Osho

Osho

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

1931-1990 • Indian

Non-Dual / AdvaitaTantra

Controversial Indian mystic known for dynamic meditation and synthesis of Eastern mysticism with Western psychology.

Key Works

  • Discourses
  • Books compiled from talks
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Quotes by Osho

118 quotes
You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty.
creativityCreativity: Unleashing the Forces Within
Take hold of your own life. See that the whole existence is celebrating.
lifeThe Mustard Seed
These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious. The rivers and the oceans are wild, and everywhere there is fun.
natureThe Mustard Seed
Look at the flowers — for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are.
flowersThe Mustard Seed
Truth is found in life, not in books, in scriptures.
truthDiscourses on the New Man
Books can be helpful, but they should not become a substitute for life.
booksDiscourses on the New Man
Meditation is not a way of escaping from the society. It is a way of changing it.
meditationMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
Meditation is the only thing in the world which is not a doing.
meditationMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
Meditation is a state of being. It is being yourself.
meditationMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
Watching is the key, watchfulness is the very master key for all the locks of the spiritual world.
watchingMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
You don't have to do anything; you have only to be.
doingMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
And let the moment do what it wants to do, what existence wants to do through you.
existenceMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
Love, when it is not a relationship, is a state of being.
loveLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
It is not a relating to someone, it is a quality of your own being.
loveLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
Aloneness is so beautiful. Loneliness is poor. Aloneness is rich.
alonenessLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
Loneliness is a gap, an absence. Aloneness is a presence.
alonenessLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
You will be surprised — when you are alone, the whole existence is with you.
alonenessLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
Freedom is the highest value because without freedom you cannot grow.
freedomLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
To be nobody is to be somebody real.
nobodyThe Mustard Seed
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