No Hell, No Heaven
Individual Talk
From:Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol. 1
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Osho,
I am a judge. Have I any chance of ever entering nirvana? If your answer is no, then I can change my profession; I can become a doctor. I am also trained as a homeopath.
I am a judge. Have I any chance of ever entering nirvana? If your answer is no, then I can change my profession; I can become a doctor. I am also trained as a homeopath.
Osho,
I am a judge. Have I any chance of ever entering nirvana? If your answer is no, then I can change my profession; I can become a doctor. I am also trained as a homeopath.
Osho continues:
I am a judge. Have I any chance of ever entering nirvana? If your answer is no, then I can change my profession; I can become a doctor. I am also trained as a homeopath.
"Heaven is full of soccer players.'
"'I thank you for your sincerity,' replied Satan 'but don't worry, we can defend ourselves.'
"When St. Peter had left, Satan's secretary said, 'St. Peter is right – we will lose the game. All the good soccer players go to heaven.'
"'Don't worry,' said Satan. 'Where do you think all the judges go?'
"Changing your profession from judge to doctor is not going to help you either! About that also there is a reference in the Akashic records.
"A doctor came to heaven's door. St. Peter looked at the guy, asked his profession and said, 'Wrong door son. Please go to hell.'
"The doctor was puzzled, looked very confused and said, 'But I went there first and they said, 'Go to the other door.''
"'I know,' said St. Peter, 'they meant the back door.'
"'But why?' asked the doctor.
"St. Peter said, 'That is the entrance for the suppliers.'
"This is not going to help. Why don't you become a sannyasin? Then there will be no need to bother about nirvana because you will enter it immediately. Then it will not be a question of tomorrow. You can look at my sannyasins. Nobody is worried about nirvana – they are already in it. To be a sannyasin means to be in nirvana. A sannyasin does not need to enter into nirvana; nirvana enters into him. Hence wherever he is nirvana is. You can throw him into hell, but he will be in nirvana; it will not make any difference at all. If your nirvana depends upon certain conditions it is not much of a nirvana.
"Nirvana is a state of unconditional acceptance. Wherever you are, if you can accept your life with totality, with joy, with gratitude, if you can see your life as a gift, then nirvana is never a problem. The problem arises only because you don't accept your life, you reject life. And the moment you reject life you start looking for some other life and you become worried about whether it is going to be better than this life or not. It may be worse. That's what hell is: the fear of a worse life than this."
"'I thank you for your sincerity,' replied Satan 'but don't worry, we can defend ourselves.'
"When St. Peter had left, Satan's secretary said, 'St. Peter is right – we will lose the game. All the good soccer players go to heaven.'
"'Don't worry,' said Satan. 'Where do you think all the judges go?'
"Changing your profession from judge to doctor is not going to help you either! About that also there is a reference in the Akashic records.
"A doctor came to heaven's door. St. Peter looked at the guy, asked his profession and said, 'Wrong door son. Please go to hell.'
"The doctor was puzzled, looked very confused and said, 'But I went there first and they said, 'Go to the other door.''
"'I know,' said St. Peter, 'they meant the back door.'
"'But why?' asked the doctor.
"St. Peter said, 'That is the entrance for the suppliers.'
"This is not going to help. Why don't you become a sannyasin? Then there will be no need to bother about nirvana because you will enter it immediately. Then it will not be a question of tomorrow. You can look at my sannyasins. Nobody is worried about nirvana – they are already in it. To be a sannyasin means to be in nirvana. A sannyasin does not need to enter into nirvana; nirvana enters into him. Hence wherever he is nirvana is. You can throw him into hell, but he will be in nirvana; it will not make any difference at all. If your nirvana depends upon certain conditions it is not much of a nirvana.
"Nirvana is a state of unconditional acceptance. Wherever you are, if you can accept your life with totality, with joy, with gratitude, if you can see your life as a gift, then nirvana is never a problem. The problem arises only because you don't accept your life, you reject life. And the moment you reject life you start looking for some other life and you become worried about whether it is going to be better than this life or not. It may be worse. That's what hell is: the fear of a worse life than this."
Publisher | Osho International |
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Duration of Talk | 110 mins |
File Size | 27.86 MB |
Type | Individual Talks |
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