Compilation of Osho Quotes on Buddha
| Buddha says, “Be a light unto yourself.” That is his greatest message. Nobody else in the whole world, in the whole history of humanity, has been so respectful towards others as Gautam the Buddha. “Be a light unto yourself.” | |
| Fame is foolish, it is pointless, meaningless. Even if the whole world knows you, how does it make you richer? How does it make your life more blissful? How does it help you to be more understanding, to be more aware? To be more alert, to be more alive? | |
| Watch, watch your own life.” ― Osho, The Buddha Said…: Meeting the Challenge of Life’s Difficulties | |
| The story about Gautam Buddha is that when he reached the gates of nirvana he stood there, his back towards the gates. The gates were opened, and the guards wanted him to enter. They were ready to welcome him — because centuries pass and then once in a while those gates open. And they were immensely happy that someone has again become a buddha. | |
| To look at a buddha while he is asleep is very beautiful, so Ananda used to watch. Buddha would go to sleep, and Ananda would sit and look at him. He was such a silent pool of being. Nothing was incomplete, everything, every moment was complete and perfect. There was no dream, there were no traces left; his mind was a clean mirror. The stream of consciousness was never muddled, it was crystal clear. | |
| “People remember the spiritual path only when nothing else seems to help. In deep hopelessness they remember. But it is only when you are full of hope, radiant, vibrating; when there is meaning in your life, when you feel the hands of destiny in your life, when you are riding on waves, when you feel at the top of the world – those are the moments to remember, to move towards the way.” ― Osho, The Buddha Said…: Meeting the Challenge of Life’s Difficulties | |
| A buddha asleep is such a beautiful phenomenon: he looks like a small child, innocent, with no burden of the day. | |
| Whenever new disciples used to come to Gautam the Buddha he would say to them, “For two years just sit by my side silently, then something will be possible. Then I can say something to you and then you will be able to understand. | |
| The story about Gautam Buddha is that when he reached the gates of nirvana he stood there, his back towards the gates. The gates were opened, and the guards wanted him to enter. They were ready to welcome him — because centuries pass and then once in a while those gates open. And they were immensely happy that someone has again become a buddha. | |