Zarathustra: A God That Can Dance

Commentaries on Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Talks given from 26/03/87 pm to 07/04/87 pm English Discourse series

1 Prologue part 1

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Prologue part 1 26 March 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, PROLOGUE PART 1 WHEN ZARATHUSTRA WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD, HE LEFT HIS HOME AND THE LAKE OF HIS HOME AND WENT INTO THE MOUNTAINS. HERE HE HAD THE ENJOYMENT OF HIS SPIRIT AND HIS SOLITUDE AND HE DID NOT WEARY OF IT FOR TEN YEARS. BUT AT LAST HIS HEART TURNED – AND ONE MORNING HE ROSE WITH THE DAWN, STEPPED BEFORE THE SUN AND SPOKE TO IT THUS:...

10 Of the new idol and of the flies of the marketplace

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Of the new idol and of the flies of the marketplace 31 March 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF THE NEW IDOL THERE ARE STILL PEOPLES AND HERDS SOMEWHERE, BUT NOT WITH US, MY BROTHERS: HERE THERE ARE STATES.… THE STATE IS THE COLDEST OF ALL COLD MONSTERS. COLDLY IT LIES, TOO; AND THIS LIE CREEPS FROM ITS MOUTH: ‘I, THE STATE, AM THE PEOPLE....

11 Of the friend

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 Of the friend 31 March 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF THE FRIEND OUR FAITH IN OTHERS BETRAYS WHEREIN WE WOULD DEARLY LIKE TO HAVE FAITH IN OURSELVES. OUR LONGING FOR A FRIEND IS OUR BETRAYER. AND OFTEN WITH OUR LOVE WE ONLY WANT TO LEAP OVER ENVY. AND OFTEN WE ATTACK AND MAKE AN ENEMY IN ORDER TO CONCEAL THAT WE ARE VULNERABLE TO ATTACK....

12 Of the thousand and one goals

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 Of the thousand and one goals 1 April 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE GOALS NO PEOPLE COULD LIVE WITHOUT EVALUATING; BUT IF IT WISHES TO MAINTAIN ITSELF IT MUST NOT EVALUATE AS ITS NEIGHBOR EVALUATES. MUCH THAT SEEMED GOOD TO ONE PEOPLE SEEMED SHAME AND DISGRACE TO ANOTHER: THUS I FOUND. I FOUND MUCH THAT WAS CALLED EVIL IN ONE PLACE WAS IN ANOTHER DECKED WITH PURPLE HONOURS....

13 Of love of one\'s neighbor

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 Of love of one’s neighbor 2 April 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF LOVE OF ONE’S NEIGHBOR YOU FLEE TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AWAY FROM YOURSELVES AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VIRTUE OF IT: BUT I SEE THROUGH YOUR ‘SELFLESSNESS’.DO I EXHORT YOU TO LOVE OF YOUR NEIGHBOR? I EXHORT YOU RATHER TO FLIGHT FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TO LOVE OF THE MOST DISTANT!...

14 Of the way of the creator

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 Of the way of the creator 3 April 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF THE WAY OF THE CREATOR. MY BROTHER, DO YOU WANT TO GO APART AND BE ALONE? DO YOU WANT TO SEEK THE WAY TO YOURSELF? PAUSE JUST A MOMENT AND LISTEN TO ME. ‘HE WHO SEEKS MAY EASILY GET LOST HIMSELF. IT IS A CRIME TO GO APART AND BE ALONE’ – THUS SPEAKS THE HERD....

15 Of justice

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 Of justice 3 April 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF JUSTICE WHEN YOU HAVE AN ENEMY, DO NOT REQUITE HIM GOOD FOR EVIL: FOR THAT WOULD MAKE HIM ASHAMED. BUT PROVE THAT HE HAS DONE SOMETHING GOOD TO YOU. BETTER TO BE ANGRY THAN MAKE ASHAMED! AND WHEN YOU ARE CURSED, I DO NOT LIKE IT THAT YOU THEN WANT TO BLESS....

16 Of voluntary death

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 Of voluntary death 4 April 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF VOLUNTARY DEATH MANY DIE TOO LATE AND SOME DIE TOO EARLY. STILL THE DOCTRINE SOUNDS STRANGE: ‘DIE AT THE RIGHT TIME.’ DIE AT THE RIGHT TIME: THUS ZARATHUSTRA TEACHES. TO BE SURE, HE WHO NEVER LIVED AT THE RIGHT TIME COULD HARDLY DIE AT THE RIGHT TIME! BETTER IF HE WERE NEVER TO BE BORN!...

17 Of the bestowing virtue, part 1

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 Of the bestowing virtue, part 1 4 April 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF THE BESTOWING VIRTUE PART 1 TELL ME: HOW DID GOLD COME TO HAVE THE HIGHEST VALUE? BECAUSE IT IS UNCOMMON AND USELESS AND SHINING AND MELLOW IN LUSTRE; IT ALWAYS BESTOWS ITSELF. ONLY AS AN IMAGE OF THE HIGHEST VIRTUE DID GOLD COME TO HAVE THE HIGHEST VALUE....

18 Of the bestowing virtue, part 2

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 Of the bestowing virtue, part 2 5 April 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF THE BESTOWING VIRTUE PART 2 HERE ZARATHUSTRA FELL SILENT A WHILE AND REGARDED HIS DISCIPLES LOVINGLY. THEN HE WENT ON SPEAKING THUS, AND HIS VOICE WAS DIFFERENT: STAY LOYAL TO THE EARTH, MY BROTHERS, WITH THE POWER OF YOUR VIRTUE! MAY YOUR BESTOWING LOVE AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE SERVE TOWARDS THE MEANING OF THE EARTH!...