A couple of days back I was searching for a Hindi audio/video of Osho’s where he talks about the whole game of charity and the responsibilities of the “needy” and the “poor”. While searching for that video, I stumbled across this delightful short interview where Osho says why […]
This excerpt is from the book “Come, Come, Yet Again Come”. The opening lines in the first page are so beautiful that I want to post the picture here, more to reinforce the message to myself … Ours is not a caravan of despair ! oh, only Osho […]
Thanks to Swami Chaitanya Keerti, I became a part of a group of meditators in Gurgaon. One of the group members sent this picture over WhatsApp. The Master of Masters left his body on this day in 1990. The literal translation is “If you feel like hurting/harming someone […]
I have started reading this book of Osho’s titled “I Am That” – these are his discourses on Isha Upanishad. The following story excerpt is on page 247. “.. When Alexander the Great came to India.. and he came at a very right, ripe moment.. Buddha had left […]
This story is an excerpt from the book “The Miracle” which is compiled from the talks Osho gave on Zen in August 1988. “…. Mulla Nasruddin died.. his grave still exists in Iran. He used to carry his door wherever he would go, and people would ask, “What […]
Chapter 2 Verses 64 and 65 रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् | आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति || 64|| rāga-dveṣha-viyuktais tu viṣhayān indriyaiśh charan ātma-vaśhyair-vidheyātmā prasādam adhigachchhati rāga—attachment; dveṣha—aversion; viyuktaiḥ—free; tu—but; viṣhayān—objects of the senses; indriyaiḥ—by the senses; charan—while using; ātma-vaśhyaiḥ—controlling one’s mind; vidheya-ātmā—one who controls the mind; prasādam—the Grace of God; adhigachchhati—attains Translation […]
Chapter 2 Verse 63 क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोह: सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रम: | स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति || 63|| krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛiti-vibhramaḥ smṛiti-bhranśhād buddhi-nāśho buddhi-nāśhāt praṇaśhyati krodhāt—from anger; bhavati—comes; sammohaḥ—clouding of judgement; sammohāt—from clouding of judgement; smṛiti—memory; vibhramaḥ—bewilderment; smṛiti-bhranśhāt—from bewilderment of memory; buddhi-nāśhaḥ—destruction of intellect; buddhi-nāśhāt—from destruction of intellect; praṇaśhyati—one is ruined […]
Today is the Vaishaka Purnima and on this day Siddhartha Gautama was born who later became Gautama Buddha. When Osho was asked by the famous poet Sumitranandan Pant to choose just 12 significant mystics from across the ages he gave the following names – Krishna, Patanjali, Buddha, Mahavira, […]
This story is from the book “Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen” and its obviously a Zen story ! …………………………………………………………………… “Two temples were traditionally antagonistic to each other. Both priests had a small boy to run errands and both priests told the boys, ‘Don’t talk to the boy […]
This beautiful anecdote from Bodhidharma’s life is from the book “The Search” which is a compilation of the talks that Osho gave on “The Ten Bulls of Zen”. “……………………………………………………… Bodhidharma went to China. The emperor said, “I am in a deep turmoil within. I am very ambitious though […]
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