Individual Talks
These 3000 Individual Talks were originally spoken as Series of Talks, published as chapters of books.
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Death, the Consummation of Life
Talk #16 from the series A God That Can Dance ZarathustraAlso Available As: eBook"Death is the most misunderstood phenomenon. People have thought of death as the end of life. That is the first, basic misunderstanding.
"Death is not the end, but the beginning of a new life. Yes..." Learn More -
Death: A Snowflake Dissolving in Pure Air
Talk #7 from the series Vol. 3 Zen: The Path of Paradox"Death is not the enemy. It appears to be so because we cling too much to life. The fear of death arises out of the clinging. And because of this clinging we are unable to..." Learn More -
I Want to Provoke Your Jealousy
Talk #9 from the series Beyond PsychologyAlso Available As: eBook"It is part of my whole device to change the very structure of human consciousness.
"The past has revered poverty, asceticism, masochistic attitudes. A man was respected if he was renouncing all that is pleasant..." Learn More -
Jealousy: Society's Device to Divide and Rule
Talk #4 from the series From Personality to IndividualityAlso Available As: eBook"Society has exploited the individual in so many ways that it is almost impossible to believe.
"It has created devices so clever and cunning that it is almost impossible even to detect that they are..." Learn More -
Life, Death, and Love
Talk #8 from the series Ancient Music in the PinesOsho,
Can you talk about facing the death of each moment and letting go?
"Death is already happening. Whether you face it or not, whether you look at it or not, it is..." Learn More -
On the Utility of Not-Being
Talk #7 from the series Absolute TaoAlso Available As: eBook"The deepest core of being is non-being. The foundation of isness is nothingness. And when I say nothingness I don't mean nothing-ness. I only mean no-thingness.
"Form exists on the base of the formless. The..." Learn More -
The Circle Is Life's Eternal Law
Talk #1 from the series Living Tao"If death is destiny, as it is, then the whole of life becomes a preparation for it – a training, a discipline in how to die rightly and how to die totally and utterly. The whole of life consists in learning how to die." Learn More -
The Fear of Tomorrow Destroys Your Today
Talk #21 from the series Socrates Poisoned Again After 25 CenturiesYou are such an outrageously beautiful man. Is that the reason why more women become sannyasins than men? Is there anything you'd like to say especially to German women?
"Perhaps you are right. Only one..." Learn More -
The Miracle of Ordinariness
Talk #6 from the series A Bird on the Wing"The only miracle, the impossible miracle, is to be just ordinary. The longing of the mind is to be extraordinary. The ego thirsts and hungers for recognition. The ego feeds on the recognition that you..." Learn More -
The Shadow of a Shadow
Talk #3 from the series The Vol. 02 Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha"God is not really the center of religious inquiry – death is. Without death there would have been no religion at all. It is death that makes man seek and search for the beyond, the..." Learn More
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