Awareness is a Pure Presence – Osho
The essence of the religion of Buddha is awareness. There is no prayer in it, there cannot be — because there is no God. And there cannot be any prayer in it because prayer is always motivated. Prayer...
View ArticleHe is the Breath Inside the Breath – Osho
Kabir says, ‘Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.’ Whenever you ask about God you ask as if God is there like a problem to be encountered. You ask as if you are standing...
View ArticleRepentance Becomes Forgiveness – Osho
Christianity has a tremendously beautiful concept of forgiveness. Christianity says: If you ask to be forgiven from your deepest core, you will be forgiven. Why? Is there somebody who can forgive you?...
View ArticleA Dream Within a Dream – Osho
You do not exist even in dream. You must sometimes have dreamed a dream within a dream. You dream that you are going to bed, you have fallen asleep and you are dreaming a dream. There is an old Chinese...
View ArticleLearn the Art of Listening – Osho
Sometimes in discourse, I suddenly come to consciousness and realize that I don’t know where I’ve been, and yet the discourse is coming to a close. Your words were coming through, but I’m not sure if I...
View ArticleSamadhi Without Seeds – Osho
In yesterday’s sutra, Buddha says ‘someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that “I must lead all the beings to nirvana, into that realm of nirvana which leaves nothing...
View ArticleSeeing This, No-Mind Arrives – Osho
Is it possible that the no-mind evolves quite naturally out of the mind without struggle and anguish, without exploding, hammering, cutting and such wild acts? Is the very idea of no-mind, which seems...
View ArticleRight-mindfulness is the Flavor – Osho
Please explain ‘right-mindfulness’. If not a goal or something to practice, what is it? Sambuddha, right-mindfulness is a strange word. First: there is no mind in it – hence it is called...
View ArticleWho is Jesus Christ – Osho
Who is Jesus Christ? The question has been asked down the centuries again and again, and it has been answered too. But the questioners were wrong, and so were those who have answered it, because the...
View ArticleUnself Yourself – Osho
Jesus taught his followers to love thy neighbor as thyself. Could you give us your views on caring, compassion and service to the community? Ann, Jesus’ statement is tremendously significant but has...
View ArticleThe Doctrine of Sameness – Osho
I consider the doctrine of sameness as the absolute ground of reality. Buddha says: Things are not different, they are the same; they only look different, they only appear different. The tree there,...
View ArticleSee the False as False and Follow Your Nature – Osho
Truth is. It needs no effort on your part to invent it. Truth has to be discovered, not invented. And what is hindering us from discovering it? We have been taught many lies, mountains of lies. Those...
View ArticleThe Essence of Buddha Dharma – Osho
What is the essence of Buddha Dharma – The religion of the Buddha? Mouna, Yoka says: If you reach the Zen of Buddha, at that very moment you accomplish everything. In your dream there are many...
View ArticleWakefulness is the Way to Life – Osho
One of the most important things to be understood about man is that man is asleep. Even while he thinks he is awake, he is not. His wakefulness is very fragile; his wakefulness is so tiny it doesn’t...
View ArticleThe Dilemma of the Bodhisattva
‘Therefore, Subhuti, listen well and attentively. Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a bodhisattva should produce a thought in this manner;’ It does not look very good in the English...
View ArticleWhat is this You in Yourself? – Osho
So we have to understand what meditation is. Gautam Buddha, the founder of Zen, the founder of all great meditative techniques in the world, defines it in one word. Somebody asked him one day,...
View ArticleHurry Slowly – Osho
Jesus said: Two will rest on a bed: The one will die, the one will live. Exactly the same words are in the Upanishads. They say that there are two birds on a tree, one sitting on a lower branch,...
View ArticleJesus’ Three Stages of Enlightenment – Osho
This question has been hovering in me for years. A few times you have talked around it, but this has mystified me more, so please enlighten. When and where did enlightenment happen to Jesus? Was he...
View ArticleBlessed are Those who Doubt – Osho
Can you say something about doubt and negativity? What is the difference? The difference between doubt and negativity is great. They look alike; on the surface they have the same color, but deep down...
View ArticleRight Initiation Cannot be Given – Osho
In spiritual quest, deeksha, initiation, holds a very important place. Its special ceremonies are carried out under special conditions. Buddha and Mahavira used to give initiation. How many types of...
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