Chapter #5 Silent Period #5
Discourse Overview
Main Teaching: Rajneeshism is presented not as another organized religion but as a way of life without tradition or dogma, open to everyone regardless of creed or atheism. Osho insists it does not ask followers to renounce their earlier faiths; rather, people find the essential truth of their own religion reflected in his teaching. His spiritual language points to the ‘‘center of the cyclone’’ — the emptiness between you and existence, an eternal nothingness in which the flower of enlightenment blooms. The movement’s commune is offered as living proof that diverse races and religions can coexist without discrimination. On inclusivity: Rajneeshism accepts Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Mohammedans and atheists alike, welcoming them without demanding sacrifice of their personal loves or devotions. On dogma and tradition: Osho rejects religious fanaticism and the claim that any single tradition alone is the absolute truth, emphasizing the common core beneath doctrines. On enlightenment/emptiness: The practice is directed toward experiencing the inner void — not a negation but the fertile ground where awareness and enlightenment arise. On interfaith harmony: The community shows that spiritual truth can be shared experientially, allowing each person to encounter their own religious heart through a common inner realization.
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Questions in this Discourse
RAJNEESHISM ALLOWS EVERYONE INTO ITS FOLD, STATES OSHO
Our religion should not be categorized with any other religion of the world because it has not tradition or dogma and it allows everybody without any discrimination into its religious fold.
Rajneeshism does not ask anyone to renounce their religion and does not have any conflict with Buddha, Christ, Krishna, Lao Tzu, etc. Basically Rajneeshism has the essential core of all religiousness.
The other religions are against each other's traditions and attitudes. In fact, these other religions are fanatic and each believes and fights that theirs is the true religion and others are false.
This is not the case with me or Rajneeshism. A Christian can become a Rajneeshee and he is not asked to drop his love for Jesus, in fact he finds Jesus in me. The same is true for a Buddhist or a Mohammedan.
Our commune consists of people from all religions who have found their religion's truth in me.
We have thousands of Christians, Buddhists, Jainas, Hindus and Jews who are Rajneeshees. we have people from every country, every race and every religion and there is no discrimination.
Even an atheist is absolutely accepted and loved in our religion. Rajneeshism is a way of life. It has nothing to do with hocus-pocus or heaven and hell.
My whole emphasis is in finding the center of the cyclone -- the emptiness that is between you and existence and the eternal nothingness.
In this nothingness the flower of enlightenment blooms. You cannot condemn us like Christians, Jews, Hindus or Jainas as we do not discriminate against anyone.
Rajneeshism does not ask anyone to renounce their religion and does not have any conflict with Buddha, Christ, Krishna, Lao Tzu, etc. Basically Rajneeshism has the essential core of all religiousness.
The other religions are against each other's traditions and attitudes. In fact, these other religions are fanatic and each believes and fights that theirs is the true religion and others are false.
This is not the case with me or Rajneeshism. A Christian can become a Rajneeshee and he is not asked to drop his love for Jesus, in fact he finds Jesus in me. The same is true for a Buddhist or a Mohammedan.
Our commune consists of people from all religions who have found their religion's truth in me.
We have thousands of Christians, Buddhists, Jainas, Hindus and Jews who are Rajneeshees. we have people from every country, every race and every religion and there is no discrimination.
Even an atheist is absolutely accepted and loved in our religion. Rajneeshism is a way of life. It has nothing to do with hocus-pocus or heaven and hell.
My whole emphasis is in finding the center of the cyclone -- the emptiness that is between you and existence and the eternal nothingness.
In this nothingness the flower of enlightenment blooms. You cannot condemn us like Christians, Jews, Hindus or Jainas as we do not discriminate against anyone.
Osho's Commentary