On Reincarnation – Osho
I want to say one thing to you: the whole idea of reincarnation is a misconception. It is true that when a person dies his being becomes part of the whole. Whether he was a sinner or a saint does not...
View ArticleEuthanasia Is Our Birthright – Osho
Euthanasia, or the freedom to choose your death, should be accepted as a birthright of every human being. A limit can be put to it, for example, seventy-five years. After the age of seventy-five the...
View ArticleMeditation, an Experiment with Death – Osho
Before we move into the meditation, let us understand a few things. First of all, you have to let yourself go completely. If you hold yourself back even a tiny bit, it will become a hurdle in...
View ArticleInscape – The Ultimate Annihilation – Osho
Apparently sex was used by some Zen masters – for example, Ikkyu – as a way to transform energy. However, in no translation to date does evidence of this appear. It seems disciples excluded from their...
View ArticleIn that Dancing, Death Becomes a Fiction – Osho
Basho wrote the haiku: Only the shell Of the cicada left? Did it sing itself out of existence? An old cicada tree, almost dead, no foliage left – and Basho is saying, “Only the shell . . .” The inner...
View ArticleNo Water, No Moon – Osho
Just before Ninakawa passed away the Zen master Ikkyu visited him. “Shall I lead you on?” Ikkyu asked. Ninakawa replied, “I came here alone, and I go alone. What help could you be to me?” Ikkyu...
View ArticleThe Old Problem of the Goose in the Bottle – Osho
The official, Riko, once asked Nansen to explain to him the old problem of the goose in the bottle. The problem is very ancient. It is a koan; it is given to a disciple, that he has to meditate on it....
View ArticleInscape – The Ultimate Annihilation – Osho
Apparently, sex was used by some Zen masters – for example, Ikkyu – as a way to transform energy. However, in no translation to date does evidence of this appear. It seems disciples excluded from their...
View ArticleIn that Dancing, Death Becomes a Fiction – Osho
Basho wrote the haiku: Only the shell Of the cicada left? Did it sing itself out of existence? An old cicada tree, almost dead, no foliage left – and Basho is saying, “Only the shell . . .” The inner...
View ArticleNo Water, No Moon – Osho
Just before Ninakawa passed away the Zen master Ikkyu visited him. “Shall I lead you on?” Ikkyu asked. Ninakawa replied, “I came here alone, and I go alone. What help could you be to me?” Ikkyu...
View ArticleThe Old Problem of the Goose in the Bottle – Osho
The official, Riko, once asked Nansen to explain to him the old problem of the goose in the bottle. The problem is very ancient. It is a koan; it is given to a disciple, that he has to meditate on it....
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