Osho (Rajneesh)

Osho (Rajneesh)

Controversial spiritual teacher.

A controversial spiritual teacher who established a large commune in Oregon, USA, known for its dynamic meditation techniques and unconventional views on spirituality, sexuality, and social norms. His teachings often challenged traditional beliefs and emphasized the importance of individual freedom and self-expression. Despite facing legal and ethical issues, he attracted a large following and made a significant impact on contemporary spirituality. His approach combined elements of Eastern mysticism with a modern, often provocative, perspective on personal and spiritual growth.

Osho (Rajneesh) Quotes about Reality

  • The very essence of meditation is to be so silent that there is no stirring of thoughts in you, that words don't come between you and reality, that the whole net of words falls down, that you are left alone. This aloneness, this purity, this unclouded sky of your being is meditation.
  • If the mind wants to comprehend reality, it will have to come out of the past and the future. But coming out of the past and the future, it is no longer the mind at all. Hence the insistence of all the great masters of the world that the door to reality is no-mind.
  • Zen is all-inclusive. It never denies, it never says no to anything; it accepts everything and transforms it into a higher reality.
  • The experience of life is very bitter. It is sweet only in imagination. In its reality it is very bitter. He escaped from the palace and the women and the riches and the luxury and everything.
  • Whatever you are doing, if there is contentment and a feeling that this whole existence is nothing but the manifestation of godliness, that we are traveling on holy earth, that whomever you are meeting, you are meeting God - there is no other way; only faces are different, but the inner reality is the same - all your tensions will disappear. And the energy that is involved in tensions will start becoming your grace, your beauty.