Osho – You can wait for lives; it depends how much you cling to your ignorance
Question – Why do Zen monks have to have been living near their masters for ten, twenty, or even for forty years for the sudden enlightenment to happen? Osho –…
Osho on hypocrisy – All kinds of goals basically create deep down in you a split, a hypocrisy
Question – How may I come to you? Osho – There is no need. You have to come to YOU, not to me. I am not here to create a…
Osho – Enlightened person is always joyous, but the tradition, the convention cannot be joyous
Osho – if you have heard of any sad and serious people becoming enlightened, then either they were not sad and serious or you have heard wrong. Serious and sad…
Osho, As a scientist, Do I ever stand a chance of experiencing mystery?
Question – Osho, As a scientist, Do I ever stand a chance of experiencing mystery? Osho – Not as a scientist, there is no chance. I cannot give you false…
Osho – The experience depends on the experiencer, on the quality of experiencing
Osho – Look at the flowers — and not in a scientific way, because when you look at a rose in a scientific way it is a totally different kind…
Osho – Desire has to be purified and transformed, because it is your energy
Osho – The energy called desire has been condemned for centuries. Almost all the socalled saints have been against it, because desire is life and they were all life-negative. Desire…
Osho on Longing – Longing in its purity is divine, Longing when it longs for nothing is divine
Question – Beloved Osho, I don’t understand. You said that Longing is in and of itself divine. Yet you have often said that all desiring, even for god, is mundane…
Osho – Mystery will possess you. You cannot possess the Mysterious
Osho – Don’t become more of an expert in the spiritual search, because the experts are the losers. Don’t become more knowledgeable, become more innocent. Drop all that you know,…
Osho – It is only through searching, seeking, desiring, that the ego exists
Question – Beloved Osho, What is so attractive about Missing? Osho – Devaraj, it has a tremendous attraction, because it is only through missing that the ego can survive. It…
Osho on holistic approach to life – Totality is possible, perfection is not possible
Question – Many see the work that goes on around you as a model for the holistic approach to life. Please talk about this. Osho – Krishna Prem, the old…
Osho – If God is the only judge, then who are we to decide
Osho – The Hebrew idea behind the concept that God is the judge is of great importance. It means that no man has the authority to judge. You should not…
Osho – Man’s creativity is fulfilled only when paradise is created inside
Osho – Prem Lili. Prem means love, lili has many meanings; it is a very pregnant word. The most ancient meaning, the original meaning, is paradise. The lily represents paradise;…
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 – Man lives in fear, that’s why he becomes hard. It is fear that creates hardness
Osho – Man lives in fear, that’s why he becomes hard. It is fear that creates hardness. In fear we close up; we close all doors and all windows. We…
Osho – Mystic can say existence is divine, because he is pure love
Osho – Beauty is not an objective quality; it does not belong to things. It is the loving eye that imparts it, that creates it. Beauty is a creation of…
Osho – Sannyas has to be a commitment, a deep involvement, a love affair
Osho – Sannyas can become the dawn of bliss it depends on you, it all depends on you. If it becomes a commitment it can transform you totally. If it…
Osho – Religion is the art of creating grace in you
Osho – Man can live in a violent way. That’s how many people live: aggressive – aggressive with others, aggressive with themselves. And those who are aggressive with others and…
Osho – Sometimes when I see you in lecture I just feel angry against you
Osho – These things are natural. If you love me, you will sometimes be angry too. You cannot only love. When I accept your love I am also accepting your…
Osho – How to become utterly present in the present
Osho – Prem means love, vatayana means now, the present moment – love now. And my whole emphasis is on this moment, because this moment contains all. Now is the…
Osho – If sometimes one has to fall into hell, one has to; what else can one do?
Osho – Like it! Make it a point to like it. And enjoy it. Enjoy it as a discipline, as an exercise of will and you will be infinitely benefitted…
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 – One has to go inward. And you have roamed outward long enough
Osho – One has to go inward. And you have roamed outward long enough – it is time to go inward! Have the taste of the inner now. And once…