Behind a Thousand Names
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Osho loves the Nirvana Upanishad because it is so revolutionary – it insists that the only way to experience true awareness is to go beyond all systems of morality. Maybe this is why Osho's commentary is the first one on this Upanishad.
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Osho loves the Nirvana Upanishad because it is so revolutionary – it insists that the only way to experience true awareness is to go beyond all systems of morality. Maybe this is why Osho's commentary is the first one on this Upanishad.
Excerpt from: Behind a Thousand Names, Chapter 1
"The aim is to know the truth. Only by knowing that which is can one be free of misery and unhappiness; only then can all anxieties and all pain end. Only by knowing that which is can one be really free. Only by knowing that which is can truth be experienced and with it, immortality. To know that which is is to know the deathless.
"But that which is has many names. It is bound to be so, because without giving everything a name you are not comfortable. That is why the sage says that the aim is to know that which is behind a thousand names. Some call it Brahma, some call it Vishnu, some call it Rama, some call it Rahim and some call it God. To know that truth which is beyond the thousands of names is the aim.
"Actually, truth has no name, and that is why it can be given thousands of names.
"Remember, if it had one name it could not be called by thousands of names. Because it has no name, it can be called by any name. But human beings, in different languages, in different times and through different experiences, have given it many, many names. They all point to the same thing, though the words are different." Osho
"But that which is has many names. It is bound to be so, because without giving everything a name you are not comfortable. That is why the sage says that the aim is to know that which is behind a thousand names. Some call it Brahma, some call it Vishnu, some call it Rama, some call it Rahim and some call it God. To know that truth which is beyond the thousands of names is the aim.
"Actually, truth has no name, and that is why it can be given thousands of names.
"Remember, if it had one name it could not be called by thousands of names. Because it has no name, it can be called by any name. But human beings, in different languages, in different times and through different experiences, have given it many, many names. They all point to the same thing, though the words are different." Osho
In this title, Osho talks on the following topics:truth... bliss... darkness... love... energy... anger... sound... kabir... ravana... voltaire...
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| Publisher | Zen Bunka Kenkyujo |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 81-7261-015-7 |
| Dimensions (size) | 127 x 205 mm |
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