God is available to all, unconditionally to all, categorically to all. You do not have to fulfill certain conditions; you do not have to rise to a certain level. God is available to you as you are, because God has become you. There is nobody else inside you, says Osho, the Zen master.
September 28, 1970 was a memorable day. At Manali in the Himalayas, Osho initiated His first group of sannyasins. This event was followed by this special evening discourse, on the significance of Neo Sannyas.“To me, sannyas does not mean renunciation; it means a journey to joy bliss. To me, sannyas is not any kind of negation; it is a positive attainment. But up to now, the world over, sannyas has been seen in a very negative...
One of the most important events for the sake of mankind took place on September 28, 1970 in Manali, a beautiful hill station located in central Himachal Pradesh, a township spread along the banks of the river Beas. Interestingly, the name 'Manali' literally means the abode of Manu. When Manu and other gods were flooded, they were saved...
A hermit once told me, "I have renounced everything for the God and now I have nothing left." I see that truly he has nothing left, but I tell him that he still possesses that which he should have renounced, that which is the only thing that could have been renounced. He looks all around. He really has no...
Neo-sannyas is an effort to introduce the concept of 'sannyas without any renunciation of the world'.To me, India has given only one thing to the world, to human consciousness, and that is the concept of sannyas the concept of renunciation. But this renouncing can be one of two things. It can be of the world...
“Sannyas is basically a rebellion about all structures, hence the difficulty to define. Sannyas is a way of living life unstructuredly. Sannyas is to have a character which is characterless. By 'characterless' I mean you don't depend anymore on the past. Character means the past, the way you have lived in the past, the way you have become habituated...
Education, upbringing, gives you a particular identity, a particular image. You begin to feel, "I am this." Everyone has an image of himself: "I am this." A good man, a bad man, a religious man, an intelligent man or a stupid one, everyone has an image of himself which has been given by the society, by the parents, by education. How to throw this? Sannyas was a method to throw this...
“Accept whatsoever is happening all around; let it become an organic whole. It is -- you may know it or you may not know it. Everything is inter-related. These birds, these trees, this sky, this sun, this earth, you, me -- all are related. It is an organic unity. If the sun disappears, the trees will disappear; if the trees disappear, the birds will disappear; if the birds and trees disappear, you cannot be here, you will disappear. It is an ecology. Everything is deeply related with each other.” OSHO Ancient Music in the Pines # 3
Eminent Odissi dancer, Padma Vibhushan Sonal Mansingh, inaugurated “Krishna Week” and launched “Colors of Love”- an exhibition of paintings, enamelware, ceramics and home textiles- on 19th August 2008 at 6.30 pm with a “Baithak” (dance excerpts) depicting various moments and episodes from the life of Lord Krishna...
The friends of Osho in the Atlanta area recently held a three day Osho meditation camp. Swami Anand Arun of Osho Tapoban, Nepal, conducted the camp for the nineteen participants.The Atlanta camp was an intense experience with the first meditation of the day beginning at 8:30 am and the camp day ending around 9 pm...
Buddha in Bazaar
The Times of India (What’s Hot),
29th August, 2008
Many leave the city to seek solitude, where their individuality can blossom. But who says it can blossom only in the jungle? It can blossom in a city like Delhi too. All we need to know is the art of meditation in the marketplace!
Life is one existence but being just one makes it monotonous. So it plays the game of essential polarities—of yin and yang, man and woman, dark and light, life and death, saint and sinner. Accepted in unity, these polarities can really enrich life!
You love a woman or a man. You immediately start to think of marriage. Of making your togetherness a legal contract. Why? How does law enter love? Law enters love when there’s no love!
Only bliss makes a person compassionate. If he has known joy, he’ll feel compassion for those who suffer. If he hasn’t known any joy, he’ll ask why he should feel compassion at all...
We work, work, work the whole day. If we don’t get what we desire, we keep on doing…At times, we may achieve what we want yet it does not satisfy us! We stay frustrated. Why?
In response to questions from individuals and members of the press, Osho speaks on the essential and timeless path of meditation – focusing on india’s ancient heritage of inquiry into transforming human consciousness, of going within ourselves rather than looking to the outer world for fulfillment and recognition.
God is available to all, unconditionally to all, categorically to all. You do not have to fulfill certain conditions; you do not have to rise to a certain level. God is available to you as you are, because God has become you. There is nobody else inside you, says Osho, the Zen master.