Individual Talks
These 3000 Individual Talks were originally spoken as Series of Talks, published as chapters of books.
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A Gathering of Independent Individuals
Talk #2 from the series Joshu: The Lion's Roar"Maneesha, Joshu is a very rare case. Joshu had become a priest when he was still a child and experienced his first satori when he was seventeen. He said of this experience: 'Suddenly, I was..." Learn More -
A Taste of Sufism
"Once a learned Mohammedan came to me and asked, 'You are not a Mohammedan, then why do you speak on Sufism?'
"I told him, 'I am not a Mohammedan, obviously, but I am a Sufi..." Learn More -
Beauty Is the First Glimpse of the Divine
Surrender is the door...Talk #4 from the series Vol. 3 Come Follow to YouOsho,
How would you describe your particular path to enlightenment in relationship to other traditional paths such as the various kinds of yoga, Sufism, Buddhism, Zen, Christianity, etcetera?
"I have no particular path...." Learn More -
The Psychology of Belief
Talk #34 from the series The Path of the MysticAlso Available As: eBook"The most important need of humanity today is to be made aware that its past has betrayed it; that there is no point in continuing the past, it will be suicidal; that a new humanity..." Learn More -
Celebrate Life
Talk #11 from the series Vol. 1 Sufis: The People of the Path"You ask me: What is there to celebrate? What isn't there to celebrate? Everything that one can imagine is there. Everything that one can desire is there. And it is more than you can imagine. It is in abundance. Life is a luxury!" Learn More -
Dissolving the Five Afflictions
Talk #5 from the series The Alchemy of YogaAlso Available As: eBook"Life seems to be an endless chain of miseries. From birth to death one suffers and suffers; still one wants to live. One continues to cling to life.
"Albert Camus has said somewhere, and very..." Learn More -
Don’t Be Afraid of Contradictions
Talk #9 from the series The Vol. 1 Wisdom of the SandsOsho,
If India is such an unspiritual country, why are so many enlightened beings born here?
"Spirituality is individual. It has nothing to do with the social, the collective. No society is spiritual..." Learn More -
Empty Heart, Empty Mind
Talk #2 from the series Rinzai: Master of the IrrationalAlso Available As: eBook"Maneesha, Rinzai is right. The way you walk, the way you talk, the way you see – all your gestures indicate your inner reality. It cannot be otherwise, because whatever is shown on the circumference..." Learn More -
Everybody Is on the Path
Talk #4 from the series Rinzai: Master of the IrrationalAlso Available As: eBook"Maneesha, before I discuss this small and yet significant anecdote about Rinzai, I have to introduce to the Museum of Gods a gift from Rafia.
"For a few months there has been a very strange..." Learn More -
Falling from the Head to the Heart
Talk #1 from the series Until You Die"There are religions and religions, but Sufism is the religion – the very heart, the innermost core, the very soul.
"Sufism is not part of Islam; rather, on the contrary, Islam is part of Sufism...." Learn More
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