eternal, because the zero cannot be killed by…
Osho on Forgiveness, Why is it so difficult to forgive, to stop clinging to hurts
Question – Osho, Why is it so difficult to forgive, to stop clinging to hurts long since past? Osho – The ego exists on misery – the more misery the…
Osho – What is Neurosis? Not being happy with yourself is Neurosis
Osho – Just see the ordinary people. But it is very difficult to find ordinary people, very difficult, because everybody has become extraordinary. It is very difficult to find a…
Osho – Nobody should in any way interfere in anybody else’s life
Question – Osho, I know I should be unattached. Now I judge myself for having bought beautiful orange material rather than having the courage to run around like some do…
Osho on Unconditional Love – Love people but love unconditionally
Osho – Attachment, clinging, possessiveness are like rocks, hindering the path of your inner spring. But these are big rocks and they go on becoming bigger with every day. As…
Osho – Men would like to be exploited, to be cheated, to be deceived — but not ignored
Question – Seeing the way the media works, One gets the impression that man loves to be manipulated. Why does man want to be cheated? Osho – Man is sick,…
Osho – A Pessimist is an optimist who has become frustrated with his optimism
Question – Beloved Master, What is the definition of a Pessimist? Osho – Shivananda, a pessimist is an optimist who has become frustrated with his optimism. He hoped too much…
Osho – Once the idea of uniqueness spreads in the commune, there will be nobody who will try to enforce authority
Question – Beloved Osho, How can we Avoid being Authoritative? Osho – It is very simple. The people who are authoritarian are the people who are suffering from an inferiority…
Osho – Your whole interest is exhibition: how to show that you are better than others
Osho – Not only do you go on moving in the same small circles, you repeat, you imitate other people and their stupidities. You are constantly repeating, you are constantly…
Osho – Unless you know the truth in its totality, your inferiority complex remain
Osho – You are asking me, what is my secret. There is no secret. Or you can say this is my open secret: That I need not create a system.…
Osho – I dont want to do Meditation, It is too Much of an Effort
Osho – Then don’t create problems! – because that sitting and enjoying you have been doing your whole life. That has not changed you. Your problems are there.
Osho – A talented person is almost always in trouble. His very talent is a struggle
Osho – I don’t think it is schizophrenia, and I don’t think it is an illness. This type of thing happens many times to talented people. A talented person is…
Osho – Everybody has a Murderer in him
Osho – There is nothing to be worried about. In fact, everybody