OSHO: Meaning and Versatility of the word ‘FUCK’
Selected excerpt from an OSHO TALK “The Great Pilgrimage: From Here to Here #23″ Here, Osho speaks over the versatile use of the English word “Fuck”. It is one of the most interesting words in English language today. Osho says that there are not many words with the versatility of fuck. Besides the sexual meaning, there [...]...
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Once there was a doctor who founded a free clinic which opened once a week to attend to poor patients. On one such day, someone rushed in to the clinic with the news that the doctor’s youngest and favorite son had just died. Although deeply upset, the doctor reflected on the situation, and after having [...]...
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A dog took a trip to see the country. A few days later he returned, and his friends asked him whether he faced problems on the trip. He said that he met with many people and animals along the way. They did not create any disturbances but allowed him to go his own way. ‘The [...]...
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Kalidasa was a famous Sanskrit poet who lived in India during the third century A.D. As a young boy, he was poor and lived with his mother in small hut facing the king’s palace. Within the palace walls was a large orchard of mango trees. During the fruit season, the trees were heavy with sweet, [...]...
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There was once a monk whose favorite subject for his preaching was ‘heaven and hell’. One of the devotees who was getting tired of listening to the monk’s constant repetition, one day stood up and asked: ‘Tell me where is this heaven and hell? If you cannot answer me, I will call you a liar!’ [...]...
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Sometimes when we are faced with a serious problem, we feel depressed with its seeming magnitude and weight. When this happens, it is profitable to wander out in the evening and look up at the sky. We see countless numbers of stars. From outer space, the sun in our solar system will only appear as [...]...
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Boltan Hall has written the following lines: I looked at my brother with the microscope of criticism, And I said, ‘How coarse my brother is!’ I looked at him through the telescope of scorn, And I said, ‘How small my brother is!’ Then I looked in the mirror of truth, And I said, ‘How like me my brother is!’ ~ o0o ~ [...]...
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The Buddha was asked this question: Why do the noble beings who have developed their minds appear so calm and radiant? The Buddha replied: ‘They sorrow not for what is past, They yearn not after that which is not come, The present is sufficient for them: Hence it is they appear so radiant. By having longing for the future, By sorrowing [...]...
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The Buddha spoke about the four kinds of wrong speech. The first is lying. When a person goes to a court of justice, or in the company of relatives and friends, he would say ‘I know’ when he does not, and ‘I don’t know’ when he does. To save himself, or for the sake of [...]...
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Once four intimate friends promised one another to observe seven days of silence in quiet meditation. On the first day all were silent, and the meditation went on as scheduled. But when night came, the oil-lamp they were using ran out of oil and started to flicker. A servant was dozing off nearby. One of [...]...
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