Responses to Disciples Questions
Talks given from 11/02/81 am to 24/02/81 am English Discourse series
1 And Escape to Reality2 Religion is Rebellion3 Ecstatic All the Way4 Soul-living by Loving5 Pure Non-Zense6 Still Believing in Leprechauns?7 Life's Complementariness8 When Ignorance Becomes Luminous9 Bon Voyage Baby!10 The Dignity of the Poor?11 No Higher, No Lower12 Back to the Garden13 The Immediate is the Ultimate14 The Bird has Flown
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 6 Still Believing in Leprechauns? 16 February 1981 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 OSHO, EVERY TIME I’M AWAY FROM MY FAMILY I FEEL SUCH A DEEP AND BEAUTIFUL LOVE FOR MY WIFE AND MY CHILDREN. BUT WHEN I AM WITH THEM, LOTS OF CONFLICTS ARISE AND I FEEL LIKE RUNNING AWAY FROM FAMILY, JOB, TRADITION, ET CETERA. BUT WHEN I’M AWAY I FEEL THAT’S NOT IT – THAT’S NOT THE ANSWER....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 7 Life’s Complementariness 17 February 1981 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 OSHO, YOU OFTEN ADVISE US TO FOLLOW TWO COURSES OF ACTION THAT SEEM TO BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER. FIRST YOU TELL US TO BE COMPLETELY IN THE MOMENT, WITHOUT MIND, TO BE OUR FEAR, OUR JOY, OR RAGE. THEN YOU TELL US TO BECOME DETACHED FROM OUR EGOS, TO WATCH WHAT COMES UP WITHIN OURSELVES....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 8 When Ignorance Becomes Luminous 18 February 1981 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 OSHO, WHAT MADE A LOVING DISCIPLE LIKE PETER, WHO STARTED FROM INNOCENCE, TURN INTO THE CUNNING FIRST POPE AND BECOME THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY? IS IT POSSIBLE TO LOSE ONE’S INNOCENCE ONCE THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MASTER IS ESTABLISHED? ANAND NADO, THERE ARE MANY THINGS to be understood....
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 9 Bon Voyage Baby! 19 February 1981 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 OSHO, A FEW MONTHS AGO IN THE WEST I READ A BOOK BY LAMA TRUNGPA, ENTITLED “CUTTING THROUGH SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM”, AND I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE WRONG, I WAS DOING. THEN I TRIED TO BE MORE ALERT, BUT BY VOIDING ONE PITFALL I WAS CONSTANTLY STEPPING INTO ANOTHER, AND SO ON....