The Osho Upanishad

Talks given from 16/08/86 pm to 02/10/86 pm English Discourse series

1 The mystery school: an encounter with the miraculous 2 The Master: making your life an orchestra 3 Master and disciple, a journey hand in hand 4 Misery is the prison, nothingness is the door 5 Madness: the ultimate evolution of mind 6 Mind thinks, meditation knows 7 Silence is a song without words 8 The conspiracy of the mystics 9 The way of the Upanishads 10 Mind is friction, understanding is transcendence 11 From somebody to nobody... a journey from fiction to reality 12 To be an individual is the greatest courage 13 The Master's art: expressing the inexpressible 14 Beyond science is knowing 15 The art of remembering who you are 16 The truth is always individual 17 Saying thank you to an empty room 18 Don't come down go higher!19 Responsibility: the very first step of freedom 20 When the disciple is ready 21 Only the real can meet the real 22 A journey without end 23 `Nothing' is my sword 24 Around me... something happens 25 Listening lets the heart decide 26 The Master -- your death and your resurrection 27 You thimk this is a discourse. It is just adevice 28 If you swim, you miss 29 Mysticism, the forgotten language 30 The Taste of No-Mind 31 The greatest reality in the world 32 The greatest gamble 33 Meditation in the market place, not market place meditation 34 Not to be, the greatest ecstasy 35 Bhagwan rajneesh, the buddha lord maitreya 36 You are here only for that miracle 37 Bowing down to the Master 38 The conspiracy against the individual 39 Don't say goodbye, say good morning 40 My disciples are my garden 41 From information to transformation 42 Be a seeker, not a believer 43 The sunflower always faces the sun 44 Paradise is only for the courageous

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1 The mystery school: an encounter with the miraculous

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 The mystery school: an encounter with the miraculous 16 August 1986 pm in Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT THE WORK OF THE MYSTERY SCHOOL IS? My beloved ones... You are blessed to be here today, because we are starting a new series of talks between the master and the disciple. It is not only a birth of a new book, it is also a declaration of a new phase....

10 Mind is friction, understanding is transcendence

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Mind is friction, understanding is transcendence 25 August 1986 pm in Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, BROADLY SPEAKING, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE ARE TWO SETS OF RULES: ONE FOR THE OUTER WORLD – WHICH IS THE MAN-MADE WORLD CONCERNED WITH EARNING MONEY, REARING CHILDREN, DRIVING ON A CERTAIN SIDE OF THE ROAD – AND A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES FOR THE INNER WORLD; FOR EXAMPLE, HYPNOSIS, TELEPATHY, MIND-READING AND SO ON, AND FOR ATTAINING INNER GROWTH OF CONSCIOUSNESS, LEADING FINALLY TO SAMADHI, ENLIGHTENMENT, NIRVANA....

11 From somebody to nobody\... a journey from fiction to reality

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 From somebody to nobody... a journey from fiction to reality 26 August 1986 pm in Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, LATELY I FIND THAT I AM DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND OR DO OR LEARN SOMETHING IN ORDER TO GIVE MYSELF AN IDENTITY, KNOWING PERFECTLY WELL THAT THIS IS A TRAP OF THE MIND. WHY IS IT SO PAINFUL AND SHOCKING TO NOT HAVE ANY IDENTITY, TO BE NOBODY?...

12 To be an individual is the greatest courage

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 To be an individual is the greatest courage 30 August 1986 pm in Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHY HAS LIFE ALL ALONG BEEN A VERY SERIOUS AFFAIR FOR ME, AND NOT FUN TO LIVE AND ENJOY AND CELEBRATE AS YOU SAY IT SHOULD BE? Maitreya, you have been in the wrong hands from the very beginning of your life. It will be difficult for others to understand the answer if I don’t tell you the background of the questioner....

13 The Master\'s art: expressing the inexpressible

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 The Master’s art: expressing the inexpressible 31 August 1986 pm in Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, PLEASE THROW LIGHT ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MYSTIC AND A MASTER. There is an ancient Tibetan parable. It says, “When one hundred people try to reach the goal only ten ever start the journey; and out of the ten only one reaches the goal.” And those few people who reach the goal are not capable of being masters....

14 Beyond science is knowing

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 Beyond science is knowing 1 September 1986 pm in Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, THERE IS A STATEMENT BY J. KRISHNAMURTI THAT “THE OBSERVER IS THE OBSERVED.” WILL YOU PLEASE KINDLY ELABORATE AND EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEANS? The statement that “the observer is the observed” is one of the most significant things ever said by any man on the earth. The statement is as extraordinary as J....

15 The art of remembering who you are

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 The art of remembering who you are 2 September 1986 pm in Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I SEE THE BEGINNING WITH YOU, BUT NOT THE END. PLEASE COMMENT. There is no end to this pilgrimage, there is only the beginning. It is a very profound question. Gautam Buddha is reported to have said “The world never begins, but it ends. Enlightenment begins, but it never ends....

16 The truth is always individual

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 The truth is always individual 3 September 1986 pm in Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, AS THE WORLD IS PROGRESSING ALONG A RATIONAL PATH, IN LESS THAN A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE, PEOPLE WILL BEGIN TO WONDER WHY YOU WERE NOT BEING HEARD AND ACCEPTED NOW. HAVING SUCCESSFULLY LAID DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE RELIGION OF THE FUTURE, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE PERSECUTED IN YOUR OWN TIME?...

17 Saying thank you to an empty room

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 Saying thank you to an empty room 4 September 1986 pm in Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, ONCE AGAIN, I WAS SITTING IN HOLLAND MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS WHEN I HEARD YOU HAD LANDED IN BOMBAY. IT TOOK ME THREE DAYS TO DECIDE I HAD TO COME AND SEE YOU, BE WITH YOU, HANG OUT IN YOUR PRESENCE. CATCHING UP WITH YOU HAS BEEN QUITE AN ADVENTURE....

18 Don\'t come down go higher!

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 Don’t come down go higher! 5 September 1986 pm in Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I HAVE JUST PASSED A TIME OF DEEP SPIRITUALITY, AND MY LIFE IS CHANGED. I UNDERSTAND YOUR WORK MORE AND MORE, AND WITH MY COMMUNE I WANT TO BE IN MORE COMMUNION WITH YOU. I WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE. The revolution that spirituality brings is in a way very simple, but in another way it is very complex too....