Osho - The complete works of Osho

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 1 During his discourses on the AKSHYA UPANISHAD “This is worth considering. It is significant. The first thing to understand is that except for man, no animal is capable of laughter. So laughter shows a very high peak in the evolution of life. If you go out on the street and see a buffalo laughing, you will be scared to death. And if you report it, then nobody will believe that it can happen....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 1 ¡b¿Also called Flowers of Love. Letters 151 to 350 are published in other books: The Silent Music 30 Turning In 30 What is meditation? 45 The Gateless Gate 30 The Dimensionless Dimension 35 The Eternal Message 30 ¡/b¿ 1. I received your letter. How lovingly you insist on my writing something, and here am I, drowned in a deep silence! I speak, I work,...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 28 June 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin leaving for the West says: I feel deep gratitude for all that has happened to me since I’ve been here.] I knowMuch will be happening, much more, and gratitude prepares the way. Feel as grateful to existence as possible – for small things, not only for great thingsjust for sheer breathing. We don’t...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 16 January 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin says: I’m changing all the time... Since the group, I don’t know... I don’t like talking, I don’t like laughing... I feel like crying... ] Whatsoever happens, accept and enjoy, and don’t force anything. If you feel like talking, talk. If you feel like being silent, be silent – just move with the feeling....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 13 March 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin asks about his work in the West and his relationship:... it’s crazy that I should ask you these things... I’ve got my own mind.] No, you ask... that is a way of making up your mind, mm? Now you are part of me and I am as much involved in you as you are – even more....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 1 February 1978 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [Osho gives sannyas:] Just raise your hands, close your eyes, and feel utterly open. These hands are the gestures of openness. Feel receptive, because sannyas has to be received; you cannot take it, you can only receive it. It is a gift: you can allow it to happen. There is no need to grab it....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 1984 in Lao Tzu House, Rajneeshpuram, Oregon, USA The guest, the host, the white chrysanthemum... these are the moments, the white roses, when no one should speak. Neither the guest, nor the host... only silence. But silence speaks in its own way, sings its own song of joy, of peace, of beauty and blessings; otherwise there would not have been a TAO TE CHING, nor would there have been a SERMON ON THE MOUNT....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 28 July 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin says: I’m not sure which direction to take – whether to go out more to people or to go inside myself more. I’m not sure which is best for my growth. Osho checks his energy.] Good, come back. The energy is really good. You have to do both. Choosing won’t be good....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 28 February 1970 pm Question 1 OSHO, I HAVE READ YOUR LITERATURE; I HAVE HEARD YOU. YOUR LANGUAGE HAS HYPNOTIC CHARM AND IS VERY CLEAR. SOMETIMES YOU SPEAK ON MAHAVIRA, SOMETIMES ON KRISHNA OR BUDDHA AND SOMETIMES YOU TELL ABOUT JESUS AND MOHAMMED AS WELL. YOU DIVULGE THE SECRETS OF THE GITA IN A MOST INSPIRING MANNER, YOU GIVE DISCOURSES ON THE UPANISHADS AND THE VEDAS, AND YOU WOULD NOT HESITATE TO GO TO TEMPLES OR CHURCHES TO GIVE DISCOURSES....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 1 March 1978 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [Osho initiates the new baby of a sannyasin.] Deva means divine, sangam means meeting. Each child is a meeting of the sky and the earth. Each child is a miracle. Something happens that should not ordinarily happen: the meeting of matter and consciousness, the meeting of the visible and the invisible. So think of him as a miracle....