< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 A Rare Kind of Magic 11 August 1977 am in Buddha Hall UWAIS WAS ASKED, ‘HOW DO YOU FEEL?’ HE SAID, ‘LIKE ONE WHO HAS ARISEN IN THE MORNING AND DOES NOT KNOW WHETHER HE WILL BE DEAD IN THE EVENING.’ THE OTHER MAN SAID, ‘BUT THIS IS THE SITUATION OF ALL MEN.’ UWAIS SAID, ‘YES, BUT HOW MANY OF THEM FEEL IT?...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 All Is A Miracle 4 April 1971 am in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India OM. THAT IS WHOLE, AND THIS ALSO IS WHOLE. FOR ONLY THE WHOLE IS BORN OUT OF THE WHOLE; AND WHEN THE WHOLE IS TAKEN FROM THE WHOLE, BEHOLD, THE REMAINDER IS WHOLE. OM. PEACE, PEACE, PEACE. The Ishavasya Upanishad begins and ends with this sutra, and in it is declared all that can ever be said....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 Always at Ease, Unmoved 11 June 1978 am in Buddha Hall DO YOU NOT SEE HIM, THE REALLY WISE MAN, ALWAYS AT EASE, UNMOVED? HE DOES NOT GET RID OF ILLUSION, NOR DOES HE SEEK FOR THE (SO-CALLED) TRUTH. IGNORANCE IS INTRINSICALLY THE BUDDHA NATURE, OUR ILLUSORY UNREAL BODY IS THE COSMIC BODY. GETTING RID OF THINGS AND CLINGING TO EMPTINESS IS AN ILLNESS OF THE SAME KIND;...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 Always Sing the Song of the Divine 11 November 1975 am in Buddha Hall [NOTE: This is a translation from the Hindi series BHAJ GOVINDAM, literally: Singing the Song of the Divine. This version is the final edit pending publication, and is for research only.] OH IDIOT! SING THE SONG OF THE DIVINE, SING THE SONG OF THE DIVINE, SING THE SONG OF THE DIVINE, BECAUSE AT THE TIME OF DEATH THE MEMORIZATION OF GRAMMAR WILL NOT SAVE YOU....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 An individual revolution 15 January 1986 am in Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, YOU INVITED ME NOT TO GET ANGRY WITH BLIND PEOPLE. I’M NOT – HOW COULD I BE? WHEN I SEE THEIR SADNESS AND THEIR MISERY, I ONLY BECOME INFINITELY SAD. THEY ARE TIRED, AND I OFFER THEM A REST. THEY ARE THIRSTY, AND I OFFER THEM A GLASS OF WATER....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 And Escape to Reality 11 February 1981 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 OSHO, DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR SANNYASINS AND FRIENDS GATHERING AT THE CAFE ROYAL, LONDON, FOR THE “MARCH EVENT”? ANAND POONAM, SANNYAS IS A REBELLION against both the past and the future. Man has either lived in the past or in the future, but never in the present....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 Animus and Anima 11 August 1978 am in Buddha Hall MASTER LU-TSU SAID: THAT WHICH EXISTS THROUGH ITSELF IS CALLED THE WAY (TAO) TAO HAS NEITHER NAME NOR SHAPE. IT IS THE ONE ESSENCE THE ONE PRIMAL SPIRIT. ESSENCE AND LIFE CANNOT BE SEEN. THEY ARE CONTAINED IN THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN. THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN CANNOT BE SEEN. IT IS CONTAINED IN THE TWO EYES....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 Ashtavakra: The Purest Expression of Truth 11 September 1976 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium [NOTE: This discourse is in the process of being edited for publication. It is for reference use only.] JANAK ASKED: “OH LORD, HOW DOES ONE ATTAIN WISDOM? AND HOW DOES LIBERATION HAPPEN? AND HOW IS NONATTACHMENT ATTAINED? PLEASE TELL ME THIS.” ASHTAVAKRA REPLIED: “OH BELOVED, IF YOU WANT LIBERATION THEN RENOUNCE THE VISHAYAS, THE PASSIONS AS VISHA, POISON, AND TAKE FORGIVENESS, INNOCENCE, COMPASSION, CONTENTMENT, AND TRUTH AS NECTAR....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 Awareness: The Gateway Toward Eden 1 July 1972 pm in CHIDAGNI SWAROOPAM DHOOPAH “TO CREATE THE FIRE OF AWARENESS IN ONESELF IS DHOOP, THE INCENSE.” FOR PHILOSOPHY, many are the problems – infinite. But for religion there is only one problem, and that problem is man himself. It is not that man has problems, but man is the problem. And why is man the problem?...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 1 Babysitting is the basic business of all buddhas 11 June 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THE SCHOLAR, RYO OF SEIZAN, ONCE HAD A MEETING WITH BASO, WHO ASKED HIM, “WHAT SUTRA ARE YOU LECTURING ON?” “THE MIND SUTRA,” HE REPLIED. BASO SAID, “BY WHAT DO YOU LECTURE?” RYO ANSWERED, “WITH MIND.” BASO SAID, “THE MIND IS LIKE AN ACTOR, THE MEANING LIKE A JESTER, THE SIX SENSES LIKE AN ACQUAINTANCE; HOW CAN THE MIND LECTURE ON A SUTRA?...