20 Profound Quotes Of Osho

Here are 20 profound quotes from Osho, known for his teachings on meditation, love, and living a life of freedom and consciousness:

1. “Be — don’t try to become.”
2. “Life begins where fear ends.”
3. “Truth is not something outside to be discovered; it is something inside to be realized.”
4. “Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving.”
5. “The greatest fear in the world is the opinion of others, and the moment you are unafraid of the crowd, you are no longer a sheep; you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart: the roar of freedom.”
6. “Courage is a love affair with the unknown.”
7. “The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death.”
8. “Love is prayerfulness, love is gratitude, love is compassion, love is joy, love is the greatest freedom.”
9. “You feel good, you feel bad, and these feelings are bubbling from your own unconsciousness, from your own past. Nobody is responsible except you. Nobody can make you angry, and nobody can make you happy.”
10. “Take hold of your own life. See that the whole existence is celebrating. These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious. The rivers and the oceans are wild, and everywhere there is fun, everywhere there is joy.”
11. “Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand—relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.”
12. “Life is not a problem to be solved, it is a mystery to be lived.”
13. “The moment you accept yourself, you become beautiful.”
14. “Die each moment so that you can be new each moment.”
15. “Respect life, revere life. There is nothing more holy than life, nothing more divine than life.”
16. “Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That’s its balance.”
17. “To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life.”
18. “The moment you bring your consciousness to the present moment, all misery disappears.”
19. “Only a blind man can easily define what light is. When you have eyes, you don’t define light; you see it.”
20. “Meditation is nothing but a device to make you aware of your real self, which is not created by you, which cannot be created, which has always been.”

These quotes capture Osho’s approach to inner freedom, the beauty of acceptance, the balance between joy and sorrow, and the transformative power of mindfulness and love.