A Rhythm of One – Osho
First try to understand the word ‘suchness’. Buddha depends on that word very much. In Buddha’s own language it is tathata – suchness. The whole Buddhist meditation consists of living in this word,...
View ArticleRemember that You are Not the Mind – Osho
We live enclosed in our own minds, and we carry that enclosure with us everywhere. So whatsoever we see, whatsoever we hear, whatsoever happens around us, it is never transmitted to the inner...
View ArticleThe Awakening of the Double-Pointed Arrow
It seems to me that the awakening of the double-pointed arrow is the fulcrum point, the nexus, of meditation. Before the awakening, all meditation is an exercise in creating and realizing the...
View ArticleMeditation Involves all Three
Osho often talks about the difference between concentration, contemplation and meditation or dhyana. Mostly, he is making a distinction in order to prod us on into real meditation or dhyana. But just...
View ArticleThe Bridegroom is Waiting for You – Osho
Now, try to understand these sutras of Patanjali. The seen which is composed of the elements and the sense organs is of the nature of stability, action, and inertia, and is for the purpose of providing...
View ArticleWatching and also Forgetting the Content
This last week’s meditation program, Program #05: Like the Empty Sky it has No Boundaries, inspired the latest posting on another koan. Osho speaks about both watching the mind and forgetting the...
View ArticleEmptiness from One Side, Fullness from Another – Osho
For a few moments the other morning, while watching you, I saw that nobody was there. I saw the emptiness, the hollow bamboo. Why did I find this spooky and awesome when you have been speaking of the...
View ArticleNo Bigger Lie than Death – Osho
We become free from that which we have known. We also triumph over that which we have known. Our failure and defeat are only because of our ignorance. Defeat is because of darkness; when there is...
View ArticleThe Path is Only a Reminder – Osho
If Zen is the path, and you are the gate, then who lives in the house? Prem Michael, Zen is the path, and I am the gate, and you live in the house. You have completely forgotten – that’s what makes the...
View ArticleThere is No Third Way – Osho
Why did the mind develop in a destructive direction? Man has lived almost four million years on this planet. In these four million years most of the time there were dark nights without fire, wild...
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