Individual Talks
These 3000 Individual Talks were originally spoken as Series of Talks, published as chapters of books.
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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 -
Becoming Is Going Away from Being
Talk #17 from the series From Death to DeathlessnessAlso Available As: eBook"The first thing to be understood: you cannot want enlightenment. If you want it, you are not going to get it. Wanting is the greatest barrier, because wanting is of the mind – and enlightenment..." 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 -
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
Talk #8 from the series Vol. 2 I Say Unto YouOsho,
Are there different levels of hedonism? I suspect 'Eat, drink and be merry' means different things to different people.
"Yes, there are two levels of hedonism, and they are almost polar opposites..." Learn More -
Ecstasy: The Ultimate Freedom
Dance Today with JoyTalk #9 from the series Ecstasy: the Forgotten LanguageAlso Available As: eBook"Ecstasy is a language that man has completely forgotten. He has been forced to forget it, he has been compelled to forget it. The society is against it, civilization is against it. The society has..." 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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