Osho on Khoja Cult in Mohammedans and Aga Khan
Osho : In Surat, in India, there exists one of the richest Mohammedan cults. The Aga Khan is the head priest of that cult. The cult is called Khoja. Here,…
Osho on Tolerance, I don’t want you to be tolerant of other religions
Question : Osho why can’t i tolerate people who belong to other religions? Osho : Maria, IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR UPBRINGING. You have been brought up as a fascist,…
Osho – Religious homes are the most unreligious places on the earth
Question : I grew up in a totally unreligious home, but every time i hear you mention the name of jesus i cry and something deep inside me is moved.…
Osho – Scriptures are the footprints of the Buddhas, but the Buddhas are gone
Question : Is it not possible at all that the, great religious, scriptures of the world can help the seeker in his search for god? Osho : The real seeker…
Osho on Palmistry and Astrology – Lines have nothing to do with the future
Question – What about palmistry? What about those lines? Osho – Those lines have nothing to do with the future. We can cut both your hands off — still there…
Osho on Astrology – Man’s future is open and an open future gives freedom
Osho’s Hands Question – Do you believe in astrology? Is it true that an astrologer predicted to your father that you would not survive more than seven years, but if…
Osho – To me spirituality is living totally, intensely
Question – Bhagwan, What is Spirituality? Osho – The old concept has been, that spirituality is something against materialism. To renounce the pleasures of matter, of body, of mind has…
Osho – How can we get rid of the Programming of Organized Religions?
Question – Bhagwan, how can we get rid of the programming of organized religions? Osho – The process of deprogramming is one of the most simple. Just you have to…
Osho – Jesus committed the crime of being happy. That was his only crime
Osho – RELIGION CAN BE HEALTHY — as healthy as a new born babe, as healthy as the songs of the birds in the morning, as healthy as a newly…
Osho – Spirituality is not a question of morality, it is a question of vision
Osho – SPIRITUALITY is not a question of morality, it is a question of vision. Spirituality is not the practising of virtues — because if you practise a virtue it…
Osho – Is the devil really male?
Question – Beloved Osho, Is the devil really male? Osho – Deva Prachurya, it is a beautiful question because the women’s liberation movement is talking about God being a woman;…
Osho – Why can’t there be only one religion in the world?
Question – Why can’t there be only one religion in the world? Osho – Because people are mad. Because people are fast asleep. There can be one religion one day,…
Osho – I consider religion to be the last luxury
Question – Why is it that western societies are becoming so interested in indian religion now? Osho – I consider religion to be the last luxury. Only when a society…
Osho – Nanak insists that religion is not attained through scriptures, nor through tradition
Osho – No matter how many scriptures you read, you cannot establish contact thereby with religion. No temple or mosque or church can connect you with religion. Slumbering, insensitive you…
Osho on Shambala – It is a mythological city somewhere in Tibet
Osho – Shambala is a well-known name. It is a mythological city somewhere in Tibet, where only enlightened people can enter. To the unenlightened it remains invisible. No such city…
Osho – Let cheerfulness be your prayer, let blissfulness be your meditation
Osho – Religion does not mean to belong to a particular church. It does not mean to believe in a particular dogma or belief system. It does not mean to…
Osho – Blessed are the meek, because theirs is the kingdom of god
Osho – Deva means divine, and dhurva means fresh grass, just sprouting… very green, delicate – divine grass. And there is a particular meaning in it. A man can exist…
Osho – love has to be unconditional, non-dominating, non-possessive
Osho – Life is an art. One has to go on learning more and more about it. And the best way to transform oneself into a noble spirit is love.…
Osho on Religion – Religion is fearlessness. Religion is freedom from all fears
Osho – Man is all alone. He is in darkness. He is without support. He is unsafe and afraid. This alone is his worry. The way to get rid of…
Osho on Religion and Religiousness – Religiousness is an individual affair.
Question – Beloved Osho, What is Religion? Osho – Milarepa, religion is not what people understand it to be. It is not Christianity, it is not Hinduism, it is not…
Osho – Truth is known only by going within
Osho – People ask me all kinds of questions: ”Does God exist? Is liberation a fact?”… and many more such queries are made but never one asks: ”Who am I…
Osho on Kabir’s insistence for a SATGURU — for a true Master
Osho – Real religion is never in the scriptures. And a real religious seeker does not go in search of scriptures, he goes in search of a Master — a…