“The Catholic idea is relief for the poor. The idea of the buddha will be: there is no need for any poverty in the world. Poverty is man-created, and it is in our hands to destroy poverty." Osho
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How Would You like to Listen to the Same Joke?
There was a boss who had a terrible habit of telling stale jokes, but his staff would always laugh at them as heartily as if they were hearing them for the first time. One day his secretary did not laugh at his joke, and a new employee, puzzled, asked her why she had chosen not...
The Solution to the Idiocracy
In the first part of this article, Osho explains “the fundamental cause of creating so many idiots in the world” and how they “serve a certain purpose.” He explains why he sees, “this whole history of mankind” as a “long, unjustified crime against every human individual” which “has served the vested interests: the people who...
Why Are We so Idiotic?
"Almost ninety percent of idiots are trained. Ten percent are born. And the ten percent are born because of those ninety percent who have been trained." Osho
Love Krishna, Live Krishna, Don’t Just Worship Him
Every year people celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna in the same old fashion, with stories of his life re-enacted and his statue worshiped. However, the real worship of Krishna is not just in assigning him a place in mythology, but giving him space in our psychology, and imbibing the qualities he stands for. Krishna...
The Day is Not Long Enough
How many minutes do you have in an hour? Or how many hours in a day? The question sounds absurd, but this is what busy people of today are wishing: “If only there were more hours in a day, or more minutes in an hour, I would have accomplished my task.” More and more people...
Fear: Close Encounters with the Mind
What Is the Fear of Knowing Oneself? “The fear is that perhaps one is a bad person. The fear is that we may discover that we are a bad person after having cultivated an image of being a good person. “We appear to be a good person – we are saintly, we are innocent, we...
Meditation – The Psychology of the Buddhas
If you can slip out of your mind a totally different psychology is possible. The psychology of meditation. A person who slips out of the mind calms it down.
Healing the Wounds of Terror
There always seems to be one more test. If you have a headache and seek a medical opinion, you will be made to go through all kinds of pathological tests, not to mention a number of scans, till the doctors find out what is wrong with you. Eventually they may succeed in suppressing the symptoms...
Can You Choose to Be Unhappy?
Sounds strange, doesn’t it? Who would want to be unhappy consciously? Everyone is desperately trying to be happy, which means trying their best to avoid sources of unhappiness, and ironically, ending up being unhappy. For a change, stop chasing the mirage of happiness and try this unique formula of Osho’s: First, after waking up in...