Occupation: Guru Birth: December 11, 1931 Death: January 19, 1990
For a prayer oriented religion the concept of a personal God is needed - to relate to. For meditation-oriented religions God is a useless hypothesis;….
Marriage is very secure. It is safe. There is no growth in it. One is simply stuck. Marriage is a sexual arrangement; intimacy is a search for love. ….
It is not a question of sitting silently, it is not a question of chanting a mantra. It is a question of understanding the subtle workings of the min….
Surrender is just like love. That's why I say only lovers can become sannyasins - because they know a little of how to surrender. Love is the first s….
What is wrong with enjoying yourself? What is wrong in being happy? If there is anything wrong it is always in your unhappiness, because an unhappy p….
Happiness is the death of the ego. If you want to remain a separate entity from existence as almost everybody is trying to do, you will be afraid of ….
If you are really spontaneous, people will think you are mad. If you go to a tree and start talking, or to a flower, people will think you are mad. ….
Instead of pleasing, learn the art of happiness..
What happens with your sex energy depends on how you use it. What it can become does not depend on it alone, but on your understanding and on how you….
Life is a mirror, it reflects your face. Be friendly, and all of life will reflect friendliness..
If you love yourself, you love others. If you hate yourself, you hate others..
If you wait for your natural soul mate to meet with you, it will be just like waiting for lightning with which to read your Bible. And you will not b….
If he loves, he wants to make a relationship out of it immediately! He wants to get married. He wants to create a certain conditioning. He wants to m….
A witnessing consciousness lives in life but with tremendous non-attachment, with great non-possessiveness; it possesses nothing. It lives totally, i….
Zen is the only religion in the world that teaches sudden enlightenment. It says that enlightenment takes no time, it can happen in a single, split s….
So silently, peacefully, without hurry, without any tension, without any anguish, move into yourself instantly. It is urgent. Unless meditation becom….
The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep, you become a lio….
Wherever there is desire and ambition, you are in bondage..
All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru..
It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.' Osho.
Eat, taste the food, and still remember that you are the watcher..