Individual Talks
These 3000 Individual Talks were originally spoken as Series of Talks, published as chapters of books.
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All Going Is Going Astray
Talk #10 from the series The First PrincipleOsho,
There are moments when I feel no hope, without feeling desperate, when there is recognition that the 'I' has fought enough and cannot help anymore. Yet under these momentary covers lingers the one and only longing: to become my real nature, to experience truth and to live it in the world. My mind pleases itself to call this longing an authentic, genuine thirst. However, the suspicion is there that it is just a way to hide my plain greed. Learn More -
Be Total Like a Child and Remain a Learner
Talk #3 from the series The Vol. 1 Wisdom of the SandsOsho,
One day you emphasize being mature, another day you say, 'Be like a child.' If I adopt a mature attitude, I feel my child is repressed and starved for expression. If I let my child dance, sing, then also childish attitudes come up, like clinging to a love-object. What should I do? Learn More -
Beyond Sex
Talk #10 from the series Vol. 1 Sufis: The People of the PathOsho,
Surely meditation is for mystics. Why do you propose it for ordinary people and their children?
"First, I have never come across an ordinary person; they do not exist. They are only..." Learn More -
Learn from This Experience
Talk #3 from the series From Bondage to FreedomAlso Available As: eBook"It is one of the most significant questions about life. The roseflower is beautiful, full of fragrance. The rock is almost just the opposite, but the rock can kill the roseflower very easily.
"So one..." Learn More -
Let-Go into Your Own Being
Are You Willing To Be Made Nothing?Talk #17 from the series The Secret"Religion is as simple as the fish swimming in the ocean, but man has become very complicated. It is because of man's complexity that religion looks arduous. Religion cannot be arduous because it is our..." Learn More -
Life and Death Are Part of the Same Circle
Talk #6 from the series Vol. 2 Zen: The Path of ParadoxOsho,
I am fifty, but I don't yet feel really mature and fully grown up. What is the matter with me?
"Maybe you have not yet killed anybody. That's a must. If you..." Learn More -
Maturity: Experience plus Awareness
Talk #6 from the series Talking TaoOsho,
Is it possible to have an original thought?
"It is impossible, absolutely impossible to have an original thought. Because mind is memory, mind is the past, mind is that which you have..." Learn More -
Old Age Is Beautiful
Talk #4 from the series Yoga: The Path to LiberationOsho,
Why am I always afraid of being old?
Show me how I can get rid of it.
"Life, if rightly lived, if really lived, is never afraid of death. If you have lived..." Learn More -
Tao – Allowing Things to Happen on Their Own
Talk #17 from the series The Secret of Secrets"Once some hunters went deep into a dark forest and found a hut in which a hermit was praying before a wooden cross. His face shone with happiness.
"'Good afternoon, Brother. May God give us..." Learn More -
The Meaning of Maturity
Talk #2 from the series Ancient Music in the PinesOsho,
You told me that my mind is immature. What does it mean to have a mind that is mature?
"To think that you know is to be immature. To function from knowledge..." Learn More
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