Osho on Satori and How to attain Satori
Question : Osho, What is satori and how to attain it? Osho : Pratima, SATORI IS EXACTLY YOUR ORDINARY NATURE; it is not anything special. Hence there is no question…
Osho – Enlightenment is the experience of being a Zero
Question – Osho, What is the most significant thing about Enlightenment? Osho – THE most significant thing about enlightenment is that it is the most insignificant thing in the world.…
Osho – Enlightenment is not an object to be desired, it is not a goal to be achieved.
Question – Beloved Master, Have i become enlightened? And if not yet, then when? Osho – Enlightenment is not an object to be desired, it is not a goal to…
Osho on Awakening and Group Work, Awakening is possible even in a single moment
Osho – Awakening is possible even in a single moment. In that single moment, one can explode into the divine. That is possible, but generally it never happens. One has…
Osho on Instant Enlightenment and False Gurus
Question – So many people are looking for instant enlightenment these days and there are all these gurus running around saying ‘follow me’ and yet it is questionable whether the…
Osho – Enlightenment is the very source, the very ground, of your being
Question – When the internal talking stops, is this enlightenment? Osho – Parivesh, when the internal talking stops, who cares? Who is there to care? Who is there to raise…
Osho on 24 miles radius of a living master that causes a person to become enlightened when he dies
Question – Bhagwan, what is it that happens within a twenty-four-mile radius of a living master that causes a person to become enlightened when he dies within that twenty-four-mile radius?…
Osho – Enlightenment is only a door, and then there is an unending existence
Question: I have read that your goal is to make enlightenment available to as many people as possible. Now i have heard that you’re saying that enlightenment is not all…
Osho on Enlightenment in the Moment of Death, Enlightenment for Dying Osho Sannyasins
Question – Beloved Osho, sannyasins who are dying in your presence discover their enlightenment. Why is it so difficult for those of us who are still alive? Is it that…
Osho – A man who is enlightened lives out of his consciousness.
Question – What constitutes the behaviour of an enlightened man? Osho – An enlightened man is all emptiness. What constitutes an emptiness? It has no ‘constitutes’ in it; hence it…
Osho – When I saw myself as enlightened, I saw the whole existence as enlightened
Question – Beloved Osho, i can’t conceive of you ever being unenlightened. Did you really become enlightened only thirty-two years ago? Osho – Neither can I conceive it. This is…
Osho – Meditation slowly, slowly turns into your enlightenment
Question – Beloved Osho, watching the mind, it seems to me there is an infinite ocean of thoughts. Meditation gives me more peace and grounding, but hearing you speak about…
Osho – I’m in a hurry to become enlightened. What should i do?
Question – Beloved Osho, I’m in a hurry to become enlightened. What should i do? Osho – Chitten, first just listen carefully to this small story. The plane had just…
Osho – If you are touching some altitude within your consciousness
Question – During my dancing meditation i kept having flashes about What you said concerning the society, drugs, etc. And Wondering that now that i am intoxicated by the ultimate…
Osho – You are not part of the conditioning, You are the watcher
Question – Beloved osho, when i look inside myself, i catch a glimpse of what seems like centuries of conditioning. i feel that i certainly will not become enlightened, although…
Osho – The buddha-consciousness is neither eastern nor western
Question – The west has given birth to aristotle, nietzsche, heidegger, camus, berdyaev, marcel and sartre. Is it going to give birth to buddhas by itself or is a communion…
Osho – Remain alert while moving with people, while moving in the world
Osho – Man ordinarily lives in these three states, sometimes waking, sometimes dreaming, sometimes fast asleep; this is the wheel man moves in. And because of these three states of…
Osho on Centering – Centering is just to gather yourself totally at one point
Osho – Centering is the path, not the goal. Centering is the method, not the result. Samadhi is not called centering; centering is the technique to samadhi. Of course, they…
Osho on Drugs and Samadhi – Similarity between samadhi and drugs
Question – I often take drugs. once when i was attending the discourse, i closed my eyes and suddenly felt the same as i feel on a drug trip. osho,…
Osho – Do positive thoughts bring happenings too? like wishing for enlightenment
Question – Do positive thoughts bring happenings too? — like wishing for enlightenment. Osho – THAT IS TOO MUCH ASKING from positive thoughts because enlightenment is beyond duality: it is…
Osho – Is there an Intellectual path to Enlightenment?
Question – Is there an Intellectual path to Enlightenment? Osho – First, there is no path. The very idea of a path is fallacious. The path necessarily leads you away…
Osho on Tandra – It is a midway point between waking and sleep and without dreams.
Question – Two mornings ago i slept through the lecture and woke up at the end with the word ‘single-mindedness’ on my mind. so what to do? Osho – Be…