Osho, the much maligned, maverick modern guru of the "New Age" meditation, was one of the most voracious readers - a fact he often confessed. He used to read an average eight thousand-odd pages every day till his death!
Year: 2021
Osho again on Sufi path
A machine works according to its design. It cannot do anything for which it is not built. Human beings work according to their will. Autonomy of will distinguishes human beings from automata.
My People
Anant Ki Pukar, a new Hindi book by Osho has just been published. This beautiful book costs only forty rupees and can be purchased from Osho Commune bookshop.
A Treasure Chest with Trivia
"One day we will have to write the whole of history with a totally different orientation, because the facts are trivia - although they are material, they don't matter. And the truths are immaterial but they matter," says the preface by the compiler of 'The Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect...
What morality? It is physicality!
“I am the beginning of a totally new religious consciousness. Please don’t connect me to the past — it is not even worth remembering.” This is Acharya Rajneesh or Bhagwan Rajneesh or Osho, master of the rhetoric, making one of his characteristic statements.
Don’t believe, just ‘live’
When invited by a well-known religious organisation to speak, Rajneesh, on the spur of the moment, decided to play a practical joke on the organisers and the audience. He began talking about a strange and highly advanced society called "Sitnalta". The truth of the matter is that before delivering his...
Osho goes Sufi and thrills you
"GLORY of Freedom" in the series "Sufis: The People of the Path" is one of the most consistent works giving a full taste of Osho "philosophy". Where Carl Jung, the most prominent pupil of Sigmund Freud left, Osho appeared. Osho's thought has reached a logical conclusion.
Response from a mystice rose from Berlin
we should organize a OSHO-FOR-ALL love parade, Zorba the Bhudda style, in every city with an Osho center..maybe on the day he left his body..as we had it when he was imprísioned in Amerika..and somehow isn't a part of him prisoned there again?It would serve several purposes.
Letter from Swami Krishnadev Satyarthi
Recently I came to learn from Swami Chaitanya Keerti that the New York based Osho International Foundation has altered and manipulated Osho's original words in one of their recent publications.
Letter from Osho’s devotees in London
After reading your written conversation with Jayesh and also reading Ma Neelam's letter, we Osho's devotees in London were upset and saddened.
Open Letter from Sw. Anunado
Osho created situations. From orange clothes and malas, through discourses, groups, and meditations, to the Ranch and inner circle, he gave us countless ways to become more aware of our own unconsciousness. His only concern for his sannyasins was for us to wake up.
Response to the open letter from Anunado by Sw. Satya
"Osho created situations. From orange clothes and malas, through discourses, groups, and meditations, to the Ranch and inner circle, he gave us countless ways to become more aware of our own unconsciousness. His only concern for his sannyasins was for us to wake up."
Response to ANUNADO’S LETTER
I applaud Anunado for writing a letter in a spirit of encouraging good will to each other by promoting discussion between the IC and sannyasins at large. I think though what has happened though is that many sannyasins have already attempted for a long time to have meaningful discussions with...
Response from Sw. Anand
Read your befitting response to mahesh bhatt's psuedo article calling the master's work as part of entertainment industry. Your existance is a further confirmation of Osho continuous presence which even the latecomers like me feel day in and day out. .... calls for a celebration ...
Response from Sw. Krishnadev Satyarthi
Let's not mix the real issue with the copyright issue. Of course, the mystic Osho is beyond copyright. I agree with the slogan: "Osho: everybody’s birthright, nobody’s copyright".
Trouble in the Lotus Paradise
In America we are reading about the turbulence at the Osho Commune in Pune, India. Now, with Satellite Communications, within minutes India News reaches our bedrooms all over the world.
From Sw. Bodhi Chirag
This letter is an endeavor to make suggestions to the Inner Circle which could change the scenario in Osho's world from commotion to love and peace, if implemented.
Letter to beloved Keerti
It has been long time that I wanted to share with you few thinghs, but I was helpless because of fear of being banned from commune. I do not trust management team, they banned people for no reason, I have the feeling that life will be very hard and different...
Response from Samarpan
Its realy sad that the long connected people are not allowed inside the ashram and inner circle is reducing day by day. I had never met Osho but I am his sanyasin and my sanyas name is jeevan samarpan.
A Letter from Kes’shin
I am finishing my paper for school. I am constantly surprised at how the universe throws the right teachings at the right time. When I started this, the only thing I knew of Osho was a reputation I had heard while living in Oregon, home of the Christian Coalition.
From Deva Satranga
Really enjoying all juicy stories, it's such a great drama! And life carries on, the trees still flower, the clouds, the sun, the birds on the wing, my body breathing, all happening and happening....
From Karan Kakar
I'm actually doing a paper on cultures. I have always been very interested in what actually made people come to osho, what did they achieve over at the ashram. was osho a culture by itself .
From Swami Prem Peeyoosh
The birth of OSHO WORLD is really birth of a new Osho world; a world of love , respect for eachother and a respect for the Guru and his work in real oriental sense of responsibility. We the Osho friends of Barnala are with you.Excelsior!
From Swami Krishnadev Satyarthi
Congratulation for bringing out or it would be more appropriate if I say for launching a monthly Osho magazine. As you were a master editor of Osho Times in your golden pune days
Letter from Krisana
I am still here in Chile and we are in the 6th day of crying in the Mystic Rose, it is very deep and it is lifting off a whole layer of the misery and pain that Chile has been carrying.
Letter from Anand Arhat
Your Article under the column "Meditation" in HT on the eve of "Guru Purnima" was a welcome change from the pseudo intellectual writings which appear there in routine. Hope you shall be writing more as Osho already predicted that he shall be riding on the winds after leaving the body.
From Arun Babani
overjoyed to be on your website for the first time, and we shall keep in touch. Please guide about bringing the book 'return to innocence' to osho lovers since it was inspired by osho himself. love arun
From Chandra Prakash
I am delighted by your efforts to expose the conspiracy of the Pune people. I am ready to extend my support in this regard. I further request you to keep the Osho legacy pure.
From Ramarshi
A single individual, if he stands against all tradition, needs to be of a great genius, of great creativity......
From Swami Yog Chinmaya
A few years back, I ran into a sannyasin friend, who locally distributes Osho´s books. We talked and I asked about his book distributing.
Old Rajneesh Commune Lightens Up in Afterlife – By AMY WALDMAN
Participants in the Osho Commune International wear maroon most of the time, because that is what Osho wanted. For evening meditation they wear white, because Osho wanted it that way.
Kabir Week at Osho World: Malashri Prasad Sings Bhajans of this Mystic
renowned vocalist, Malashri Prasad, will render Kabir's devotional Songs to inaugurate Kabir Week at Osho World Galleria, New Delhi at 6.00 p.m. on Friday, 20 June 2003.
The Star, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Remember, meditation is not something that is done by the mind, it is the absence of the mind. When the mind stops, meditation happens.
Thought for the Day
It is possible to make Osho available to the intelligentsia in Iran also.The ground is ready. There are already 42 Osho books in Persian language being sold in the shops and more are being translated.
Rediscovering Pune
It is possible to make Osho available to the intelligentsia in Iran also.The ground is ready. There are already 42 Osho books in Persian language being sold in the shops and more are being translated.
Dhyan in Iran: Osho For Aryans
It is possible to make Osho available to the intelligentsia in Iran also.The ground is ready. There are already 42 Osho books in Persian language being sold in the shops and more are being translated.
NILANJANA BHADURI JHA/TIMESOFINDIA.COM
The Sangh picked up from where Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee left it this week at a BJP minorities meet. Vajpayee’s oblique reference was clearly aimed at Iraq-sympathisers in the largely Muslim gathering.
If you build it, I will come
Gazing at unending farmland across the vast plains of United States, a young man saw a vision: a huge stadium filled with thousands of sports fans cheering top baseball players in action.
Prem Joshua in Concert
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Prem Joshua is exploring and creating a new synthesis in music beyond the borders of east and west.
Ravi’s long awaited CD, “KORUS”
When silence has decended On my very being And I have lost All sense of time I sit quietly
Poem to Osho
When silence has decended On my very being And I have lost All sense of time I sit quietly
Lokendra Bahadur Chand
"Osho is such a vision that stands for the welfare of the whole of humanity, transcending the narrow boundaries of religions. Though today's man is so caught up in his myriad problems, all of Osho's books and discourses suggest simple and easy ways for man's liberation."
Shri Krishnakant
"Osho speaks the language of today's Yug Bhasha. His message is for the whole world."
Guy Claxton
"Treatises on Buddhism are often dry and reverential, if not tediously scholastic, and if Osho's treatment is not canonical, it compensates by throbbing with life, humor, penetrating insight and the continual provocation to think for oneself."
Rt. Hon’ble Shri Girija Prasad Koirala
"Osho has a unique identity of his own. Our worldly life can become more fruitful through meditation and people can evolve towards a better society with the help of Osho's wisdom."
R.E. Gussner
"The Upanishads talk about ultimate wisdom, Osho tells you how to live it"
Russel Chandler
"Indian mystic Osho has been one of the most successful mixers of Eastern philosophies with Western therapeutic techniques."
Robert Rimmer
"Osho is one of the most important educators and philosophical and religious leaders in the late 20th century...I firmly believe that hundreds and thousands...would be thrilled, delighted and gain a new perspective on life by reading his books."
Mr. Nair
"Osho makes you free from the existing mind set...he is inclusive, not exclusive."
James Coburn
"His incredible taped discourse lectures and books have inspired me, and millions of others, on the path of self-evolution... He is like a great bell tolling, Awaken, Awaken, Awaken!"
M. V. Kamath
"With Osho, words flow endlessly. Provocatively. Challengingly. In a hundred years more copies of Osho's works will have been printed than the Bible itself, till now the outstanding best-seller."
Dr. A. Schleger
"Never before or after have I encountered anybody having such a harmonious and immensely creative view encompassing art, science, human psychology and religiousness. Certainly we would lack substantially without his vision of the new man."
John Lilly
"No one is more qualified to introduce the mystics than Osho, a man who stands out even in their exalted company. He speaks from his own experience, bringing his mystic predecessors to life, making them his contemporaries."
Lama Karmapa
"He Osho is the greatest incarnation after Buddha in India. He is a living Buddha."
Michael Mann
"These books are really what people are looking for...they are even more relevant now than when they were spoken."
Douwe de Groot
"As a result of reading The Golden Future (and many other works by Osho) I would like to let you know that I completely and heartily support the vision of Osho. As a writer I hope that his words will reach the hearts of those who need them most. I...
Jasbir Jassi
"I fell in love with Osho's vision, when I visited the Osho Commune a few years ago. Osho's words have helped me when I was going through a difficult phase. Since then I was looking for an opportunity to pay my tribute."
Aroon Purie
"Here is somebody who fuses everything and makes it understandable to people, and it makes sense. And he also challenges very fixed beliefs, challenges religions which have tradition and ritual and so forth."
Rev. Cain
"I have never heard anyone so beautifully and playfully integrate and then dissolve the psychological problems which, for generations, have sapped our human energies."
Kabir Bedi
"Osho is one of Indiaís greatest mystics.... I see him as one of the worldís great teachers, thinkers, philosophers and guides of our times. I have enormous respect for his world vision and the kind of International Communities he is building. I have always felt his influence in my life."
Shri. V.R. Krishna Iyer
"I have heard Shree Rajneesh and have been inspired by his talks. His works are sublimne and seek to liberate the soul of humans. Indeed his presentation is unique, his goal is great and his success in liberating each person from the mafia surrounding the soul is rewarding reading. The...
Kazuyoshi Kino
"He is the rarest and most talented religionist to appear this century."
Mr. V. N. Narayanan
"Osho is a fountain of wisdom that never goes dry. This centuryís most original mind has created a new world for us humans to revel in, enjoy and remain ourselves through the pathway of love. Here is the quintessence of the wisdom of ages, the pure nectar of essential knowledge...
Annie Gottlieb
"He discourses with eloquent familiarity on virtually all the world's great mystics - Zen masters, Hassids, Sufis, Bauls, Buddha, Lao-Tzu, Jesus. Though he "knocks the mind," Osho is an intellectual's guru, and his message is aimed not at spiritual sheep but at rebels and risk takers - people who consider...
Chandra Shekhar
"Osho gave his country and the world a vision, which one can be proud of."
James Broughton
"I have read most of [Osho's] books and listened to tapes of his talks, and I am convinced that in the spiritual tradition, here is a mind of intellectual brilliance and persuasive ability as an author."
Kapil Dev
"Osho’s books inspire me to meditate. They give me peace of mind."
Shirley MacLaine
"I read all his books."
Pritish Nandy
"He had provided us a rare insight into our lives and times. He has ridiculed us, pushed us...hurt us, and thereby, made richer human beings out of us. He made us think for ourselves; forced us to reject him, and by that act of rejection, brought us closer to him...
K. R. Narayanan
"Enlightened people like Osho are ahead of their times. It is good that more and more young people are now reading his works."
Dr. Manmohan Singh
"A great mystic, a great philosopher.... In his own way Osho captured the essence of ancient wisdom, related it to contemporary needs, tempered it with the modern times and became a powerful messenger of eternal Indian thought and Indian wisdom."
Bernard Levin
"Osho is not trying to purvey information but a truth that bypasses conscious thought and all that belongs to it, just as the most important activities of human beings bypass the mind."
Khushwant Singh
"It is a religion for the irreligious, for the agnostic, for the unbeliever, for the rationalist."
Marianne Williamson
"I really got into Osho's books. I have always loved his books. They were top notch."
Frederico Fellini
"I've been charmed from reading his books."
The Dalai Lama
Osho is an enlightened master who is working with all possibilities to help humanity overcome a difficult phase in developing consciousness.
Tom Robbins
Wit and playfulness are a tremendously serious transcendence of evil, and this is one thing that Osho understood better than any contemporary teacher that I can think of.
Paul Reps
"Osho is a mystical giant, a flowering of a unique intelligence and one of those rare humans ex-pressing himself with joy."
Deepak Chopra
These brilliant insights will benefit all those who yearn for experiential knowledge of the field of pure potentiality inherent in every human being.
Yehudi Menuhin
I found No Water, No Moon one of the most refreshing, cleansing and delightful books I could imagine. It is a book which will never cease to be a comforting companion.
What is money and why are most people deeply uncomfortable about it in one way or another?
It is a touchy question because money is not what it appears. Money is more deep-rooted. Money is not just there outside in the currency notes, it is something to do with your inner mind and attitudes.
‘India My Love’
India is not a piece of land or some political entity or a part of some historical facts. It is not a mad race for money, power, position, and prestige.
Quotes on Inner Power
Power is dangerous without meditation. Any kind of power is bound to become destructive if there is no meditation involved in it.
A few more quotes from Osho discourses:
Mind can accept any boundary anywhere. But the reality is that, by its very nature, existence cannot have any boundary, because what will be beyond the boundary - again another sky. That's why I'm saying skies upon skies are available for your flight. Don't be content easily
A Visit to Osho’s Birth Place
by Swami Chaitanya Keerti I have just completed 30 years in Sannyas life. On 4th September. I arrive in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and decide to celebrate Sannyas-birthday in Pachmarhi, a beautiful hill-station. Swami Dev Anuragi, Osho's childhood friend, Balsakha, who is also a well-known poet, accompanying me. I leave him...
Forecast for April 2005
Life is continuity always. There is no final destination it is going towards. Just the pilgrimage, just the journey in itself is life, not reaching to some point, no goal
Meditate and shake to cure Internet blues
NEW DELHI September 1, 1998from www.nandotimes.com Internet surfers suffering from loneliness can meditate, shake and dance their way out of depression, according to a group of spiritual mystics in northern India.The Osho Commune International, based in the Indian city of Pune, announced Tuesday that it had developed a new meditation...
Love is the theme
By Taru Bahl There are only two ways to live your life, only two ways to be.One is the right way, the other the wrong way.The right is to give, to share, to love.The wrong way is to snatch, to exploit, to accumulate.Love and money are the symbols of these...
Nobody Said It Would Be Easy
by Ma Prem Sangeet My issue is the distribution of Osho's books. I look at Osho's words and I look around me, and I see no one even close to delivering the same kind of vast, incisive view of virtually everything that Osho offers, yet fewer and fewer titles of...
Is it still possible to become a Sannyasin of Osho? Is becoming a disciple of an enlightened Master not necessarily connected with a Master who is still living in his physical body. How is the tradition in India, has Osho changed this tradition?
Reply by Chaitanya KeertiBeloved FriendI have not left the commune. I am part of the larger commune which is spread all over the world. 100-200 people living in the commune in Pune are not the whole commune. Though I am not allowed to enter in Pune commune right now, but...
with respect n love, I request you to tell me the commentary of our beloved Osho on u g Krishnamurti. where can I find this? with regards and love
Just the other day I was reading a lecture of U. G. Krishnamurti. He says he went to see Ramana Maharshi. He was not attracted - because he was chopping vegetables.
I am from Kosovo and wanted to start Vipassana meditation. I heard about it but do not know how to do it. Can you guide me since I am far from my home and you?
Buddha's way was VIPASSANA - vipassana means witnessing. And he found one of the greatest devices ever: the device of watching your breath, just watching your breath.
Meet Satyaraj, the philosopher
What do Periyar and Osho have in common? While the former was a rationalist who worked among people to convince them to reject every religion, the latter, a godman preached freedom from every man-made shackle including religion
The way of the Zen: Just being
Marjorie Hansen, the author of The Confident Woman uses a very interesting phrase for people in her book. She calls them Human Doings rather than Human Beings. The enlightened mystics of the East have also talked about these two categories. Doing is our karma, and being is our consciousness. From...
Main hoon na
Relationships are always a big issue in life - the only one. We spend life thinking and worrying how to relate with others, how deeply or superficially we should involve ourselves with them. We often get into all kinds of entanglements. And each relationship promises pleasure in the beginning then...
The mirror of consciousness
There's a famous story told by Mevlana Jelaludin Rumi. Once, a great emperor called the greatest artists of his time to create the ultimate throne room.






















