The Satori Event – Osho
Hubert Benoit also says that satori has two meanings. One is the satori-state in which everybody is – the birds and the trees and the mountains and you and all the buddhas – past, present, future. The...
View ArticleWithout Ripples – Osho
Anything I see happening in myself is false, illusory, and a mind trip, right? And my recognition of the mind trip is a mind trip too? RIGHT. As far as thoughts go, everything is a mind trip. When...
View ArticleWhat is Satori – Osho
What is satori and how to attain it? Pratima, satori is exactly your ordinary nature; it is not anything special. Hence there is no question of attaining it – it is already the case. You are in it, you...
View ArticleJesus’ Three Stages of Enlightenment – Osho
This question has been hovering in me for years. A few times you have talked around it, but this has mystified me more, so please enlighten. When and where did enlightenment happen to Jesus? Was he...
View ArticleFrom Centering to Satori
Sumati and I spent almost five months making the journey overland to Poona. It was not easy at times. We started off from England and combined hitchhiking with a few buses. For part of the journey, I...
View ArticleFrom Lemurs to Lamas: Confessions of a Bodhisattva
Hardbound edition released! I am happy to announce that the hardbound edition of the book that Amido and I created, From Lemurs to Lamas is now available. All told there are four different versions...
View ArticleLike the Empty Sky it has no Boundaries – Osho
And now this profound sutra. Like the empty sky it has no boundaries, yet it is right in this place, ever profound and clear. Replace ‘it’ by ‘God’ and you will immediately understand – but Zen people...
View ArticleMy Abiding Place Has No Pillars – Osho
Zen has no teaching; Zen has no doctrine. Zen gives no guidance, because it says there is no goal. It says you are not to move into a certain direction. It says you are already there, so the more you...
View ArticleMediation, Satori and Samadhi – Osho
Question 1: What is the difference in experience between satori – in Zen, a glimpse of enlightenment – and samadhi, cosmic consciousness? Samadhi begins as a gap, but it never ends. A gap always begins...
View ArticleA Point of No Return – Osho
Is it possible to be in a state of pure consciousness for a while and to fall out again? No, it is not possible. But something like it happens: you have a glimpse of pure consciousness; you have not...
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