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Osho on Kahlil Gibran

59 discourses in which Osho speaks about Kahlil Gibran, most mentions first. Each line is his own sentence from that talk.

  1. Books I Have Loved #11 · 20 mentions
    “Third: Kahlil Gibran wrote many books in his mother tongue.”
  2. The Messiah, Vol 1 #15: Beyond joy and sorrow · 19 mentions · 15 January 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran sometimes touches almost the center of your being.”
  3. The Messiah, Vol 1 #1: A dawn unto his own day · 17 mentions · 8 January 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran...”
  4. The Messiah, Vol 1 #19: The gifts of the earth · 14 mentions · 17 January 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran knows exactly what is needed, but he is absolutely unaware of how to transform man.”
  5. The Messiah, Vol 2 #7: Friendliness rises higher than love · 13 mentions · 23 January 1987
    “My eyes become full of tears when I see that Kahlil Gibran is only sometimes a vehicle of godliness, of truth -- but not always.”
  6. The Messiah, Vol 1 #22: Sinners and saints: the drama of sleeping people · 12 mentions · 19 January 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran says beautiful things, and once in a while he comes very close to truth.”
  7. From Bondage to Freedom #24: Learn the art of living · 11 mentions · 8 October 1985
    “It is true about Kahlil Gibran, but not true about love.”
  8. The Great Pilgrimage: From Here to Here #6: Expectation breeds frustration · 11 mentions · 9 September 1987
    “Dhyan David, Kahlil Gibran is a man of tremendous insight.”
  9. The Messiah, Vol 1 #12: The wine and the winepress · 11 mentions · 14 January 1987
    “These are metaphors, because Kahlil Gibran is a poet.”
  10. The Messiah, Vol 1 #20: Crime: a crowd psychology · 11 mentions · 18 January 1987
    “I continuously feel sad and sorry for Kahlil Gibran.”
  11. The Messiah, Vol 2 #5: Not even the heart... only a witness · 10 mentions · 22 January 1987
    “I really feel sad and sorry whenever I have to criticize a man, so beautiful in many ways, like Kahlil Gibran.”
  12. The Messiah, Vol 2 #9: This moment... the only reality · 10 mentions · 2 February 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran is a category in himself.”
  13. The Messiah, Vol 1 #7: Love possesses not · 9 mentions · 11 January 1987
    “It is Kahlil Gibran who is speaking through him -- and for a special reason.”
  14. The Messiah, Vol 2 #14: A dewdrop cannot offend the ocean · 9 mentions · 5 February 1987
    “One of them is repentance; and today's statements of Kahlil Gibran, discuss this ugly idea of repentance.”
  15. Books I Have Loved #14 · 8 mentions
    “I have always appreciated Kahlil Gibran; I would like to appreciate him once more before I condemn him.”
  16. The Messiah, Vol 2 #3: Each moment a resurrection · 8 mentions · 21 January 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran was immensely impressed by Friedrich Nietzsche.”
  17. The Messiah, Vol 2 #11: Only a question of awareness · 8 mentions · 3 February 1987
    “The very fundamental effort of Kahlil Gibran is to demolish the very idea of evil.”
  18. The Messiah, Vol 2 #12: The silent gratitude · 8 mentions · 4 February 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran is saying that your prayers are empty -- because a beggar's bowl is always empty.”
  19. The Messiah, Vol 2 #13: The seed of blissfulness · 8 mentions · 4 February 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran has posed every question in its right context.”
  20. The Path of the Mystic #3: Enchanted with the unknown · 8 mentions · 5 May 1986
    “Kahlil Gibran has a story.”
  21. Books I Have Loved #9 · 7 mentions
    “Ninth: Again I want to include another book by Kahlil Gibran, JESUS, THE SON OF MAN.”
  22. The Messiah, Vol 1 #14: Work is love made visible · 7 mentions · 15 January 1987
    “And what I am saying about Almustafa, I am really saying about Kahlil Gibran.”
  23. The Messiah, Vol 2 #15: A heart aflame, a soul enchanted · 7 mentions · 5 February 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran tries to answer the poet in the most beautiful way, the most profound way, and comes very close to the definition; yet he has not been able to define it.”
  24. The Wild Geese and the Water #3: Ecstatic All the Way · 7 mentions · 13 February 1981
    “Remember this before we start meditating on these beautiful words of Kahlil Gibran -- they are beautiful.”
  25. Tao Upanishad #122 · 7 mentions · 1 April 1975
    “Kahlil Gibran writes: one of his friends went mad, and he went to see him.”
  26. The Heartbeat of the Absolute #4: The True Desire · 6 mentions · 5 April 1971
    “Kahlil Gibran has written that he was roaming from village to village, promising to show God to people if they followed him.”
  27. The Messiah, Vol 1 #9: Your children are not your children · 6 mentions · 12 January 1987
    “It is almost impossible to find a book comparable to Kahlil Gibran's THE PROPHET, for the simple reason that it has a tremendous inner consistency: First he talks about love, then he talks about marriage and now he's going to talk about children.”
  28. The Messiah, Vol 1 #23: Except Love, There Should be No Law · 6 mentions · 19 January 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran has completely forgotten about the quality of people who lay down the laws -- they are the weakest in humanity.”
  29. The Messiah, Vol 2 #4: Breaking the shell of the past · 6 mentions · 21 January 1987
    “It seems that it is very difficult, even for a man of Kahlil Gibran's caliber, to forget a deep-rooted, male chauvinistic attitude.”
  30. The Messiah, Vol 2 #6: Within your own self · 6 mentions · 22 January 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran again rises high in the sky, very close to the stars.”
  31. The Messiah, Vol 2 #17: In you are hidden all men · 6 mentions · 6 February 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran says, your daily life is your temple....”
  32. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #5: God is your insecurity · 5 mentions · 10 February 1989
    “It was Friedrich Nietzsche's THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA that inspired Kahlil Gibran to write THE PROPHET.”
  33. The Invitation #29: The crescendo of the insanity of centuries · 5 mentions · 5 September 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran's one friend became mad.”
  34. The Last Testament, Vol 2 #8 · 5 mentions · 28 August 1985
    “There is a story by Khalil Gibran.”
  35. The Messiah, Vol 1 #4: Chapter title · 5 mentions · 10 January 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran, in the name of Almustafa, is giving the very essence of mysticism.”
  36. The Messiah, Vol 1 #5: Disclose us to ourselves · 5 mentions · 10 January 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran has covered in these few words the whole spectrum of spiritual growth.”
  37. The Messiah, Vol 2 #10: Evil is nothing but an absence of good · 5 mentions · 3 February 1987
    “Each single word uttered by Kahlil Gibran has to be understood in all its implications.”
  38. The Messiah, Vol 2 #18: I call it meditation · 5 mentions · 7 February 1987
    “A few things before I speak about Kahlil Gibran; they will help you to understand his statements.”
  39. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 #10: Fulfillment through becoming centered · 5 mentions · 13 November 1972
    “For example, Khalil Gibran speaks like a buddha but he is not a buddha.”
  40. Rahiman Dhaga Prem Ka #6 · 5 mentions · 1 April 1980
    “If you read Khalil Gibran—how lovely the sayings!”
  41. Notes of a Madman #1: Series #1 · 4 mentions
    “There is a beautiful story by Khalil Gibran which I have always loved:”
  42. Philosophia Ultima #10: A Challenge to my Love · 4 mentions · 20 December 1980
    “Kahlil Gibran has written tremendously beautiful words.”
  43. The Golden Future #9: I want you to become the dance · 4 mentions · 26 April 1987
    “You cannot ask questions of the heights of Zarathustra, of Kahlil Gibran -- and I have to answer your reality.”
  44. The Great Transcendence #4: Every Step Is The Destination · 4 mentions · 14 November 1975
    “Kahlil Gibran has written that one of his friends became mad, so he went to visit him in the mental asylum.”
  45. The Messiah, Vol 1 #17: The boundless within you · 4 mentions · 16 January 1987
    “It is one of the most unfortunate examples that a man like Kahlil Gibran could not get rid of his Christian upbringing.”
  46. The Messiah, Vol 2 #8: Into the very center of silence · 4 mentions · 23 January 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran, even in his most profound statements, always misses a few things -- and those few things are so essential that their absence destroys the whole profundity.”
  47. The Messiah, Vol 2 #21: Become again an innocent child · 4 mentions · 8 February 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran is making his most profound statements.”
  48. The Rebellious Spirit #7: Arguing with the ocean · 4 mentions · 13 February 1987
    “One of Kahlil Gibran's friends became mad, and Gibran went to see him in the madhouse.”
  49. Bahutere Hain Ghat #1 · 4 mentions · 21 March 1981
    “Khalil Gibran wrote a little incident.”
  50. Bhaj Govindam #4 · 4 mentions · 14 November 1975
    “Kahlil Gibran writes: a friend went mad, so he went to visit him in the asylum.”
  51. Sat Chit Anand #19: Whenever you close your umbrella you have glimpses · 3 mentions · 1 December 1987
    “For example, Kahlil Gibran, when he was only twenty-one years old, wrote his first book: THE PROPHET.”
  52. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 6 #10: Happiness: the death of the ego · 3 mentions · 30 October 1979
    “If you read the poetry, the poet seems to be like a seer, a Kahlil Gibran.”
  53. The Goose is Out #8: The dimension of the mysterious · 3 mentions · 8 March 1981
    “There is a beautiful parable of Kahlil Gibran:”
  54. The Messiah, Vol 1 #2: A boundless drop to a boundless ocean · 3 mentions · 9 January 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran, through Almustafa is trying to say that it is impossible to choose the known once the unknown approaches closer and closer.”
  55. The Messiah, Vol 1 #10: When you give of yourself · 3 mentions · 13 January 1987
    “The words of Kahlil Gibran should be written in pure gold.”
  56. The Messiah, Vol 1 #16: From house to home from home to temple · 3 mentions · 16 January 1987
    “The suggestion Kahlil Gibran is giving is not feasible.”
  57. The Messiah, Vol 2 #16: From dawn to dawn, a wonder and surprise · 3 mentions · 6 February 1987
    “That's why the priest could not get the idea that Kahlil Gibran is speaking religion and nothing else.”
  58. The Messiah, Vol 2 #24: We shall speak again together, I shall come back to you · 3 mentions · 10 February 1987
    “Kahlil Gibran is very authentic and sincere.”
  59. Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen #7: Better Mad Than Stupid · 3 mentions · 1 May 1980
    “Kahlil Gibran remembers one of his friends who went nuts and was put in a mental asylum.”