< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Letters to Ma Yoga Sohan THESE FIVE LETTERS, SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 100 WRITTEN BY OSHO TO MA YOGA SOHAN FROM 1964 TO 1965, HAVE BEEN PRINTED IN THE HINDI PUBLICATION, PATH KE PRADEEP. AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY LETTERS HAVE ALSO BEEN TRANSLATED FOR THE BOOK, A CUP OF TEA. (OTI 16 JULY 1990) Beloved Sohan, Choosing between truth and oneself, the one who chooses truth finds truth and his own being....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Life is such a puzzling affair 18 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I HAVE TRIED, AND CANNOT FIND THE WORDS THAT ADEQUATELY CONVEY THE BEAUTY OF THOSE MOMENTS WHEN YOU ENTER THE AUDITORIUM. I SEE THE HEADS OF MY BELOVED FRIENDS BEND DOWN: THEIR LOVE AND REVERENCE FOR YOU IS SO POIGNANT, AND TOUCHES ME SO DEEPLY....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Lotus rain 31 October 1979 am in Buddha Hall BELOVED OSHO, QUESTION: WHAT IS BUDDHA-MIND? ANSWER: YOUR MIND IS IT. WHEN YOU SEE THE SELFSAME ESSENCE OF IT, YOU CAN CALL IT SUCHNESS. WHEN YOU SEE THE CHANGELESS NATURE OF IT, YOU CAN CALL IT DHARMAKAYA. IT DOES NOT BELONG TO ANYTHING; THEREFORE, IT IS CALLED EMANCIPATION. IT WORKS EASILY AND FREELY, NEVER BEING DISTURBED BY OTHERS; THEREFORE, IT IS CALLED THE TRUE PATH....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Love is the Master Key 21 December 1976 am in Buddha Hall I. 65. avadhu bhule ko ghar lawe HE IS DEAR TO ME INDEED WHO CAN CALL BACK THE WANDERER TO HIS HOME. IN THE HOME IS THE TRUE UNION, IN THE HOME IS ENJOYMENT OF LIFE: WHY SHOULD I FORSAKE MY HOME AND WANDER IN THE FOREST? IF BRAHMA HELPS ME TO REALIZE TRUTH,...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Man is a Becoming 21 June 1980 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 OSHO, WHY IS IT THAT ONLY HUMANS REPRESS, MANIPULATE, KILL, TRY TO CONQUER THE NATURAL FLOW IN NATURE, THE TAO? WHY ARE WE SO STUPID? HEIN, Man is not a being, man is a becoming. This is one of the most fundamental things to be understood....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Man is born with a question mark in his heart 30 December 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 OSHO, WHAT PLACE HAS MYSTICISM IN YOUR RELIGION? My religion is pure mysticism. There is nothing else in it. The other religions have no place for mysticism in them. They cannot have, for the simple reason that they have answers for every question – bogus answers, without any evidence, with no argument....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Mastered By Zen 11 February 1976 am in Buddha Hall DATE-JITOKU, A FINE WAKA POET, WANTED TO MASTER ZEN. WITH THIS IN MIND HE MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE EKKEI, ABBOT OF SHOKOKUJI IN KYOTO. JITOKU WENT TO THE MASTER FULL OF HOPES, BUT AS SOON AS HE ENTERED THE ROOM HE RECEIVED A WHACK. HE WAS ASTONISHED AND MORTIFIED: NO ONE HAD EVER DARED TO STRIKE HIM BEFORE, BUT AS IT IS A STRICT ZEN RULE...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Meditation is the greatest charity 10 February 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, IN YOUR VISION, IS CHARITY A PART OF RELIGIOUSNESS? IF SO, WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE CHARITY? FOLLOWING THE CATHOLIC CONCEPT, THE INDIAN LEGISLATURE SPECIFIES: 1) RELIEF FOR THE POOR, 2) EDUCATION, AND 3) MEDICAL RELIEF, AS BEING CHARITY. WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF CHARITY IN THE EYES OF A BUDDHA?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Meditation: The Art of Celebration Concentration is a choice. It excludes all except its object of concentration; it is a narrowing. If you are walking on the street, you will have to narrow your consciousness in order to walk. You cannot ordinarily be aware of all that is happening because if you are aware of everything that is happening you will become unfocused....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Miracles are bound to happen 25 February 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, ALL DAY, I HAVE THIS MELTED SENSATION LIKE SOMETHING INIDE ME DISSOLVING IN THE GLOW OF YOUR LOVE. DISCOURSE COMES AND IT JUST EXPANDS TO FILL THE SILENCE, LEAVING A BREATHING HEART AND A PAIR OF EARS HANGING FROM NOWHERE. IT FEELS LIKE BEING AN ORGASM....