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Osho on Kierkegaard

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

  1. From Personality to Individuality #2: To define is to confine -- existence has no boundaries · 10 mentions · 31 December 1984
    “First is Soren Kierkegaard.”
  2. The Heart Sutra #7: Full Emptiness · 9 mentions · 17 October 1977
    “Have you heard the famous statement of S�ren Kierkegaard, the Danish philosopher, the founder of modern existentialism?”
  3. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #7: Actionless action and silent dialogue of the wise · 5 mentions · 25 June 1971
    “Soren Kierkegaard wrote books.”
  4. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 12 #1: No-self actualization · 4 mentions · 21 April 1980
    “Soren Kierkegaard says that every man is trembling inside, there is a constant trembling -- and he is right.”
  5. The Empty Boat #8: The Useless · 4 mentions · 17 July 1974
    “Soren Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher, has written something very penetrating.”
  6. Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #16 · 4 mentions · 26 January 1978
    “When the renowned Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard was asked why he remained unmarried, he said, “I did not want to be trapped between two wives.””
  7. Tao Upanishad #7 · 4 mentions · 25 June 1971
    “Søren Kierkegaard wrote books.”
  8. Be Still and Know #3: No Question, No Answer · 3 mentions · 3 September 1979
    “A few Indian intellectuals write about meaninglessness, absurdity, almost in the same way as Soren Kierkegaard, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jaspers, Heidegger....”
  9. Beyond Psychology #22: Freedom doesn't choose, it discovers · 3 mentions · 23 April 1986
    “One great Danish philosopher was Soren Kierkegaard.”
  10. I Am Not As Thunk As You Drink I Am #6 · 3 mentions · 7 October 1980
    “Soren Kierkegaard, the founder of existentialism in the West, says that boredom is the most important problem.”
  11. Just Around the Corner #30 · 3 mentions · 30 May 1979
    “The greatest thinkers -- people like Immanuel Kant or Hegel or Kierkegaard -- they cannot decide.”
  12. The Miracle #24 · 3 mentions · 24 August 1980
    “[We've been trained to be afraid, Osho has said before tonight, or as Soren Kierkegaard put it, 'Man is a trembling.'”