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Bhagavad Gita Verse 5.29
Be Simple – In Gita Verse 5.29 A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of...
VBT – Meditation 47.4
VBT – Meditation 47.4 Aum, Sweet Aum It’s only when the mind is silent and you are absolutely calm that you can hear the sound of Aum. The sound of aum is the most significant sound, the most fundamental, the most elemental; it is the source of all sounds....
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Yoga Sutra 16.1 Overflowing Energy
Live a simple life of needs being fulfilled, with no mad desires. You need food, you need clothing, you...
Prayer
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. – Meister Eckhart Prayer The Sufi mystic was a rebellious person. It happened this time that for three days they had no food, because every village they passed refused...
Old Man’s Answer
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein Old Man’s Answer A Sufi story. A man was sitting at the gate of a town, an old man. A rider stopped, a horse rider and asked him, ”what...
You Have Stolen My Heart
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. – Albert Schweitzer You Have Stolen My Heart 💓 Let me tell you a Zen anecdote about a burglar who entered the house of a Zen master to rob him....
Wood Cutting
Relaxation means you don’t have any shoulds. You are simply living moment to moment, not according to some future idea of yourself, but according to your reality that is herenow. – Osho Wood Cutting A Zen story. A very curious king, wanting to know about what these...
In Deep Patience
In Deep Patience People from the West come to me and they say, “This very evening we are leaving,...
The Fundamental Rule
The Fundamental Rule Be a little more aware when you make such assumptions. You think that somebody is mad?...
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Something Of Me Behind
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. – Corazon Aquino Something Of Me Behind Once in awhile there have been single individuals who had the quality of true religion; for example, Bodhidharma. One of the most lovable human beings, he went...
Mindfulness Means Life
God never guide a man like a shepherd with a stick in their hand. Instead they deliver intelligence and wisdom to the person. – Vidur Mindfulness Means Life What Buddha said… : Mindfulness is the way to the Deathless (Nibbana), unmindfulness the way to Death. Those who are mindful...
Dying Wish
Buddha was once threatened with death by a bandit called Angulimal. “Then be good enough to fulfill my dying wish,” said Buddha. “Cut off the branch of that tree.” One slash of the sword, and it was done! “What now?” asked the bandit. “Put it back again,” said Buddha....
Bilalapadaka The Selfish Rich Man
It is thought that spirituality is a difficult attainment. It is neither: that is, it is neither difficult nor an attainment. Whatsoever you are, you are already spiritual. – Osho Bilalapadaka The Selfish Rich Man What Buddha said… : Do not think lightly of doing good, saying, “A little...
Consciousness Is Contagious
Consciousness Is Contagious They should go hand in hand, but you have to understand that neither science can become meditative nor meditation can become just science. They are two dimensions of human existence. A man can be both: he can be a scientist in his lab, and he can...
Just To Be Able To Dance 2
Just To Be Able To Dance 2 Direction is very subtle, delicate, fragile. That’s why everybody has chosen destination. Society tries to fix a destination for you. Parents, teachers, culture, religion, government: they all try to give you a fixed pattern of life. They don’t want you to be...
The Greatest Luxury
The Greatest Luxury Then the second part is purification. When the desire has arisen, then you have to be purified, because to reach the ultimate truth you will have to drop much unnecessary weight, much luggage that you have always carried. You carried it because you thought it was...
Raw, Cooke, Burnt
Raw, Cooke, Burnt If you really want to be in a state of prayerfulness, have done with words. You have been taught as Christians, as Hindus, as Mohammedans, how to pray, what words to use, what is proper prayer. All prayers are false. The real prayerfulness has nothing to...
Flute
Flute In the stillness of the night someone is playing on a flute. The moonlight appears to have frozen. This cold, solitary night, and the notes of the flute coming from far away sweet as a dream – all this is unbelievably beautiful. How much nectar can a hollow...
No One Is Insignificant
No One Is Insignificant And don’t be worried that you are helpless to do anything. The idea of helplessness has arisen because you have never been told what your resources are. You have never looked into your resources – your love, your silence, your peace, your compassion, your joy....
Life Is A Luxury
Life Is A Luxury It started raining, and as it started raining the driver speeded up. The wipers were not working. The hippie could not see at all through the windshield so he told the driver, “The wipers are not working and you are going with such speed. I...
Repression Or Transformation
Repression Or Transformation Now, a man who is on the path of repression will suppress this desire, close his eyes toward the object and run away. That is a run-away method. But where can you run? – Because you are running from yourself. You can run from the woman...
Catalyst
Catalyst Osho, Will you be my catalyst towards God-realization? My approach is that the more you forget about God, the better. Leave him alone. Realize yourself. This is again an escape from your problems. God-realization, nirvana, moksha: these are avoiding your real problems, these are ways you start going...
Thin Silver Layer
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. -Buddha Thin Silver Layer I have heard: A rich Jew went to a Hassid mystic and said, “I want to pray, but however much I try my desires don’t leave me alone. I want...
Devices To Transcend Dreaming
Devices To Transcend Dreaming Will you please explain to us what are some of the other factors which can make one conscious while dreaming? This is a significant question for all those who are interested in meditation, because meditation is really a transcending of the process of dreaming. You...
Cherry Blossom And The Misty Moon
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. – John F. Kennedy Cherry Blossom And The Misty Moon It happened about a very famous Zen woman, her name was Rengetsu…. Very few women...
Osho's Preaching
A Milestone Marked Zero Zero is the symbol, the image, of the perfect. It is a geometrical image of...
Life Is An Opportunity Remember, one who does not know about his birth will have great difficulty in knowing...
No One Is Insignificant And don’t be worried that you are helpless to do anything. The idea of helplessness...
Selling Water By The River Withdrawal brings a peace that is suicide. Yes, you go to the Himalayas, you...
Just To Be Able To Dance 1 Osho, Yesterday you said that an inward traveler has only direction and...
Let-Go Is My Only Approach The first question: Osho, I have been here now for almost two and a...
Happy People Are Dangerous In the beginning was the word, or the logos. The same cannot be said about...
Freedom And Love: The Centre And The Circumferences Relatedness works but not relationship, and you have to understand the...
Beyond Acceptance And Rejection Osho, The vision “neither this nor that” feels so negative, so absolutely negative. How can...
In the greed of tasty food a fish swallows the bait with iron hooks. It clearly overlooks the upcoming...
The cause of suffering is that the unbounded Self is overshadowed by the world. – Patanjali Millions Of Reflection...
The servant who does not acts as per command of his master, denies duty, who is proud, and speaks...
The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts. – Marianne Williamson Poor Man’s Hut The man...
Once, a cat saw a smart young boy. The cat fell in love with him. She wished that she...
A farmer’s daughter was carrying her Pail of milk from the field to the farmhouse, when she fell a-musing....
Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness. – Henri Frederic Amiel Cooking The Khichdi It was winter....
If a man recites religious scriptures without bothering to understand the ideas being stated. Such person is not better...
The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. – Eddie Vedder An Idiot And A Wise Man...
Life is a song – sing it. Life is a game – play it. Life is a challenge –...
Once, a fox lived in a forest. One fine morning, he was roaming around the forest and he was...
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. –...
Any man who aims at satisfying his ego is either wasting his precious time or is creating an unnecessary...
Wisdom accepts everything and transforms it; only ignorance rejects. Only ignorance rejects – wisdom accepts everything. Even a poison...
I have told you the story of a Zen master… A thief entered his house without knowing that it...
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Yama
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Eight Fold Path of Yoga
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Viveka Khyateh
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Purusha
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Yama
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Eight Fold Path of Yoga
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