< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 10 A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose... 20 April 1975 am in Buddha Hall A DISCIPLE CAME TO MARUF KARKHI AND SAID: ‘I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT YOU. JEWS CLAIM THAT YOU ARE A JEW; CHRISTIANS REVERE YOU AS ONE OF THEIR OWN SAINTS; MUSLIMS INSIST THAT YOU ARE THE GREATEST OF ALL MUSLIMS.’ MARUF ANSWERED: ‘THIS IS WHAT HUMANITY SAYS IN BAGHDAD....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 10 A Single Shout 20 December 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 IS THERE ANY PROOF FOR GOD? I AM. You are. Everybody is. God is nothing but the totality. The trees are, the rivers are, the mountains are. These are the proofs. The sun rises in the morning and the moon is in the night, and the stars. These are the proofs....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 10 A Song Untouched by Time 10 July 1977 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 THE CONTEMPORARY IDEAL OF LIVING COMPLETELY WITHIN THE PRESENT MOMENT, NO LESS THAN THE CLASSICAL MYSTICAL NOTION OF LIVING TOTALLY WITHIN THE DIVINE ETERNAL, IS AS IMPOSSIBLE AS IT IS INHUMAN. IT RESULTS IN A DISEASED RATHER THAN A GRACEFUL PRESENT. GRACEFUL EXISTENCE INTEGRATES PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Be at the center 6 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, SUIBI ASKED TANKA, “WHO WAS THE TEACHER OF ALL THE BUDDHAS?” TANKA SAID TO SUIBI, “YOU’D BETTER NOT TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY! USE THE FLOOR CLOTH AND BROOM MORE.” SUIBI TOOK THREE STEPS TO THE REAR. “A BLUNDER!” CRIED TANKA. SUIBI THEN STEPPED FORWARD THREE PACES. “ANOTHER BLUNDER!...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Because of love, we are together 5 September 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 CAN YOU GIVE ME A MESSAGE TO TAKE TO THE WESTERN WORLD SO THAT PEOPLE THERE MIGHT UNDERSTAND YOU AND YOUR FOLLOWERS? Joey Simons, my message is very simple. That’s why it is difficult to understand. I teach the obvious; it is not complex at all....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Become more and more sensuous 11 August 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHEN I LOOK AROUND YOUR COMMUNE AND SEE PEOPLE HUGGING THE WAY THEY DO, AND FEEL THE ENERGY I HAVE WHEN I HUG SOMEONE HERE, I WONDER WHY THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD. PLEASE COMMENT. It cannot happen in the outside world, because for centuries man has been conditioned against the body....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Before sunrise 12 April 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, BEFORE SUNRISE O SKY ABOVE ME! O PURE, DEEP SKY! YOU ABYSS OF LIGHT! GAZING INTO YOU, I TREMBLE WITH DIVINE DESIRES. TO CAST MYSELF INTO YOUR HEIGHT – THAT IS MY DEPTH! TO HIDE MYSELF IN YOUR PURITY – THAT IS MY INNOCENCE! THE GOD IS VEILED BY HIS BEAUTY: THUS YOU HIDE YOUR STARS....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Blessed are the rich 8 July 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, CLERGYMAN OLDS GRANDLUND FROM SWEDEN HAS ASKED YOU A QUESTION. THE QUESTION HAS MANY QUESTIONS, SO I HAVE SEPARATED THEM. HE SAYS, “BELOVED OSHO, I HAVE MADE YOU SAD, BUT STILL I DON’T LIKE YOU TALKING BULLSHIT ABOUT MOTHER TERESA.” Jesus! Jesus used to teach his disciples, particularly the two fishermen who became his first disciples, how to catch men instead of catching fish....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 10 Bliss Beyond All Duality 30 December 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question Question 1 OSHO, I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH YOU. WHY? Larry Obenfeld, I AM SORRY, YOUR QUESTION IS UNANSWERABLE. This is the only question which cannot be answered – hence the beauty of it. Whenever you come across a question which is unanswerable you are very close to God....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 10 Buddha and the Beast 30 June 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 WHAT EXACTLY IS MAN? MAN IS A MERE PERHAPS, A POSSIBILITY, A POTENTIAL, a becoming, a longing. Man is not yet. Man has to be. That’s the agony of man, and the ecstasy too. The beast is – there is no growth possible. It is a finished product. There is no possibility to seek and search and be....