Let the Tiger Disappear
Individual Talk
From:The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol. 11
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Osho,
To become enlightened, do you need to be Jewish or does it just help?
"Religion has been missing one very fundamental quality: the sense of humor. It has been very unfortunate because..."
To become enlightened, do you need to be Jewish or does it just help?
"Religion has been missing one very fundamental quality: the sense of humor. It has been very unfortunate because..."
Osho,
To become enlightened, do you need to be Jewish or does it just help?
"Religion has been missing one very fundamental quality: the sense of humor. It has been very unfortunate because..."
Osho continues:
To become enlightened, do you need to be Jewish or does it just help?
"Religion has been missing one very fundamental quality: the sense of humor. It has been very unfortunate because..."
"It is a cosmic joke; it is not a serious affair.
"Seriousness is a disease, but seriousness has been praised, respected, honored. It was absolutely essential to be serious to be a saint; hence only pathological people became interested in religion, people who were incapable of laughter. And people who are incapable of laughter are subhuman, they are not human yet – what to say about their being divine? That is impossible – they have not yet become human. And to be human is the bridge between the animal and the divine. Hence I have tremendous respect for the sense of humor, for laughter.
"Laughter is far more sacred than prayer, because prayer can be done by any stupid person; it does not require much intelligence. Laughter requires intelligence, it requires presence of mind, a quickness of seeing into things. A joke cannot be explained: either you understand it or you miss it. If it is explained it loses the whole point; hence no joke can be explained. Either immediately you get it. If you don't get it immediately then you can try to find out the meaning of it; you will find out the meaning, but the joke will not be there. It was in the immediacy.
"Humor needs presence, utter presence. It is not a question of analysis, it is a question of insight.
"As far as humor is concerned, to be a little bit Jewish is very good – everybody should be a little bit Jewish! For enlightenment it will prepare the ground, it will make you more alive. Enlightenment is becoming totally alive. Laughter brings life to you.
"And if you can laugh totally there are a few more things to be understood. In deep laughter the ego disappears, it is not found at all. You can't have both laughter and the ego. If the ego is there it will keep you serious. All egoists are serious people, and all serious people are egoists.
"To be able to laugh, you need to be like a child – egoless. And when you laugh, suddenly laughter is there, you are not. You come back when the laughter is gone. When the laughter is disappearing far away, when it is subsiding, you come back, the ego comes back."
"Seriousness is a disease, but seriousness has been praised, respected, honored. It was absolutely essential to be serious to be a saint; hence only pathological people became interested in religion, people who were incapable of laughter. And people who are incapable of laughter are subhuman, they are not human yet – what to say about their being divine? That is impossible – they have not yet become human. And to be human is the bridge between the animal and the divine. Hence I have tremendous respect for the sense of humor, for laughter.
"Laughter is far more sacred than prayer, because prayer can be done by any stupid person; it does not require much intelligence. Laughter requires intelligence, it requires presence of mind, a quickness of seeing into things. A joke cannot be explained: either you understand it or you miss it. If it is explained it loses the whole point; hence no joke can be explained. Either immediately you get it. If you don't get it immediately then you can try to find out the meaning of it; you will find out the meaning, but the joke will not be there. It was in the immediacy.
"Humor needs presence, utter presence. It is not a question of analysis, it is a question of insight.
"As far as humor is concerned, to be a little bit Jewish is very good – everybody should be a little bit Jewish! For enlightenment it will prepare the ground, it will make you more alive. Enlightenment is becoming totally alive. Laughter brings life to you.
"And if you can laugh totally there are a few more things to be understood. In deep laughter the ego disappears, it is not found at all. You can't have both laughter and the ego. If the ego is there it will keep you serious. All egoists are serious people, and all serious people are egoists.
"To be able to laugh, you need to be like a child – egoless. And when you laugh, suddenly laughter is there, you are not. You come back when the laughter is gone. When the laughter is disappearing far away, when it is subsiding, you come back, the ego comes back."
| Publisher | Osho International |
|---|---|
| Duration of Talk | 81 mins |
| File Size | 21.68 MB |
| Type | Individual Talks |
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