Individual Talks
These 3000 Individual Talks were originally spoken as Series of Talks, published as chapters of books.
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A Blueprint of How to Grow
Talk #9 from the series Yoga: A New DirectionAlso Available As: eBook"There are laws, and laws: laws to suppress man, laws to help him bloom; laws to prohibit, restrict, and laws to help him expand, increase. A law which simply prohibits is destructive; a law that..." Learn More -
A Scientific Method of Attaining the Fantastic
Talk #9 from the series Yoga: The Science of Living"'I am beginning to lose faith in my ability,' said the young salesman to his friend. 'Today has been terrible, and not one sale. I have been thrown out of apartments, had doors slammed in..." Learn More -
Desireless, You Are Enlightened
Talk #2 from the series The Path of YogaOsho,
You said last night that total despair, frustration and hopelessness is the beginning ground for Yoga. This gives Yoga a pessimistic look. Is this pessimistic state really necessary to begin the path of Yoga? Can an optimist also begin with the path of Yoga? Learn More -
Patanjali Is a Great Persuader
Talk #4 from the series Yoga: The Science of the SoulAlso Available As: eBookOsho,
Please explain how a seed can flower without the bit in between.
"The seed can flower without the gap, without the time gap in between, because the seed is already flowering. You..." Learn More -
Silence Has Its Own Messages
Talk #7 from the series Yoga: The Science of Living"There is a parable in Friedrich Nietzche's The Gay Science.
"A madman enters a marketplace with a lantern, crying. 'I see God! I see God!' but the busy crowd is unconcerned at his outbursts and..." Learn More -
Simplicity Never Appeals to the Ego
Talk #2 from the series Yoga: The Science of the SoulAlso Available As: eBookOsho,
What you have been saying about Heraclitus, Christ and Zen seems like kindergarten teachings compared to Patanjali. Heraclitus, Christ and Zen make the final step seem close; Patanjali makes even the first step seem almost impossible. It seems like we Westerners have hardly begun to realize the amount of work that has to be done. Learn More -
Start from Where You Are
Talk #1 from the series Yoga: The Science of Living"Once a master of Zen invited questions from his students. A student asked. 'What future rewards can be expected by those who strive diligently with their lessons?'
"Answered the master, 'Ask a question close to..." Learn More -
Take the Jump into Enlightenment!
Talk #4 from the series Yoga: A New DirectionAlso Available As: eBookOsho,
You say one can take a jump for quick attainment of enlightenment. Is it possible? Enlightenment means going upward, isn't it? But a jump can only be taken if we want to go downward, like jumping from a multistoried mansion onto the ground. How can one jump from the ground to the top of the mansion? One can only go upward, ascending something. Please explain. Learn More -
The Ego Is the Subtlest Dream
Talk #9 from the series The Essence of Yoga"'Man is being abolished,' says C. S. Lewis. 'Good riddance,' says B. F. Skinner. 'How like a god,' says Shakespeare's Hamlet about man. 'How like a dog,' says Pavlov. The trouble is that man is..." Learn More -
The Eight Steps of Yoga
Talk #5 from the series Yoga: A New DirectionAlso Available As: eBook"The light that you seek is within you. So the search is going to be an inward search. It is not a journey to some goal in the outer space; it is a journey in..." Learn More
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