Osho on Tozan Tozan, also spelled as Dongshan, was a Chan Buddhist monk of ninth-century China. He founded the Caodong school which was transmitted to Japan in the thirteenth century by Dogen and developed into the Soto school of Zen. Tozan is also…
Osho on Kyozan Born in Shaozhou in the south (in modern Guangdong Province), Kyozan became a novice at a young age, and while still a teenager he became determined to follow the Zen path, and…
Śāriputra was one of the closest disciples of the Buddha. He is considered the first of the Buddha’s two chief male disciples, together with Maudgalyāyana. Śāriputra had a key leadership role in the sangha of the Buddha and…
Osho on Master-Disciple Relationship BELOVED MASTER, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A DISCIPLE? Prem Samadhi, it is one of the most delicate mysteries. No definition is possible of a disciple, but a few hints…
Birthday of Ivan the Terrible 25th August is the birthday of the Grand Prince of Moscow. He was the first to be proclaimed tsar of Russia. The title tsar was derived from the Latin title caesar and was translated by Ivan’s contemporaries…
Osho on Bayazid Born in 804 CE, Bayazid Bistami was a PersianSufi from north-central Iran. Known to future Sufis as Sultān-ul-Ārifīn (“King of the Gnostics”), Bistami is considered to be one of the expositors of the state of fana the notion of…
The non-functioning of the mind is the right time for a master to enter into the very heart of the disciple.
To be a Christian is ugly, and to be a Christ is one of the most beautiful happenings.