Osho – We live with momentary things. That’s why there is so much misery
Osho – We live with momentary things. That’s why there is so much misery, because whatsoever is momentary is not going to satisfy. By the time you become aware that…
Osho – Just think: if you are going to die tomorrow, then how many things will be important
Osho – Deva means divine, uparati means indifference to the non-essential – a divine indifference to the non essential. And that’s the whole work of the seeker. We are caught…
Osho – This I call the materialist dimension – when you treat a person as a thing
Osho – Deva means divine and ayama means dimension, the divine dimension. And that is the goal. One has to move into the divine dimension by and by. So become…
Osho – A man living on the circumference is a man without soul
Osho – Dhyan means meditation. Pathik means pilgrim, a traveler. Meditation is an inner journey. It is moving from your circumference to your own center. We live on the circumference…
Osho – Anybody else truth is not your truth And can never be your truth
Osho – Truth is a discovery And naturally all that we know about truth Has to be dropped Because we have not discovered it. Anybody else truth is not your…
Osho – Start living in the infinite, because that is our true reality
Osho – Aseem means the unbounded, the infinite. Start living in the infinite, because that is our true reality. The idea that we are finite is just an idea, it…
Osho on Luther Burbank, an American lover of trees and plants?
Luther Burbank Question – I am sure you will not say to a seed, “take a sudden jump and flower,” But why do you like to say to a man,…
Osho – We have to drop all that is untrue
Osho – One of the most beautiful and the profoundest prayers is found in the Upanishads. It is the smallest prayer ever uttered yet it contains all the scriptures. The…
Osho – Unless you can get free from the mind, there is no salvation
Osho – A temple is under construction. I pass by it and think: ”The temples are many; perhaps the number of persons visiting them has gone down; but then why…
Osho on Fearlessness – Most essential factor in search of truth
”What is the most essential factor in search of truth? Osho – I said: ”Courage – courage to know the reality in the self. To know oneself as one is,…
Osho – Truth is hidden because of our Restlessness
Osho – We attach a lot of value to ourselves; and the more value we attach to our little selves, the more restless we become; and the more we suffer…
Osho – Either become a buddha or you are bound to become cunning
Question – Beloved Master, The other day you said that the old people become cunning. What are your grounds for saying so? Osho – Kumarel, I am a crazy person.…
Osho – maturity does not come with age alone
Osho: Love. A small boy with a penny clutched tightly in his hot little hand entered the toyshop and drove the proprietor to distraction asking him to show this and…
Osho – Joy comes at the ultimate peak. It belongs to the soul
Osho – One can have pleasures without meditation because pleasures are of the body, but one cannot have joy without meditation. Joy belongs to the spirit. Pleasures belong to the…
Osho on Surrender – Surrender, and the remaining I will do
Osho – Surrender is the greatest gamble. Surrender means putting the mind aside completely. Surrender means going mad. I say surrender means going mad, because all those who live in…
Osho – never decide anything when you are in the negative phase
Osho – It will be difficult for you to remain open always and continuously. Sometimes you will be open and sometimes you will be closed. But that is nothing to…
Osho – Don’t sacrifice the essential for the non-essential
Osho – A person who wastes his life in accumulating things that can be purchased is simply being stupid, because those are not the things which can give meaning to…
Osho on Virtues – Man cannot be virtuous unless he is blissful
Osho – Man cannot be virtuous unless he is blissful. In the past religions have been teaching just the opposite; hence the failure of the old religions. All religions have…
Osho on Grace – Grace is a by-product of totality
Osho – Pleasure is of the body, the most superficial kind of bliss, very momentary, nothing of much value, just writing on the sand — the wind will come and…
Osho – Be authentic to yourself – sincere, honest
Osho – The first thing to be understood: you have to be authentic to yourself – sincere, honest. But that doesn’t mean that you have to hurt others through your…
Osho on Hoarding and Sharing – Hoarding poisons the heart. All hoarding is poisonous
Osho – The real thing is not what you are giving — pearls and holiness and love — and TO WHOM you are giving; that is not the point. The…
Osho – Is it possible to become Enlightened in a Dream?
Question – Is it possible to become Enlightened in a Dream? Osho – Not only possible — whenever it happens, it always happens in a dream. Whatsoever you think is…