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

19 Of the bestowing virtue, part 3

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 19 Of the bestowing virtue, part 3 5 April 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF THE BESTOWING VIRTUE.PART THREE WHEN ZARATHUSTRA HAD SAID THESE WORDS HE PAUSED LIKE ONE WHO HAS NOT SAID HIS LAST WORD; LONG HE BALANCED THE STAFF DOUBTFULLY IN HIS HAND. AT LAST HE SPOKE THUS, AND HIS VOICE WAS DIFFERENT: I NOW GO AWAY ALONE, MY DISCIPLES!...

2 Prologue part 2

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Prologue part 2 27 March 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, PROLOGUE PART 2 ZARATHUSTRA WENT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN ALONE, AND NO ONE MET HIM. BUT WHEN HE ENTERED THE FOREST, AN OLD MAN, WHO HAD LEFT HIS HOLY HUT TO LOOK FOR ROOTS IN THE FOREST, SUDDENLY STOOD BEFORE HIM. AND THE OLD MAN SPOKE THUS TO ZARATHUSTRA:...

20 On the blissful islands

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 20 On the blissful islands 6 April 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ON THE BLISSFUL ISLANDS ZARATHUSTRA HAS RETURNED TO THE MOUNTAINS WHERE HE LIVES A SOLITARY EXISTENCE FOR MANY YEARS – UNTIL ONE MORNING HE HAS A DREAM. FILLED WITH NEW RESOLVE AND AN OVERWHELMING DESIRE TO SHARE HIS WORDS WITH HIS FRIENDS, ZARATHUSTRA SPEAKS THUS: BEHOLD, WHAT ABUNDANCE IS AROUND US!...

21 Of the compassionate

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 21 Of the compassionate 6 April 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF THE COMPASSIONATE AS LONG AS MEN HAVE EXISTED, MAN HAS ENJOYED HIMSELF TOO LITTLE: THAT ALONE, MY BROTHERS, IS OUR ORIGINAL SIN! AND IF WE LEARN BETTER TO ENJOY OURSELVES, WE BEST UNLEARN HOW TO DO HARM TO OTHERS AND TO CONTRIVE HARM. THEREFORE I WASH MY HAND WHEN IT HAS HELPED A SUFFERER, THEREFORE I WIPE MY SOUL CLEAN AS WELL....

22 Of the priests

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 22 Of the priests 7 April 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OF THE PRIESTS AND ONE DAY ZARATHUSTRA MADE A SIGN TO HIS DISCIPLES AND SPOKE THESE WORDS TO THEM: HERE ARE PRIESTS: AND ALTHOUGH THEY ARE MY ENEMIES, PASS THEM BY QUIETLY AND WITH SLEEPING SWORDS!... THEY ARE BAD ENEMIES: NOTHING IS MORE REVENGEFUL THAN THEIR HUMILITY. AND HE WHO TOUCHES...

23 The night song

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 23 The night song 7 April 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THE NIGHT SONG IT IS NIGHT: NOW DO ALL LEAPING FOUNTAINS SPEAK LOUDER. AND MY SOUL TOO IS A LEAPING FOUNTAIN. IT IS NIGHT: ONLY NOW DO ALL SONGS OF LOVERS AWAKEN. AND MY SOUL TOO IS THE SONG OF A LOVER. SOMETHING UNQUENCHED, UNQUENCHABLE, IS IN ME, THAT WANTS TO SPEAK OUT....

3 Prologue part 3

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 Prologue part 3 27 March 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, PROLOGUE PART 3 WHEN ZARATHUSTRA ARRIVED AT THE NEAREST OF THE TOWNS LYING AGAINST THE FOREST, HE FOUND IN THAT VERY PLACE MANY PEOPLE ASSEMBLED IN THE MARKET SQUARE: FOR IT HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT A TIGHT-ROPE WALKER WOULD BE APPEARING. AND ZARATHUSTRA SPOKE THUS TO THE PEOPLE:...

4 Prologue part 4

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 Prologue part 4 28 March 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, PROLOGUE PART 4 WHAT IS THE GREATEST THING YOU CAN EXPERIENCE? IT IS THE HOUR OF THE GREAT CONTEMPT. THE HOUR IN WHICH EVEN YOUR HAPPINESS GROWS LOATHSOME TO YOU, AND YOUR REASON AND YOUR VIRTUE ALSO. THE HOUR WHEN YOU SAY: ‘WHAT GOOD IS MY HAPPINESS? IT IS POVERTY AND DIRT AND A MISERABLE EASE....

5 Prologue part 5

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 Prologue part 5 28 March 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, PROLOGUE PART 5 WHEN ZARATHUSTRA HAD SPOKEN THESE WORDS HE LOOKED AGAIN AT THE PEOPLE AND FELL SILENT. THERE THEY STAND (HE SAID TO HIS HEART), THERE THEY LAUGH: THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ME, I AM NOT THE MOUTH FOR THESE EARS. MUST ONE FIRST SHATTER THEIR EARS TO TEACH THEM TO HEAR WITH THEIR EYES?...

6 Prologue part 6

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 Prologue part 6 29 March 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, PROLOGUE PART SIX FOLLOWING HIS SPEECH ABOUT THE ULTIMATE MAN, ZARATHUSTRA REALIZES THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD HIM, FOR THEY NOW CRY OUT TO HIM FOR THE ULTIMATE MAN, TELLING HIM HE CAN HAVE THE SUPERMAN. WHILE HE PONDERS ON THIS, THE TIGHT-ROPE WALKER BEGINS HIS ACT – WALKING ACROSS A ROPE SUSPENDED HIGH ABOVE THE PEOPLE IN THE MARKET SQUARE, BETWEEN TWO TOWERS....