From Meher Baba to Osho with Love
As the rickshaw pulled to a stop, I looked up and read the sign at the top of the gate – Shree Rajneesh Ashram. Quite a large fellow with a German accent (Haridas) greeted me and I heard myself say,...
View ArticleFrom Lemurs to Lamas: Confessions of a Bodhisattva
I have just completed a collection of stories and essays from along the way. Some of the material has already been posted on Sat Sangha Salon but most of it is new. You are free to download and...
View ArticleTerence Stamp Takes Sannyas
Terence Stamp travelled to India and became a disciple of Osho′s, then called Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, on Tuesday November 16th. 1976. The following is an account of his initiation into sannyas as it...
View ArticleNow, the Whole Responsibility is Yours – Osho
Have you stopped initiating people into sannyas and creating disciples? Am I to be deprived of becoming your disciple? A disciple is not made, one has to become one. When you love someone, do you first...
View ArticleWhat is Rebellion – Osho
What is rebellion? And what is the difference between reaction and the action of the rebellious man? The first thing to be understood is the difference between rebellion and revolution. Revolution is...
View ArticleSannyas is Eternal – Osho
What do you foresee as the future of your sannyas movement? Do you see it as prospering, even when you’re not here? Sannyas movement is not mine. It is not yours. It was here when I was not here. It...
View ArticleThe Nameless One
An ancient story: Once there was a Master who understood the ways of mind better than most, who understood the myriad ways that his disciples could destroy his teachings after he was gone. He did...
View ArticleExistence is Made out of Joy – Osho
How can I know if detachment or indifference is growing within? It is not difficult to know. How do you know when you have a headache and how do you know when you don’t have a headache? It is simply...
View ArticleLike a Wildfire in the West – Osho
For some time I have been feeling that you are in a hurry. What is that hurry and why?… I am in hurry for three reasons: first, no matter how much time one has, one will always find it insufficient....
View ArticleI am Not a Person – Osho
Dear Osho, I love you. In a Sannyas Magazine you said that you are not a person.Then what are you? The question is from Prem Bindiya. She is a small girl, ten years old. Bindiya, nobody is a person,...
View ArticleSannyas is Like a Funnel
Sannyas like so many words in India has layers and layers of meanings. Sannyas is like a funnel. At the top of the funnel and on the periphery are being part of a larger group, the personal love affair...
View ArticleSurrender is Understanding – Osho
My surrender is goal-oriented. I’m surrendering in order to win freedom, so it is not real surrender at all. I’m watching it, but the problem is: it is always “I” who is watching. Therefore, every...
View ArticleA Divine Abode
In my leaving darshan I told Osho I wanted to open a meditation center in Kansas City and he gave the name Devalayam. Devalayam means ‘divine abode.’ I bought a couple of series of discourses on...
View ArticleMaster of Your Own Mind – Osho
Those who have purified the mind by the practice of sannyas and yoga, and those who have come to understand the exact meaning of the spiritual science indicated in the Upanishad’s Vedant, they in the...
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