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
116
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Quotes by Osho
116 quotes“Belief is borrowed; it can never be yours.”
beliefThe Heart Sutra
“Religion does not need belief. It needs experience.”
religionThe Heart Sutra
“Mind is a flux. Whatever you choose to make it, it becomes.”
mindThe Book of Secrets
“Just sit silently, doing nothing, the spring comes and the grass grows by itself.”
stillnessThe Book of Secrets
“Become a watcher.”
watchingThe Book of Secrets
“And watching is the greatest secret of life.”
watchingThe Book of Secrets
“Be — that is the most beautiful thing in life.”
beingJoy: The Happiness That Comes from Within
“Just to be is so much.”
beingJoy: The Happiness That Comes from Within
“Become aware that you are not the body. You are the consciousness within the body.”
bodyThe Book of Secrets
“You are not the mind. You are the awareness behind the mind.”
mindThe Book of Secrets
“You are watching the mind. Therefore you are not the mind.”
watchingThe Book of Secrets
“Whoever is watching the mind is your real being.”
watchingThe Book of Secrets
“Forget the past. The past is no more, the future not yet. Only the present is.”
pastThe Book of Secrets
“This is the only moment that exists.”
momentThe Book of Secrets
“This is the only moment that has ever existed.”
momentThe Book of Secrets
“Sex is the very source out of which the saint and the sinner both arise.”
sexFrom Sex to Superconsciousness
“Hate the sex, and you will hate yourself.”
sexFrom Sex to Superconsciousness
“Don't suppress what is. Don't condemn what is.”
suppressionFrom Sex to Superconsciousness
“Understand. And in understanding it transforms.”
understandingFrom Sex to Superconsciousness
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