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Osho Quotes on Taoism

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The soft defeats the hard; like water wearing down rock, true mastery lies in yielding and surrendering to the flow of existence.

Context: What happens when a hard-way person encounters a Taoist master? Read Original Discourse →

The Real is already present within you; it requires no cultivation, only the art of relaxed no-doing.

Context: What is the role of method in Lao Tzu's philosophy of life? Read Original Discourse →

Be a Taoist psychotherapist by embodying a natural, unhurried presence; your silent ease amidst chaos becomes the true therapy that invites others to awaken.

Context: How to be a Taoist psychotherapist in a Confucius-oriented mental institution? Read Original Discourse →

A man may speak of the Tao with beautiful words, but without the experience of its depths, he remains a blind man describing light. True wisdom flows from being, not from borrowed intellect.

Context: Was the pundit in the story a beautiful Taoist on the way to the ocean? Read Original Discourse →