Who is Osho really. Osho, bhagwan rajneesh and the lost truth. "One wrong move, one big mistake"
Today I will tell you about Osho again, because many people don't know who he is. A person must believe in something, so his life acquires meaning. A thinking person does not believe blindly, he analyzes, doubts, is in a constant search for truth. Religions give answers to many questions, motivate for actions, summing up the theoretical basis for aspects of life.
For some, this information is a given, and it makes life easier, for others it is a ground for reflection and debate, but in any case, if faith appears in a person’s life, it should only be his choice and his path. So it was with Osho, who created his own religion, ambiguous, but having followers all over the world.
Religion Osho
Osho () considered his religion to be the only one in the world, calling all other beliefs a deception, and their key figures - seducers of people. He based his teaching on the experience of life, sharing it with others. Unlike many other faiths, in particular Christianity, he did not consider poverty to be a spiritual value and called himself a "guru for the rich."
He owned several Rolls-Royces while living in Oregon, driving a different car every day. The followers saw deep meaning in this and even planned to provide their teacher with Rolls-Royces for every day.
Osho teachings
Osho's teaching does not refer to future blessings or punishments, it calls to live for your own pleasure, here and now, not to limit yourself in anything. Only in this case, according to Osho, you can be satisfied with yourself and the world around you.
According to Osho, the love of luxury and comfort is not something shameful - on the contrary, together with laziness, they constitute a complex of the main features of the correct “new person”. This person must combine the spirituality of Gautama Buddha and the love of life of Zorba, therefore he was conventionally called Zorba-Buddha. Osho made no distinction between the sexes when talking about the "new man", but in his movement women dominated in leadership positions.
Moving away from assimilation to other religions, Osho did not create commandments or rules, and, nevertheless, during one of the interviews, answering a correspondent's question, he nevertheless formulated the main ideas of his teaching. 
Osho's teachings had many opponents at home and in the world, but after his death the situation changed. Osho, from a reviled founder of a sect, became a philosopher, an important figure in the spiritual life and the founder of a doctrine recognized as part of the mass culture of India and Nepal. Osho's books are published and have been translated into more than 50 languages to date.
Childhood
Osho was born on December 11, 1931 in Kushwad (Central India). The family loved him very much, especially his grandfather, who gave Raja, which means king. He spent all his childhood at his grandfather's house. His father and mother took him in only after the death of his grandparents. Before school, he was given a new name - Rajneesh Chandra Mohan.
WITH early age he was interested in spiritual development, studied his body and its capabilities, constantly experimented with various methods of meditation. He did not follow any traditions and did not look for teachers. The basis of his spiritual search was an experiment. He looked very closely at life, especially at its critical, extreme points. He did not believe in any theories and rules and always rebelliously opposed the prejudices and vices of society.
Enlightenment
March 21, 1953 Osho was 21 years old. On that day, enlightenment happened to him. It was like an explosion. “That night I died and I was reborn. But the person who is reborn has nothing to do with the one who died. It is not a continuous thing... The person who has died has died totally; there was nothing left of him... not even a shadow. The ego died totally, completely... On that day, March 21st, a person who had lived many, many lives, millennia, simply died. Another being, absolutely new, not at all connected with the old, began to exist ... I became free from the past, I was torn out of my history, I lost my autobiography. At this point, Osho's story actually ends. The man, whose name was Rajneesh Chandra Mohan, died at the age of 21, and at the same time a miracle happened: a new enlightened person was reborn, completely free of ego.
University years
After that, the outer Osho's life hasn't changed. He continued his studies at Jabalpur College in the Department of Philosophy.
In 1957, he graduated from the University of Saugar with honors, a gold medal, and a master's degree in philosophy. Two years later he became a lecturer in philosophy at Jabalpur University. He was very loved by students for his humor, sincerity and uncompromising pursuit of the truth. During his nine-year career, Osho traveled all over India, often traveling fifteen days a month. A passionate and skillful debater, he constantly challenged orthodox religious figures. Addressing an audience of 100,000, Osho spoke with the conviction that comes from his enlightenment, he destroyed blind faith to create true religiosity.
In 1966, Osho left the university chair and devoted himself entirely to spreading the art of meditation and his vision of a new person - Zorba-Buddha, a person who synthesizes the best features of East and West, a person who is able to enjoy a full-blooded physical life and is able to simultaneously sit silently in meditation, achieving heights of consciousness.
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Bombay
In 1968, Osho (Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh) settled in Bombay and soon the first Western seekers of spiritual truth began to come to him. There were many therapists among them, representatives of the humanist movements who wanted to take the next step in their growth. The next step, as Osho said, is meditation. Osho experienced his first glimpses of meditation as a child, when he jumped from a high bridge into a river, or walked along a narrow path over an abyss. There were a few moments when the mind stopped. This caused an unusually clear perception of everything around, one's being in it and complete clarity and separation of consciousness. These experiences, experienced on numerous occasions, aroused Osho's interest in meditation and prompted him to seek more available ways. In the future, he not only experienced all the meditations known from antiquity, but also came up with new, revolutionary techniques designed specifically for modern man. They are called "dynamic meditations", they are based on the use of music and movement. Osho brought together elements of yoga, Sufism and Tibetan traditions, which made it possible to use the principle of energy transformation through the awakening of activity and subsequent calm observation.
Osho (Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh) first showed his morning dynamic meditation in April 1970 at a meditation camp near Bombay. On that day, everyone was dumbfounded and fascinated at the same time. Indian journalists were amazed to see the participants yelling, screaming and tearing off their clothes - the whole scene was fatal and very intense. But how strong the tension was in the first, intense stage, just as deep was the relaxation in the second part, leading to complete peace, not achievable in ordinary life.
Osho explained:
“For ten years I have continuously worked with the methods of Lao Tzu, that is, I have continuously studied direct relaxation. It was very easy for me so I figured it would be easy for anyone. Then, time after time, I began to understand that this was impossible... I, of course, said “relax” to those whom I taught. They understood the meaning of the word, but could not relax. Then I decided to come up with new methods of meditation that first create tension - even more tension. They create such tension that you become crazy. And then I say "relax".
What is meditation? Osho Rajneesh talked a lot about meditation. On the basis of his conversations, many books have been compiled, in which all objects of meditation are considered in great detail, from the technique of execution to explanations of the finest internal nuances.
Pune 1
In 1974, Osho moved to Pune, where, together with his students, he opened an ashram in the beautiful Koregaon Park. Over the next seven years, hundreds of thousands of seekers from all over the world come there to experience Osho's new meditations and listen to his talks. In his conversations, Osho touches on all aspects of human consciousness, shows the innermost essence of all existing religions and systems of spiritual development. Buddha and Buddhist teachers, Sufi masters, Jewish mystics, Indian classical philosophy, Christianity, yoga, tantra, zen...
Osho says about his books:
“My message is not a doctrine, not a philosophy. My message is not verbal contact. It's much more risky. It is nothing more, nothing less than death and rebirth…”
Many people from all over the Earth felt this and found the strength and courage to touch this source and begin their own transformation. Those who are finally established in this decision take sannyas. The sannyas given by Osho is different from the traditional one. This is neosannyas. Former sannyasins - people who completely devoted themselves to spiritual practice, went to monasteries or secluded places and studied with their Master, minimizing contact with the outside world. Neo-sannyas Osho does not require this. Neo-sannyas is not a renunciation of the world, but rather a renunciation of the madness of the modern mind that breeds division between nations and races, depletes the Earth's resources into weapons and wars, destroys the environment for profit, and teaches its children to fight and dominate others. Modern sannyasins, Osho's students are in the thick of life, they are engaged in the most ordinary things, but at the same time they regularly engage in spiritual practice and, first of all, meditation, combining material life with spiritual life, synthesizing in themselves Zorba's love of life and the height of the Buddha's spiritual consciousness . This is how it is formed new person- Zorba the Buddha, a man who will be free from the madness of the modern mind. In Osho's words, "the new man is the only hope for the future."
One who becomes a sannyasin receives a new name, as a symbol of commitment to meditation and a break with the past. The name, usually derived from Sanskrit or Indian words, contains indications of a person's potential or a certain path. Women receive the prefix Ma - an indication of the highest qualities of female nature: to cherish and take care of themselves and others. Men receive the prefix Swami - which Osho translates as "self-mastery."
Osho met with his students every day, except for periods when he was unwell. His conversations went very well.
Rajneeshpuram
Rajneeshpuram is the city of dreams. In America I had a beautiful commune of five thousand people,
living happily without the shadow of class struggle. There was not a single beggar. Not a single child was born in five years. They worked hard, they meditated, and at night they danced, played flutes, played guitars. It was a dream turned into reality.
We have transformed the whole desert.
It was not a small place; it was one hundred and twenty-six square miles... a vast desert. We built dams, we had our own buses, our own cars - all our own. We had our own hospital, our own school, our own university.
And what happened to America? Why were they so worried about us, an oasis in the desert? The nearest town was twenty miles away. We weren't interested in anyone else. We enjoyed ourselves.
How it was - a chronicle of events
1981 Osho suffered from diabetes and asthma for many years. In the spring his condition worsened and he sank into a period of silence. On the recommendation of doctors in June of this year, he was taken to the United States for treatment. Osho's American disciples bought a 64,000-acre ranch in Central Oregon and founded Rajneeshpuram. In August, Osho arrived there. In the four years that Osho lived there, Rajneeshpuram was the most audacious experiment in creating a transnational spiritual commune. Every summer, up to fifteen thousand people from Europe, Asia, South America and Australia came to the festival organized there. As a result, the commune became a prosperous city with a population of five thousand people.
1984 Just as suddenly as he stopped speaking, Osho spoke again in October. He talked about love, meditation, and human bondage in a crazy, heavily conditioned world. He accused priests and politicians of corrupting human souls, of destroying human freedom. From the very beginning of the experiment to create a commune, federal and local authorities tried to destroy it in any way. Documents subsequently confirmed that the White House was involved in these attempts.
In October 1985, the American government accused Osho of violating immigration laws and took him into custody without any warning. He was kept in handcuffs for 12 days in custody, with no bail. In prison, he suffered physical damage. According to a subsequent medical examination, in Oklahoma he was exposed to a life-threatening dose of radiation and was also poisoned by thalium. When a bomb was found in Osho's Portland prison, he was the only one who was not evacuated. Worried about Osho's life, his lawyers agreed to admit a violation of the immigration law, and Osho left America on November 14th. The commune broke up. The US government was not content with violating its own constitution. When Osho, at the invitation of his students, went to other countries, the United States, using its influence in the world, tried to influence other states so that Osho's work would be disrupted wherever he arrived. As a result of this policy, 21 countries banned Osho and his companions from entering their borders. And these countries consider themselves free and democratic!
In July 1986, Osho returned to Bombay and his disciples again began to gather around him.
Return to Pune
In January 1987, as the number of people visiting him grew rapidly, he returned to Pune, where the Osho International Commune had by then formed. The daily wonderful conversations, meditations, holidays began again.
New names
In December 1988, OSHO goes back to bed with a serious illness that requires the presence of a personal doctor around the clock. Three weeks later, Osho reappears in the meditation hall and makes a startling statement. In her letter, a Japanese clairvoyant says that Gautama Buddha lives in the body of Osho. Osho confirms that this is true and declares his decision to renounce the title of Bhagavan. In addition, for the first time in many months, he takes off his sunglasses, which protected his eyes from camera flashes, and gives them to one of the students. Within a few days, he chooses a new name for himself and settles on an option that sounded in response to a reporter from United Press International.
Gautama Buddha took refuge in me. I am the host, he is my guest. This does not mean conversion to Buddhism. I am a buddha in my own right, that's why he decided to use my body to finish what he didn't have time to do. He waited a long time. For twenty-five centuries he has been a wandering cloud looking for a suitable body.
I am not a Buddhist. Gautam Buddha also did not set himself the goal of creating Buddhism, an organized religion. He never created it. The moment truth is turned into an organization, it immediately becomes a lie. Organized religion is just implicit politics, covert exploitation of people by the clergy, and it doesn't matter what the priest calls himself - shankaracharya, imam, rabbi or priest.
Gautama Buddha left no successor behind him. His last words were: “Don't put up statues for me, don't write down my words. I don't want to be a symbol, I don't want to be worshipped. And most of all I fear that you will become imitators. There is no need to become a Buddhist, because potentially each of you is a Buddha.”
And I also want to declare: I do not teach Buddhism. For that matter, I don't teach any "-ism" at all. I teach how to become a buddha.
And my people don't belong to any organized religion. They are independent, independent seekers. They are my companions and friends, not students.
By the way, I would like to recall the prophecy made by Guatama Buddha twenty-five centuries ago. He said, “When I come back again, I won't be able to be born from my mother's womb. I will have to take refuge in a person with a similar consciousness, the same level and under the same open sky. And they will simply call me Friend.”
The word "friend" implies great freedom. Buddha doesn't want to be a guru, he wants to be just a friend. He has something to talk about, but he does not want to bind others with any harsh conditions.
By the way, this is helpful, because some sannyasins are confused now. They do not know how to distinguish the words of the ancient Gautama Buddha from my own words. Gautama's prophecy clears up the confusion.
Although he has taken refuge in me, I will not call myself Gautama Buddha. Let me be called, according to his prophecy, "Buddha Maitreya." This will show the difference, there will be no more confusion.
On the fifth night after the unusual visit, Osho appears in the meditation hall with a new statement.
Gautama Buddha left due to some inconsistencies in the lifestyles of the host and guest. These four days were very difficult for me. I hoped that Gautam Buddha would understand what changes had taken place in the world over two and a half millennia, but he never succeeded. I did my best, but he is too peculiar and disciplined ... Twenty-five centuries have made him hard as a stone.
And therefore, even with the most unremarkable trifles, difficulties arose. He only sleeps on his right side. He is not used to the pillow and just puts his hand under his cheek. He considers a pillow a luxury.
I told him: “This cheap pillow is not a luxury. Sleeping with your head in your palms is a real torment. You think that you need to sleep only on the right side, but what was wrong with the left? Personally, I have a different principle: I always try to treat both sides of things equally.”
He ate only once a day - and demanded it from me. In addition, he was used to being fed only by alms and kept asking: “Where is my alms bowl?”
Last night, exactly at six o'clock, when I was taking a hot tub, he suddenly became terribly indignant, because he considered it a luxury even to bathe twice a day.
And I told him, “You have fulfilled your prophecy. You are back. But four days was enough for me - now goodbye! Stop wandering the earth, dissolve in your blue sky.
During these four days, you have already understood: I am doing the same thing that you wanted to do, but I am doing it in accordance with the dictates of the time and current conditions. But no one will order me anything. I am a free person. I gave you shelter with all my love, I received you as a dear guest, but do not even try to become the owner here.
All these days my head was pounding. I haven't had a headache in thirty years. I completely forgot what it is. But all my attempts to improve relations were in vain. He was used to doing everything his own way and could not even understand that times had changed.
So now I'm making an even more important, historic statement: I am just me.
If you like, you can call me Buddha, but this will no longer have anything to do with Gautama or Maitreya.
I am a buddha myself. The word 'buddha' simply means 'awakened one'. And now I declare that henceforth my name is Shri Rajneesh Buddha Zorba."
Soon "Shri Rajneesh Buddha Zorba" again deprives himself of all names and says that he will remain a man without a name. However, his sannyasins are confused, they do not know how to address him, and therefore they offer the title of Osho, which in many Zen parables is used as a respectful, respectful address. Osho agrees and supplements this word with a new meaning, linking it with the concept of "ocean" (ocean) by William James. He later says that it's not a name at all, but just a healing sound.
Zen Manifesto: Freedom from Self
For several weeks after the “visit” of Gautama Buddha, Osho seems to be overwhelmed with new reserves of strength and energy. The conversations are getting longer - a couple of times he spoke for almost four hours without a break. Osho's speech sounds noticeably livelier and more energetic. In several series of lectures, he links Zen to the work of Friedrich Nietzsche and Walt Whitman, compares it to Christianity, and even recommends it to Gorbachev as a simple path from communism to capitalism. However, in February 1989, after two lectures in a new series called The Zen Manifesto, Osho fell ill again and did not appear in the meditation hall until early April. The Zen Manifesto was the last series of his talks.
The Zen manifesto is absolutely necessary because all the ancient religions are now falling apart. And before they die completely, and mankind does not go crazy, Zen must be spread throughout the earth. New houses need to be built before the old ones fall apart.
Now you don't have to repeat the mistakes of the past. You lived in a house that did not exist at all, and therefore suffered from rains, cold winters and a burning sun, because the house existed only in your imagination. This time, it's time for you to enter your real home, and not hide in man-made temples, under the shelter of far-fetched religions. Hide in your own existence. Why be someone's exact copy?
This is a very important time. You are lucky that you were born in this era, when the old loses its validity and reality, when it just hangs around, because you are afraid to escape from this prison. But the doors are open! In truth, there are no doors at all, because the whole house where you live exists only in the imagination. Your gods, priests and holy scriptures are all in the imagination.
This time you must not make the same mistake. Humanity must make a qualitative leap, move from an old, rotten lie to a fresh, eternally young truth.
This is the Zen Manifesto.
Osho says his last words to the assembly of sannyasins on the evening of April 10, 1989:
You are now the most blessed people in the world. To remember yourself as a buddha is the most precious experience, because in it is your eternity, your immortality. It is no longer you, but the Universe itself. You are one with the stars and trees, the sky and the ocean. You are inextricably linked to all that is. The last thing the Buddha said was the word sammasati. Remember that you are buddhas! Sammasati.
Inner Circle
On April 6, 1989, Osho chooses the so-called "Inner Circle". This group includes twenty-one students from those who are engaged in the practical management of the community. This is not openly announced, but later he clearly explains to the members of the group that their goal is not the spiritual leadership of the community, but purely practical concerns about the availability of the fruits of his labor. In the event that someone from the “Circle” dies or for some reason refuses to continue work, another person is chosen to take his place by secret ballot. The group makes all its decisions only by general vote.
Tradition cannot be avoided. It's not in our power. After death, you no longer have the power to influence people. And therefore, it is better to give clear instructions to trusted people in advance than to leave everything to the mercy of the ignorant.
Care preparation
On the evening of April 10, at the end of the lecture, Osho tells his secretary that his energy has changed dramatically in quality. He explains that nine months before death, the energy moves into a period of preparation for death, just as nine months before birth, the energy of a person begins to develop in the mother's womb. Osho's next lecture was supposed to be the beginning of a new cycle called "The Awakening of the Buddha."
May 19 on general meeting in the meditation hall, it is announced that Osho will never again speak before an open meeting.
On May 23, it was announced that Osho would start coming to the meditation hall in the evenings. When he appears, music plays and everyone can have fun with him. The holiday is replaced by silent meditation, after which Osho leaves. After his departure, recordings of his conversations are shown in the hall.
Osho University was founded in June-July. It is made up of many "faculties" covering the seminars and programs offered by the community. Among the departments of the University are the Transformation Center, the School of Mystery, the School of Creativity and the Arts and the School of Martial Arts. Everyone is asked to come to evening meetings in white. This rule is established during the traditional Indian holiday in honor of the enlightened Teachers, which is held on the July full moon. The community has been celebrating this holiday for a long time.
On August 31, in the former Chuang Tzu Hall adjacent to his house, the arrangement of a new bedroom for Osho is being completed. He is directly involved in the decoration of the new room, which is decorated with marble and illuminated by a huge chandelier; floor-to-ceiling windows overlook a wild jungle garden.
On September 14, Osho returns to his former bedroom. The new room is given to the meditation therapy groups Mystic Rose and Out of Mind. A new indoor and air-conditioned glass corridor, built specifically for Osho to walk in the garden, is now intended for Vipasana, Za-Zen and other silent meditation groups.
On November 17, Osho gives instructions on what to do when he leaves this world. He also asks to set up a group to translate his books from Hindi to English language and leaves detailed instructions for the work of the Inner Circle.
On December 24, the English "Sunday Mail" publishes an article stating that Cardinal Ratzinger, that is, the Vatican, is responsible for the deportation of Osho from the United States.
On December 17, Osho's doctor announces that from now on he can no longer participate in evening meditations in the common room, but will briefly appear only to greet the audience. When Osho enters the hall, everyone sees that it is already very difficult for him to move around.
On January 18, Osho remains in his room and does not appear at the evening meeting, but conveys through assistants that he will attend the meeting invisibly.
Osho leaving the body.
January 19, 1990, at five o'clock in the evening, Osho leaves his body. Before that, he refuses the doctor's offer to carry out urgent medical intervention. Osho says: “The Universe itself measures its time”, closes his eyes and peacefully leaves. The doctor announces death at 7 pm, when everyone comes to the meditation hall for the daily meeting. After some time, when the sad news spreads throughout the community, Osho's body is brought to the hall, where a ten-minute farewell takes place. He is then carried in procession to a nearby pyre site. A farewell ceremony is held throughout the night.
Two days later, Osho's ashes are transferred to the Chuang Tzu Hall - the very room that was to be his new "bedroom". There he held talks and met with sannyasins and visitors for many years. By the will of Osho, the ashes are placed "by the bed", that is, on a marble slab in the center of the room, which was really intended as a support for the bed. Nearby, they strengthen a tablet with the words that Osho himself dictated a few months before:
Osho - never born, never died
He was often asked the question, what will happen when he dies? Here is Osho's response to Italian television:
“You ask what will happen when Osho dies. He is not God and he does not believe in any prophets, prophecies, or a messiah. They were all selfish people. Therefore, whatever he can do at this moment, he does. What happens after he leaves, he leaves to the will of existence. His trust in existence is absolute. If there is any truth in what he says, it will survive.”
Every day you sink deeper and deeper. Remember that no matter how far you go today, tomorrow you can go a little further. It may take two years, five, ten, twenty or thirty years, but you will certainly become buddhas. For me, you are already buddhas, it remains only to muster up the courage and admit it to yourself. Thirty years is not needed to become a buddha, because you are already buddhas. It may take thirty years to put aside the hesitation, the doubt that you are really a buddha. Even if I say this, all the buddhas try to convince you, but deep down you still doubt: “God, am I really a buddha? How can this be?” But one day you will see it for yourself. No one can convince you of this, you can only be convinced by yourself.
Osho chair
Detailed Letter on Osho's Retirement
Illustration: silentlights
What difference does it make who is stronger, who is smarter, who is more beautiful, who is richer? After all, in the end it only matters whether you are a happy person or not.
Osho's teachings can be seen as a chaotic mosaic composed of elements of Buddhism, Yoga, Taoism, Greek philosophy, Sufism, European psychology, Tibetan traditions, Christianity, Zen, Tantrism and many other spiritual currents, intertwined with his own views. Osho himself said that he does not have a system, because the systems are initially dead, and the living currents are constantly undergoing changes and improving.
This, perhaps, is the main advantage of his teaching - it does not give ready-made quick answers to all questions, but only provides a rich foundation that initially gives a good start for finding one's own path and forming one's own conclusions.
Throughout his life, Osho had different names. This is quite characteristic of the traditions of India and conveyed the essence of his spiritual activity. The name he received at birth is Chandra Mohan Jain. Later, they began to call him Rajneesh - the nickname of childhood. In the 60s, he was called Acharya ("spiritual teacher") Rajneesh, and in the 70-80s - Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh or simply Bhagwan ("enlightened"). By the name of Osho, he called himself only in Last year his life (1989-1990). In Zen Buddhism, "Osho" is a title that literally translates as "monk" or "teacher". So in history he remained Osho, and it is under this name that all his works are published today.
- People take everything so seriously that it becomes a burden on them.. Learn to laugh more. To me, laughter is as sacred as prayer.
- Every action leads to an immediate result. Be careful and watch. A mature person is one who has found himself, who has determined what is right and wrong for him, good and bad. He did it himself, so he has a huge advantage over those who do not have an opinion.
- We are all unique. No one has the right to say what is right and what is wrong. Life is an experiment in which we define these changing concepts every day. Sometimes, you may do something wrong, but it is through this that you will benefit greatly.
- There are times when God comes and knocks on your door.. It can happen in one of a million ways - through a woman, a man, a child, love, a flower, sunset or dawn... Be open to hear it.
- The desire to be unusual is the most common desire. But to relax and be ordinary is really unusual.
- Life is a series of mysteries and mysteries. It cannot be foreseen or predicted. But there are always people who would be satisfied with a life without secrets - fear, doubts and anxieties would go with them.
- First, listen to yourself. Learn to enjoy the company of yourself. Become so happy that you no longer care whether someone comes to you or not. You are already full. You don't wait in trepidation for someone to knock on your door. Are you at home already. If someone comes, great. No, that's fine too. Only with such an attitude can a relationship begin.
- If you are rich, don't think about it, if you are poor, don't take your poverty seriously.. If you are able to live in the world, remembering that the world is only a performance, you will be free, you will not be touched by suffering. Suffering comes only from a serious attitude to life. Start treating life like a game, enjoy it.
- Courage is a move into the unknown despite all fears. Courage is not the absence of fear. Fearlessness happens when you get bolder and bolder. But at the very beginning, the difference between a coward and a daredevil is not so great. The only difference is that a coward listens to his fears and follows them, while a daredevil leaves them aside and moves on.
- You change every moment. You are like a river. Today it flows in one direction and climate. Tomorrow is different. I have never seen the same face twice. Everything changes. Nothing stands still. But in order to see this, very penetrating eyes are needed. Otherwise the dust falls and everything becomes old; it seems that everything has already happened.
Listen more consciously. Wake yourself up.
When you feel like everything is boring, kick yourself hard. Yourself, not another.
Open your eyes. Wake up. Listen again.
We have collected 25 wise quotes Indian spiritual leader and mystic Osho (full name Chandra Mohan Rajneesh). Osho's teachings are several spiritual currents merged together, for example, such as Christianity, Sufism, Hasidism, Taoism, Zen and Tantrism.
1. Love has nothing to do with relationships, love is a state.
2. Love is not something that can be limited. You can hold it in your open hands, but not in your fist. The moment your fingers are clenched into a fist, they are empty. The moment your hands are open, the whole existence is available to you.
3. What difference does it make who is stronger, who is smarter, who is more beautiful, who is richer? After all, in the end, it only matters whether you are a happy person or not.
4. The child comes clean, nothing is written on it; there is no indication of who he should be - all dimensions are open to him. And the first thing to understand is that a child is not a thing, a child is a being.
5. A man suffers from a big inferiority complex because he cannot give birth to a child. This is one of the deepest unconscious inferiorities in a man. He knows that a woman is superior, because there can be nothing higher in life than the birth of life.
6. If you are brave, listen to your heart. If you are a coward, listen to your head. But there is no heaven for cowards.
7. Love is food for the soul. Love is to the soul what food is to the body. Without food, the body is weak; without love, the soul is weak.
9. To love is to share; to be greedy is to accumulate. Greed only wants and never gives, while love only knows how to give and asks nothing in return; She shares without conditions.
10. Love is not a quantity, it is a quality, and a quality of a special category that grows through bestowal and dies if you keep it. If you skimp on love, it dies.
11. Love knows no boundaries. Love cannot be jealous because love cannot possess. You own someone - that means you killed someone and turned it into property.
12. If love is understood as a meeting of two souls - not just a sexual, biological meeting of male and female hormones - then love can give you great wings, great insights into life. And then for the first time lovers can be friends. Sex is a natural flow vital energy and its lowest use. Sex is natural, because life without it is impossible. The lowest - because it is the base, but not the top. When sex replaces everything, life is lived in vain. Imagine that you are constantly laying the foundation, but the building for which it is intended is not erected.
13. Love is harmony. They love not only the body of another, but his whole being, his very presence. In love, the other is not used as a means, a way to relieve tension. You love the person himself. The other is not for you a means, an adaptation, but valuable in itself.
14. Love is the most powerful healing power in the world. Nothing can penetrate as deeply as Love - it heals not only the body, not only the mind, but also the soul. If a person is able to love, all his wounds will be healed...
15. The only criterion for life is bliss. If you do not feel that life is bliss, then know that you are going in the wrong direction.
16. The problems of life can only be solved with love, they cannot be solved with hatred.
17. A woman becomes a goddess when she explores and accepts her femininity.
19. Love is a flower so delicate that it cannot be forcibly made eternal.
20. Only when you give your love do you show that you have love, only when you give your life do you show that you have life. Happiness comes from a sense of self-worth. If you want to be a happy person, don't rummage through your memory. Make life around you beautiful. And let every person feel that meeting with you is a gift.
21. Love is just like the scent of a flower. She doesn't create relationships; it does not require you to be this or that, to behave in a certain way, to act in a certain way. She doesn't demand anything. She just shares.
22. People take everything so seriously that it becomes a burden for them. Learn to laugh more. To me, laughter is as sacred as prayer.
23. Love should be of such a quality that it brings freedom, not new chains; love gives you wings and encourages you to fly as high as possible.
24. A woman in love with you can inspire you to such heights that you never even dreamed of. And she asks for nothing in return. She just needs love. And this is her natural right.
Quotes and Aphorisms 06.08.2017
Dear readers, today we have a very deep and sincere topic on our blog - about the meaning of life. At some point, we all become interested in such questions, and then we turn to sages like Osho for answers. Surely everyone is familiar with this name and many came across on the net osho quotes, and someone may have read books compiled from his lectures. However, not everyone knows that Osho is far from being such an unambiguous and blissful person as he is sometimes presented. So let's find out more about him.
At birth in 1931, he was named Chandra Mohan Jein, then changed his name to Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh, which means "The blessed one who is god." He left this world 27 years ago as Osho, translated from Hindi - "Ocean, dissolved in the ocean."
The life of this Hindu mystic was very eventful and contradictory. He criticized socialism, Christianity and personally Mahatma Gandhi. He promoted free love relationship(he was even called the "sex guru" and the "guru of scandals"). He founded "special" settlements, the inhabitants of which were considered dangerous sectarians. He was banned from entering 21 countries! And only after his death, many realized that Osho's activity is not only shocking, but the “oceanic” person himself is not an overgrown hooligan, but a passionate, interested in many things, truly deep personality. This is also indicated by his quotes about life.
In essence, Osho's teachings are a combination of Buddhism, Yoga, Taoism, Sikhism, Greek philosophy and much more, even Christianity, which he did not really like, as well as personal experience. Osho said many wise important things, and in the books compiled on the basis of conversations with him (and there are more than a thousand such books), everyone will find something for themselves.
Osho's worldview
Osho's worldview is reflected in his statements:
“I don't have a system. Systems can only be dead. I am an unsystematic, anarchic stream, I am not even a person, but just a certain process. I don't know what I told you yesterday."
"Truth is beyond specific forms, attitudes, verbal formulations, practices, logic, and its comprehension is carried out by a chaotic, not a systematic method."
“My message is not a doctrine, not a philosophy. My message is a kind of alchemy, the science of transformation."
Many of Osho's lectures were paradoxical, but on this occasion he said the following: “My friends are surprised: yesterday you said one thing, and today another. What are we to listen to? I can understand their bewilderment. They just grabbed the words. Conversations are of no value to me, only the spaces between the words I speak are what is valuable. Yesterday I opened the doors to my emptiness with some words, today I open them with other words.
And yet, Osho's speeches, reflecting his views, have value for modern culture. I suggest we read the best Osho quotes ...
About happiness
Osho believed that everything that happens to you should be taken lightly. This will avoid suffering. Osho quotes about life help to see what true happiness is.
“What difference does it make who is stronger, who is smarter, who is more beautiful, who is richer? After all, in the end it only matters whether you are a happy person or not.
"There are three traps that steal joy and peace: regret for the past, anxiety for the future, and ingratitude for the present."
“If you are rich, don't think about it; if you are poor, don't take your poverty seriously. If you are able to live in the world, remembering that the world is only a performance, you will be free, you will not be touched by suffering. Suffering is the result of taking life seriously; bliss is the result of the game. Take life as a game, enjoy it.
“Do not look for the best, but look for your own. After all, the best will not always be yours, but yours will always be better ... "
Love is what's inside
Love is what's inside. Osho's quotes about love are very sincere. The objects of passion can change, the main thing is freedom and joy, although in principle they can be preserved in alliance with one partner. But to be tormented by love experiences, giving up something significant for yourself, is the wrong approach.
“Love has nothing to do with relationships, love is a state.”
“If you can have freedom and love at the same time, you don't need anything else. You have everything - that for which life is given.
“If you have caught a bird, then do not keep it in a cage, do not make it want to fly away from you, but could not. And make it so that she could fly away, but did not want to.
"If you want to love someone forever, you can't get close to him even for a minute."
“Stop thinking about how to get love and start giving it away. By giving, you receive. There is no other way…”
“Love never hurts anyone. If you feel that love hurts, then something else hurts, but not your love experiences. If you do not understand this, then you will continue to move in the same vicious circle.
“When you are sick, call the doctor. But most importantly, call those who love you, because there is no medicine more important than love.
“If you love and you don’t, let go. If you are loved, but you are not - rate and take a closer look. If love is mutual, fight.
“Love knows how to go into the unknown. Love knows how to discard all guarantees. Love knows how to rush into the unfamiliar and unknown. Love is courage. Trust love."
"You must know that freedom is the highest value, and if love does not give you freedom, then it is not love."
"The mind is a very businesslike, calculating machine; it has nothing to do with love."
“In fact, there is no reason why a woman should wait for the initiative from a man. If a woman is in love, she should take the first step. If the man did not respond, she should not feel humiliated.
Make life around you beautiful!
The idea is simple: you must always go forward and up and discover something new! Both around you and in yourself. Osho's inspirational quotes will support you along the way.
"The only person on earth we can change is ourselves."
“Make as many mistakes as possible, just remember one thing: don’t make the same mistake twice. And you will grow."
“Make life around you beautiful. And let every person feel that meeting with you is a gift.
“Whenever you are faced with a choice, be careful: do not choose what is convenient, comfortable, respectable, recognized by society, honorable. Choose what resonates with your heart. Choose what you would like to do, regardless of the consequences."
“You only need to be natural, as natural as your breathing. Love your life. Don't live according to any commandments. Don't live according to other people's ideas. Don't live the way people want you to. Listen to your own heart. Become silent, listen to the still, small voice within you and follow it."
“All the values that a person dreams of are hidden inside him.”
“You must constantly be engaged in purification: noticing some nonsense idea in your head, cleanse it of it, throw it away. If your mind is pure and clear, you will be able to find a solution for any problem that arises in your life.
“Any borrowed truth is a lie. Until it is experienced by yourself, it is never the truth.”
“Dedicate your life to beauty. Don't dedicate it to the disgusting. You don't have much time, not much energy to waste. Such a small life, such a small source of energy, is simply stupid to waste on anger, sadness, hatred, jealousy.
“Only one thing in the world is constant, and that is change. Everything else changes, except for changes.”
“We have inherited not only the mind of millions of past years. We have also inherited the madness of millennia.”
"If you become a river, you can't help but become an ocean!"
About communication
All this "socialization" is an illusion. Understand yourself and share the most intimate with loved ones who are ready to understand you.
"Give yourself the luxury of not hanging out with unpleasant people."
“Loneliness is a state when you are sick of yourself, tired of yourself, tired of yourself and you want to go somewhere and forget yourself in someone else.”
“No one can say anything about you. Whatever people say, they are talking about themselves."
“The greatest fear in the world is the fear of the opinions of others. The moment you are not afraid of the crowd, you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar resounds in your heart - the roar of freedom."
"Society will give you everything if you give it your freedom."
Smile is the main weapon!
High spirits are the basis of our existence. A smile is the main weapon!
“Have you ever noticed that man is the only animal that laughs?”
“People take everything so seriously that it becomes a burden on them. Learn to laugh more. To me, laughter is as sacred as prayer."
"Getting too serious is the greatest trouble."
“There comes a time in your life when you move away from the drama and the people who create it. You surround yourself with people you laugh with. You forget the bad and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right and pray for the rest. Life is so short, live it only happily. Falling is part of life, getting back on your feet is living it. Being alive is a gift, and being happy is your choice.”
"Truth is not a dogma, but a dance."
Difficulties are good for us
Isn't it too easy not to take the problems that arise to heart? Difficult, yes. But we should remember that difficulties are good for us.
"You're a big fan of creating problems... just understand this and suddenly the problems will disappear."
"Whatever happens, everything is fine."
"Fighting with others is only a ploy to avoid internal struggle."
"Heaven is where the flowers of your true self bloom. Hell is there - where your self is trampled on, and something is being imposed on you."
“Falling is part of life, getting back on your feet is living it. Being alive is a gift, and being happy is your choice.”
"The world comes to you as it comes from you."
Osho suffered from many diseases, for example, he had to be treated in the USA for diabetes and asthma, and at the time of his death, the philosopher was only 58 years old. So there is no doubt that he spoke about life in this way not because it was easy and cloudless for him. But because he really understood that there was no other way than to fall and rise again, and rejoice, and be grateful for everything.
