Osho – You are functioning out of memories, out of the past
Osho – Try to see that whatsoever action is there, it is not arising out of you but rather arising out of the chain of actions you have done in…
Osho – To be object-less, to be thought-less and conscious is the goal
Osho – Meditation is object-less. If you use any object, then it is not meditation; it becomes thinking. It becomes contemplation; it becomes reflection, but not meditation. This is the…
Osho – Bliss is a state of consciousness where happiness is not coming from out, but from within
Osho – As long as we are feeling ourselves as bodies, we can never transcend brahman, the universe. The moment we become consciousness, the brahman drops; it becomes brahma. Then…
Osho – Can’t man conquer himself by suppression and by fighting with himself?
Question – Can’t man ever conquer himself by suppression and by fighting with himself? Osho – What do you mean by the words ”suppression” and ”fighting with himself”? Don’t they…
Osho – Thinking cannot uncover truth because all thoughts are borrowed
Question – I gather from your words that i am dead. What should i do to become alive? Osho – My friend, if you think so only because of my…
Osho on Morality – Do you think it is a bad thing to be Moral?
Question – Do you think it is a bad thing to be Moral? Osho – No. I do not consider it bad to be moral but I do consider the…
Osho on Woman – Real liberation will make the woman authentically a woman
Question – What do you see as the greatest need of Contemporary Woman? Osho – Because the woman has been dominated for centuries, religion has disappeared from the earth. If…
Osho on Sex and Love – Love cannot rape and Sex always rapes in many ways
Question – Beloved Osho, does returning to the heart center mean becoming more passionate? Is the heart also the source of passion? Can a man who is authentically centered at…
Osho on Non Doing – While you can do something, nondoing is not possible
Question – If one experiences or understands inwardly the deep feeling of becoming as a dry leaf to be moved only by the existence itself, then how can one push…
Osho on Guilt Feeling – You are not guilty. You may be ignorant
Osho – The moment you are in a total standstill you have reached. Then there is no more. And this can be done any moment. If you understand, this can…
Osho on Curiosity – Religion is a quest, Philosophy is only Curiosity
Question – I am a very curious person. That’s why I have come to you. Osho, what do you say about curiosity? Osho – Curiosity is good, curiosity is beautiful,…
Osho on Simplicity – Simplicity is to live without ideals
Question – Dear Master, What is Simplicity? Osho – Colin Doyle, simplicity is to live without ideals. Ideals create complexity; ideals create division in you and hence complexity. The moment…
Osho – Ambition is violent, ambition is murderous
Osho – The politicians have always been stupid; this is nothing new. Otherwise why should they be politicians? They would have been poets, they would have been mystics, they would…
Osho – The vertical line is the world of truth, not of facts
Osho – Truth is. Truth simply is. It is neither old nor new. It is eternal, it has no reference to time at all; it is beyond time. That is…
Osho on Ideals and Meditation – Drop all kinds of idealisms
Osho – Man is unconscious, Although he believes he is conscious. That very belief protects his unconsciousness. Man is ignorant, although he believes he knows. That very belief keeps the…
Osho – Just be yourself, ordinary and unique, and fulfill your destiny
Osho – Tao says, that when nobody knows what to make of you – you are so ordinary that nobody knows what to make of you, nobody knows any utility…
Osho – A Taoist master has never been crucified or poisoned
Osho – Don’t display! Don’t become an exhibitionist, otherwise you will be in trouble. And don’t rely on distinction and talent when you deal with men. Why? Because every man…
Osho – Be my Disciples but not my Followers
Osho – Chuang Tzu always watched monkeys. He was deeply interested in them because they are the forefathers of man. And a monkey is hidden in you! This whole world…
Osho – A man of Tao remains ordinary, absolutely ordinary
Osho – Tao says that whatsoever is beautiful in you, hide it, never act it out; whatsoever is truthful in you, valuable, hide it, because whenever a truth is hidden…
Osho on Purpose of Existence and Creation – Existence exists without any cause
Question – You said that god is the creative process. Then why are things created? What is the purpose of creation, or is it something that just exists? Osho –…
Osho – Life is based on the rule of opposites
Osho – One of the basic sutras of Lao Tzu is that life is based on the rule of opposites. Life does not oppose its contradictions. Rather, it works in…
Osho on Death – What is Death, and What exists after Death?
Question – What is Death, and what exists after death? Osho – If you think about what is, you will pervert i t. If you think about it, then you…