LAUGHTER 
A belly laughter has become a rare happening in today’s world. Laughter in the real sense of the term no longer exists. It has become just an exercise of the lips. People laugh with an effort, for the sake of etiquette. Laughter has become a forced, manipulated and managed pretension. The purity of laughter is lost. How do we again discover the laughter in ourselves- a laughter deep and total. 
Osho says “Laugh so that your whole body, your whole being becomes involved, and suddenly there will be a glimpse. For the moment the past disappears, the future disappears, the ego disappears, everything disappears -- there is only laughter. And in that moment of laughter you will be able to see the whole existence laughing.”
In this section, we will bring out the essence of laughter through the words of Osho as He shares His insight on laughter with sannyasins. This section will also carry Osho’s jokes to bring out the hidden laughter in us.

Once a disciple asked that Osho is the only enlightened master who tell jokes. Why is it so?
Osho answered - 
I will tell you a story. The following story in the Talmud was particularly cherished by the great Hassid master, Baal Shem.
Rabbi Baruch used to visit the marketplace where the Prophet Elijah often appeared to him. It was believed that he appeared to some saintly men to offer them spiritual guidance.
Once Baruch asked the prophet, "Is there anyone here who has a share in the world to come?"
He replied, "No."
While they were conversing, two men passed by and Elijah remarked, "These two men have a share in the world to come."
Rabbi Baruch then approached and asked them, "What is your occupation?"
They replied, "We are jesters. When we see men depressed we cheer them up."
God loves laughter, God loves cheerful people. God is not interested in seeing you with long faces.
When Baal Shem was dying, somebody asked, "Are you prepared to meet the Lord?"
He said, "I have always been ready. It is not a question of becoming ready now -- I have always been ready. Any moment he could have called me!"
The man asked, "What is your readiness?"
Baal Shem said, "I know a few beautiful jokes -- I will tell him those jokes. And I know he will enjoy them and he will laugh with me. And what else can I offer to him? The whole world is his, the whole universe is his, I am his, so what can I offer to him? Just a few jokes!"
Baal Shem is one of the great buddhas who has come out of the Jewish tradition, one of the most loved by his disciples. He was the founder of Hassidism.
And remember, I am not the first to tell you jokes. There have been many.... But people are so sad that they forget about people who have been sources of laughter and joy -- they remember only sad people.
From
#The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 2

Now it is laughter time with Osho
# Mulla Nasrudin listened very attentively while a stranger told a long story in the coffee-house. But the man spoke so indistinctly and muffed his punchline so badly that the story was not funny at all, and except for the Mulla no one laughed. But the Mulla laughed heartily.
"Why did you laugh, Nasrudin?" I asked him afterwards when the stranger had left.
"I always do," replied Nasrudin. "If you don't laugh, there is always the danger of their telling it over again."
# Paddy drove through the red light and smashed into a car driven by Father O'Hagan. The car turned over three times and the priest was thrown from the vehicle into the gutter. Paddy rushed over and said, "I am terribly sorry, Father".
"Saints above!" said the shaken priest, "You almost killed me."
"Here," said Paddy, "I have got a small bottle of whisky. Take some and you will feel a lot better."
Father O'Hagan took a couple of large gulps and then continued his tirade: "What were you doing? You nearly launched me into eternity."
"I am sorry, Father," said Paddy. "Take a few more sips and it will ease your nerves."
The priest took another large gulp and almost finished the bottle, which he offered to Paddy saying, "Why don't you have a drink?"
"No thanks, Father," said Paddy, "I will just sit here and wait for the police to arrive!"
# A patient was making his first visit to the doctor. "And whom did you consult about your illness before you came to me?" the doctor enquired.
"Only the druggist down at the corner," replied the patient.
The doctor did not conceal his contempt for the medical advice of people not qualified to practice medicine. "And what sort of ridiculous advice did that fool give you?" demanded the doctor.
"He told me," replied the patient innocently, "to see you."

# A psychotherapist was treating a patient. Just to check on his mind, he drew a line on the paper and asked him, "What does this line remind you of?"
The patient said, "It cannot remind me of anything else; it reminds me of women. It is so clear... what is the point of asking?"
The psychologist drew a triangle and the man said, "This is too much. It reminds me even more...!"
The psychologist drew a circle. The patient stood up and he said, "Are you some kind of sex maniac or what? This is absolutely woman.... I thought you were a psychoanalyst -- you need psychoanalysis."
The psychoanalyst was at a loss about what to do. Just then a camel passed by, and he said, "Just one last question. What does that camel remind you of?"
He said, "Don't provoke me, or it will be your responsibility. I may do something for which you will repent your whole life. That is a pure, beautiful woman!"
The psychoanalyst said, "Just the last question, the very last. What else reminds you of women?"
The patient said, "What a nonsense question! Everything reminds me of women, there is no question of any exception."