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

  1. Light on the Path #29: Nietzsche: a great freedom or a great danger · 38 mentions · 3 February 1986
    “Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the philosophers with the most potential in the whole world, not only in the West, not only in Germany.”
  2. YAA-HOO! The Mystic Rose #28: The art of listening is enough · 26 mentions · 17 April 1988
    “Maneesha, Nietzsche is certainly my forerunner, just as Chuang Tzu is, or Bodhidharma.”
  3. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #1: God is a puppeteer · 24 mentions · 6 February 1989
    “The series is dedicated to Friedrich Nietzsche, who was the first man in the history of mankind to declare, "God is dead, therefore man is free."”
  4. The Golden Future #7: Love: the purest power · 22 mentions · 25 April 1987
    “Friedrich Nietzsche is misunderstood, and out of this misunderstanding there has been tremendous disaster.”
  5. Tao Upanishad #62 · 20 mentions · 28 November 1972
    “Nietzsche says so—because Nietzsche thinks in exact reverse.”
  6. From Personality to Individuality #16: Superman: the fantasy for the inferior · 19 mentions · 14 January 1985
    “He got it from Friedrich Nietzsche.”
  7. Theologia Mystica #8: The Real Magic · 18 mentions · 18 August 1980
    “It has destroyed the possibility of many many people like Friedrich Nietzsche becoming enlightened.”
  8. Sermons in Stones #28: The full stop never comes · 16 mentions · 27 December 1986
    “Friedrich Nietzsche or others are tremendously important, but they are not one with the whole.”
  9. The Guest #14: I am not a person · 16 mentions · 9 May 1979
    “Nietzsche simply declared a fact.”
  10. Zarathustra: A God That Can Dance #1: Prologue part 1 · 15 mentions · 26 March 1987
    “Nietzsche is unique in this sense.”
  11. The Razor's Edge #25: The same vicious circle · 14 mentions · 9 March 1987
    “Mathilda Argyll, Friedrich Nietzsche is a great thinker.”
  12. Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #8 · 14 mentions · 18 January 1978
    “Whenever Friedrich Nietzsche says something, it is worth considering.”
  13. Books I Have Loved #8 · 13 mentions
    “The first book is Friedrich Nietzsche's WILL TO POWER.”
  14. Glimpses of a Golden Childhood #14 · 13 mentions
    “In the western world only Friedrich Nietzsche had the guts and the madness enough to propose the idea of eternal recurrence.”
  15. The Golden Future #9: I want you to become the dance · 13 mentions · 26 April 1987
    “Maneesha, Friedrich Nietzsche's maxim: "One is punished most for one's virtues" has a very deep and different meaning from what you have seen in it.”
  16. The Golden Future #5: Just a little knack of losing yourself · 12 mentions · 24 April 1987
    “Maneesha, Friedrich Nietzsche is a strange philosopher, poet and mystic.”
  17. Jin Sutra #28 · 12 mentions · 7 June 1976
    “So there is very little likelihood that you can be a Mahavira; the greater likelihood is that you will become a Nietzsche.”
  18. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #5: God is your insecurity · 11 mentions · 10 February 1989
    “It was Friedrich Nietzsche's THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA that inspired Kahlil Gibran to write THE PROPHET.”
  19. The Osho Upanishad #3: Master and disciple, a journey hand in hand · 11 mentions · 18 August 1986
    “The genius of the caliber of Frederick Nietzsche is always in danger of going mad.”
  20. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #1 · 11 mentions
    “Nietzsche mocks all those who run from life.”
  21. Jin Sutra #9 · 11 mentions · 19 May 1976
    “Nietzsche too reached close to the argument where Mahavira stood.”
  22. Communism and Zen Fire, Zen Wind #5: Socialism is a judas · 10 mentions · 3 February 1989
    “Maneesha, Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most misunderstood giants of mankind.”
  23. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #2: God is an insult to man · 10 mentions · 7 February 1989
    “Maneesha, Nietzsche wrote his book THE ANTICHRIST in the insane asylum.”
  24. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #3: God is just like tomorrow · 10 mentions · 8 February 1989
    “Friedrich Nietzsche suggests that the hope of happiness is the instrument by which man is manipulated, more than any actual instance of happiness.”
  25. Sermons in Stones #17: The poetry of the feminine · 10 mentions · 16 December 1986
    “Friedrich Nietzsche has a great insight into many areas of life, but he could not create a coherent, comprehensive system of philosophy.”
  26. Sufis: The People of the Path, Vol 1 #5: Singing Silence · 10 mentions · 15 August 1977
    “And then the third hammer came with Friedrich Nietzsche.”
  27. Maha Geeta #56 · 10 mentions · 6 December 1976
    “Nietzsche proclaimed a hundred years ago that God is dead and man is free.”
  28. I Celebrate Myself: God Is No Where, Life Is Now Here #7: Existence is celebration · 9 mentions · 19 February 1989
    “Friedrich Nietzsche's statement, "God is dead; hence man is free" ...”
  29. Sermons in Stones #9: Mind as a Master is a disaster · 9 mentions · 8 December 1986
    “The argument inside his mind was that it is very difficult, almost impossible, to disagree with the Sermon on the Mount unless you have a superb, logical mind, something parallel to the genius of Friedrich Nietzsche -- then perhaps you may be able to disagree.”
  30. The Guest #9: God is born again · 9 mentions · 4 May 1979
    “FRIEDRICH Nietzsche killed God, and Sigmund Freud buried the corpse.”
  31. The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol 1 #12: You are responsible · 9 mentions · 26 February 1972
    “Nietzsche has said somewhere, very beautifully, that that day will be the doomsday when no one feels frustrated with oneself, because then there is no possibility for further evolution.”
  32. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #1 · 9 mentions
    “And Friedrich Nietzsche said a very unique thing: often untruths can be beneficial.”
  33. Nam Sumir Man Bavre #8 · 9 mentions · 8 August 1978
    “Nietzsche too said: the day all of man’s illusions break, man will not be able to live.”
  34. Guida Spirituale #14: The Only Miracle · 8 mentions · 8 September 1980
    “That's why persons like Friedrich Nietzsche say God is dead -- not that God is dead, but Nietzsche is an egoist.”
  35. I Am That #7: Each Moment -- Miracles! · 8 mentions · 17 October 1980
    “Friedrich Nietzsche became so obsessed with anti-Christianity that in the last years of his life, when he became mad, he started signing his name as "Antichrist Friedrich Nietsche".”
  36. Light on the Path #12: Religiousness is interwoven into existence itself · 8 mentions · 11 January 1986
    “There is a prophetic saying of Nietzsche's: "God is dead and man is free."”
  37. Bahuri Na Aiso Daon #2 · 8 mentions · 2 August 1980
    “Friedrich Nietzsche died insane.”
  38. Tao Upanishad #44 · 8 mentions · 8 November 1971
    “Nietzsche has made a harsh satire on Jesus.”
  39. Tao Upanishad #74 · 8 mentions · 7 August 1973
    “This century opened with a proclamation of Friedrich Nietzsche.”
  40. Books I Have Loved #1 · 7 mentions
    “A few pieces in Fyodor Dostoevsky's BROTHERS KARAMAZOV are pure poetry, and so are even a few pieces from that madman Friedrich Nietzsche's book, THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA.”
  41. From Misery to Enlightenment #12: God: an idea whose time has come -- and gone · 7 mentions · 9 February 1985
    “Friedrich Nietzsche says, "God is dead."”
  42. I Say Unto You, Vol 1 #5: Pray to Thy Father in Secret · 7 mentions · 27 October 1977
    “Friedrich Nietzsche is right when he says that mall is the only animal who tries to surpass himself, the only animal who can surpass himself.”
  43. The Golden Wind #24 · 7 mentions · 24 July 1980
    “Hence Nietzsche was right when he said that the first and the last Christian died on the cross two thousand years ago.”
  44. The Sun Rises in the Evening #5: When we Attain to Reality · 7 mentions · 15 June 1978
    “Friedrich Nietzsche has said 'To have lost God means madness; and when mankind discovers that it has lost God, universal madness will break out.'”
  45. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #13 · 7 mentions
    “Nietzsche is filled with a despondency even greater than Arjuna’s; his despair is not less, it is more—his agony is terrible.”
  46. Saravsar Upanishad #11 · 7 mentions · 13 January 1972
    “Nietzsche struggled lifelong to live as though there is no God—he declared that even if He ever was, He is now dead.”
  47. Death is Divine #5: Living in the heart · 6 mentions · 5 October 1978
    “You will be surprised to know that Frederick Nietzsche, the great German thinker said many things against Jesus, one thing he wrote perhaps you might never have imagined, perhaps no one has thought of.”
  48. From Personality to Individuality #10: Christianity: just a nice Jewish boy's hang-up · 6 mentions · 8 January 1985
    “I was simply quoting Friedrich Nietzsche; it was Nietzsche who made that statement.”
  49. From Unconciousness to Consciousness #29: I Teach You Reverence For Life · 6 mentions · 27 November 1984
    “It will be significant to remember Friedrich Nietzsche, and his idea of superman.”
  50. Philosophia Perennis, Vol 2 #9: There's No God Till You've Met Him · 6 mentions · 8 January 1979
    “It is not accidental that Friedrich Nietzsche declared that "God is dead and man is free."”
  51. Take It Easy, Vol 1 #11: The Lotus Flower of the Law · 6 mentions · 21 April 1978
    “Buddha's approach is such that if Friedrich Nietzsche had been born in a Buddhist land, he could not have written that God is dead and that from now onward man is free.”
  52. The Golden Future #13: Nothing goes right without meditation · 6 mentions · 18 May 1987
    “First, you ask, "When someone like Nietzsche or Gertrude Stein dies -- a genius who would probably have become enlightened if they had met a master -- what sort of consciousness do they carry into the next life?”
  53. The Great Pilgrimage: From Here to Here #23: Knowledge is the corpse of knowing · 6 mentions · 1 October 1987
    “In the past, before that German guy Friedrich Nietzsche declared that God is dead, God used to be the most important word in our language.”
  54. The Messiah, Vol 2 #3: Each moment a resurrection · 6 mentions · 21 January 1987
    “Friedrich Nietzsche died in a madhouse.”
  55. The Messiah, Vol 2 #14: A dewdrop cannot offend the ocean · 6 mentions · 5 February 1987
    “When Friedrich Nietzsche wanted to write something parallel to the gospels of Jesus, he chose the name of Zarathustra -- although he knew not much about Zarathustra.”
  56. Walk Without Feet, Fly Without Wings and Think Without Mind #7: Any Moment! · 6 mentions · 7 January 1978
    “Nietzsche is vomiting.”
  57. Bin Bati Bin Tel #15 · 6 mentions · 5 July 1974
    “And Nietzsche has said—and it matches your experience.”
  58. Dharam Sadhana Ke Sutra #2 · 6 mentions
    “Nietzsche said, “God is dead.””
  59. Tao Upanishad #48 · 6 mentions · 20 July 1972
    “Someone said to Nietzsche: You write so much against Jesus—and Nietzsche not only wrote against Jesus; even when he signed his name he wrote “Anti‑Christ Friedrich Nietzsche”—so give proofs for all this.”
  60. Christianity: The Deadliest Poison and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons #5: Turning lions into sheep · 5 mentions · 26 January 1989
    “I appreciate Friedrich Nietzsche more on this point than Jesus Christ.”
  61. Fingers Pointing to the Moon #6: Allowing · 5 mentions · 11 March 1980
    “Friedrich Nietzsche has criticized Jesus very much, and one of his greatest criticisms was that Jesus is feminine, womanish.”
  62. From Ignorance to Innocence #8: God is not a solution but a problem · 5 mentions · 6 December 1984
    “Friedrich Nietzsche's statement I remind you of again.”
  63. I Celebrate Myself: God Is No Where, Life Is Now Here #1: The grand rebellion · 5 mentions · 13 February 1989
    “The statement of Friedrich Nietzsche that God is dead, is only symbolic because God has never been in the first place -- not even born.”
  64. One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green #4: One wonders · 5 mentions · 16 January 1989
    “Another great journalist of India, the late editor of the ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY OF INDIA, has reviewed another book of mine on Friedrich Nietzsche's Zarathustra.”
  65. Socrates Poisoned Again After 25 Centuries #7: Zorba is my past: buddha is my present · 5 mentions · 22 February 1986
    “Friedrich Nietzsche.”
  66. The Book of Wisdom #7: Learning the Knack · 5 mentions · 17 February 1979
    “In fact that was one of Friedrich Nietzsche's criticisms of Buddha and Jesus Christ, that they look feminine, that they are womanish.”
  67. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 2 #2: Drink to the full and dance · 5 mentions · 2 July 1979
    “Neeraj, Friedrich Nietzsche says God is dead -- that means he was alive before.”
  68. The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #11: Emptying · 5 mentions · 20 July 1987
    “His beauty is such that Friedrich Nietzsche condemned him because of his grace and his beauty.”
  69. The Guest #13: The guest is inside you · 5 mentions · 8 May 1979
    “FRIEDRICH Nietzsche declared that God is dead and hence man is free.”
  70. The Imprisoned Splendor #16 · 5 mentions · 16 June 1980
    “It is because of two thousand years of conditioning that one should be afraid of god, that finally Friedrich Nietzsche asserted, 'God is dead and I declare that man is free.”
  71. The Last Testament, Vol 2 #6: The Intelligent Way · 5 mentions · 26 August 1985
    “One is Friedrich Nietzsche, the other is Adolf Hitler.”
  72. The Messiah, Vol 1 #15: Beyond joy and sorrow · 5 mentions · 15 January 1987
    “In one of the very important statements of Friedrich Nietzsche...”
  73. The Old Pond ... Plop #23 · 5 mentions · 23 January 1981
    “Friedrich Nietzsche has said something immensely beautiful.”
  74. The Razor's Edge #11: Bring the dawn, dispel the darkness · 5 mentions · 2 March 1987
    “Friedrich Nietzsche was thought of by Adolf Hitler as his master, although Adolf Hitler has not the intelligence to understand Friedrich Nietzsche -- whatever he understood was simply misunderstanding.”
  75. Vedanta: Seven Steps to Samadhi #12: Only Knowing Remains · 5 mentions · 17 January 1974
    “Nietzsche wrote about Pontius Pilate, because Nietzsche was always against Jesus.”
  76. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 2 #33: Fear of transformation · 5 mentions · 1 November 1973
    “Friedrich Nietzsche writes somewhere that in the whole New Testament there was only one person really worth something, who was cultured, educated, philosophically knowledgeable, wise -- that man was Pilate, the Roman governor who ordered Jesus to be crucified.”
  77. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 7 #7: In a cold universe · 5 mentions · 7 January 1976
    “For Nietzsche himself, this realization that there is no personal God was too much.”
  78. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 8 #9: Loosening the cause of bondage · 5 mentions · 19 April 1976
    “A HUNDRED years before, one of the greatest thinkers of the world, Friedrich Nietzsche, declared that God is dead.”
  79. Zarathustra: A God That Can Dance #11: Of the friend · 5 mentions · 31 March 1987
    “It is a very strange coincidence that neither Machiavelli nor Friedrich Nietzsche could ever have imagined that their grandchildren were going to be my sannyasins.”
  80. Geeta Darshan Vol. 8 #6 · 5 mentions
    “Nietzsche used to say a very astonishing thing about this; no one listened to him.”
  81. Man Hi Pooja Man Hi Dhoop #6 · 5 mentions · 6 October 1979
    “Friedrich Nietzsche wrote against Buddha and Jesus, saying that both are effeminate.”
  82. Nirvan Upanishad #10 · 5 mentions · 30 September 1971
    “Nietzsche said: bliss is not.”
  83. Sahaj Samadhi Bhali #13 · 5 mentions · 2 August 1974
    “The intelligent can become a Buddha—or a Nietzsche.”
  84. Saravsar Upanishad #7 · 5 mentions · 11 January 1972
    “Nietzsche has raised a question.”
  85. Tao Upanishad #79 · 5 mentions · 12 August 1973
    “A great wonder: Nietzsche was physically weak—very weak; in no way could he be called powerful—sickly, feeble, always ill.”
  86. From Ignorance to Innocence #26: Meditation: watchfulness, awareness, alertness -- the real trinity · 4 mentions · 25 December 1984
    “Friedrich Nietzsche again...”
  87. From the False to the Truth #15: All promise for tomorrow are lies · 4 mentions · 13 July 1985
    “Frederick Nietzsche, although a madman, had many beautiful flashes of light, love, truth.”
  88. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #7: God is the business of the priest · 4 mentions · 12 February 1989
    “Maneesha, Nietzsche is a great poet and a very unique poet.”
  89. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #16: Atheism, Theism and Reality · 4 mentions · 3 October 1970
    “There is a saying of Nietzsche's which is significant in this context.”
  90. Take It Easy, Vol 1 #8: In Search of a Ghost · 4 mentions · 18 April 1978
    “That's exactly what Friedrich Nietzsche used to say against Jesus, "He was the most arrogant man.”
  91. Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol 1 #4: Discover your own God · 4 mentions · 14 June 1980
    “Bertolt Brecht would have been a Buddha, just as Friedrich Nietzsche would have been a Buddha.”
  92. The Beloved, Vol 1 #7: Dying with death, You must live to seek · 4 mentions · 27 June 1976
    “Then let Nietzsche declare that God is dead; your God can never be dead.”
  93. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 5 #6: Christ: the last Christian · 4 mentions · 16 October 1979
    “These two persons, Friedrich Nietzsche and D.H.”
  94. The Last Testament, Vol 5 #14 · 4 mentions · 28 December 1985
    “Friedrich Nietzsche declared in the heyday of materialism that God is dead, but as we penetrated deeper and deeper into the mysteries of matter the whole idea about matter has changed.”
  95. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 #1: Chapter title:Introduction to the path of Yoga · 4 mentions · 25 December 1973
    “Nietzsche says somewhere that man cannot live with the true: he needs dreams, he needs illusions, he needs lies to exist.”
  96. Zarathustra: A God That Can Dance #15: Of justice · 4 mentions · 3 April 1987
    “Friedrich Nietzsche who has written this book THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA on the teachings of Zarathustra, says in one of his statements that Jesus, even at the last moment on the cross, was a great egoist, because his last prayer was, "Father, forgive all these pe…”
  97. Zen: The Special Transmission #8: Get It? · 4 mentions · 8 July 1980
    “That's what Friedrich Nietzsche says...”
  98. Bahuri Na Aiso Daon #1 · 4 mentions · 1 August 1980
    “Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Live dangerously.””
  99. Bin Bati Bin Tel #9 · 4 mentions · 29 June 1974
    “Before Hitler, Nietzsche had declared that “God is dead.””
  100. Bin Bati Bin Tel #11 · 4 mentions · 1 July 1974
    “That is why those who are partisans of life—like Nietzsche—say: never listen to the Indians.”
  101. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #10 · 4 mentions
    “Nietzsche wrote The Will to Power.”
  102. Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #1 · 4 mentions
    “Nietzsche experienced this.”
  103. Kan Thore Kankar Ghane #2 · 4 mentions · 12 May 1977
    “Nietzsche said: God is dead.”
  104. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #6 · 4 mentions · 20 September 1969
    “Nietzsche said a strange and profound thing—albeit in jest.”
  105. Mahaveer Vani #40 · 4 mentions · 28 August 1973
    “Friedrich Nietzsche said something very rare: as truth enters human life, life will become more difficult; because man lives supported by untruth.”
  106. Mare He Jogi Maro #10 · 4 mentions · 10 December 1979
    “The day Friedrich Nietzsche declared “God is dead,” God did not die—but that very day Nietzsche went mad.”
  107. Nirvan Upanishad #11 · 4 mentions · 30 September 1971
    “Friedrich Nietzsche wrote the quintessence of his life in a book titled “The Will to Power.””
  108. Peevat Ramras Lagi Khumari #7 · 4 mentions · 17 January 1981
    “It is as if Nietzsche’s proclamation never reached Rabindranath’s ears: God is dead—long dead—and man is now free.”
  109. Sapna Yeh Sansar #19 · 4 mentions · 29 July 1979
    “Friedrich Nietzsche has said: God is not, cannot be, because I am.”
  110. Tao Upanishad #121 · 4 mentions · 31 March 1975
    “In every way whenever you desire power—and you desire power—Nietzsche says: in man there is a single longing, the will to power.”
  111. Books I Have Loved #4 · 3 mentions
    “I have mentioned Mikhail Naimy, the creator of THE BOOK OF MIRDAD; I have mentioned Kahlil Gibran, and many others: Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Walt Whitman.”
  112. Come, Come, Yet Again Come #9: The Very alphabet of Love · 3 mentions · 4 November 1980
    “Friedrich Nietzsche is God-FEARING, that's why in his outburst of anger he says, "God is dead."”
  113. Death is Divine #10: Music, the easiest method of meditation · 3 mentions · 10 October 1978
    “On the day Friedrich Nietzsche proclaimed that god is dead, god did not die, but that same day Nietzshe went mad.”
  114. Don't Look Before You Leap #22 · 3 mentions · 23 July 1978
    “Friedrich Nietzsche says 'God is dead.'”
  115. From Personality to Individuality #2: To define is to confine -- existence has no boundaries · 3 mentions · 31 December 1984
    “Nietzsche is far truer when he says, "God is dead and I proclaim to humanity that now man is free."”
  116. From Unconciousness to Consciousness #15: The Priest and the Politician -- the Mafia of the Soul · 3 mentions · 13 November 1984
    “Friedrich Nietzsche said...”
  117. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #4: God is a lie · 3 mentions · 9 February 1989
    “What Nietzsche was saying did not happen in his life; he ended up in a madhouse.”
  118. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #6: God is the original sinner · 3 mentions · 11 February 1989
    “Friedrich Nietzsche is only a thinker, a philosopher of tremendous genius.”
  119. Hallelujah! #13: Only in Bliss are you Close to Me · 3 mentions · 13 August 1978
    “After Nietzsche declared 'God is dead,' man died.”
  120. Hari Om Tat Sat #30: Truth: beyond mind, beyond language · 3 mentions · 25 February 1988
    “To ask a question about God after Friedrich Nietzsche declared that he is dead is impolite.”
  121. Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book of Nothing #2: The way is perfect · 3 mentions · 22 October 1974
    “Nietzsche has said -- and he has many insights to reveal -- he has said that man is a bridge, he is not a being.”
  122. I Am Not As Thunk As You Drink I Am #8 · 3 mentions · 9 October 1980
    “Nietzsche declared that god is dead.”
  123. I Say Unto You, Vol 1 #4: Unless you Create Your Face · 3 mentions · 24 October 1977
    “Now that is no more possible -- not after Friedrich Nietzsche.”
  124. If You Choose To Be With Me, You Must Risk Finding Yourself #2: The Individual and the Whole · 3 mentions · 2 February 1980
    “It all started a hundred years ago with the declaration by Nietzsche that God is dead.”
  125. Nirvana: The Last Nightmare #4: The Drunken Dancer · 3 mentions · 14 February 1976
    “Because of this duality, Nietzsche could say, 'God is dead.'”
  126. Sat Chit Anand #11: Each living being sooner or later is going to become a god · 3 mentions · 27 November 1987
    “He is far more free from God than even Frederick Nietzsche.”
  127. Tantra: The Supreme Understanding #7: The Pathless Path · 3 mentions · 17 February 1975
    “Seventy years ago, seventy-five years ago, Nietzsche declared, "God is dead."”
  128. Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol 2 #2: It is always today · 3 mentions · 22 June 1980
    “Friedrich Nietzsche used to say that the first and the last Christian died two thousand years before on the cross.”
  129. Tao: The Pathless Path, Vol 2 #1: The Ultimate Synthesis · 3 mentions · 25 February 1977
    “Friedrich Nietzsche has criticised both Buddha and Jesus -- he said they were not real men.”
  130. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 3 #4: Boy! Did we Shake that Thing! · 3 mentions · 14 August 1975
    “Nietzsche went mad -- he was REALLY a thinker.”
  131. The Art of Dying #3: Walking the Tightrope · 3 mentions · 13 October 1976
    “That is the meaning when Friedrich Nietzsche declares that 'God is dead'.”
  132. The Diamond Sutra #2: Love Released · 3 mentions · 22 December 1977
    “So is Friedrich Nietzsche a great mind -- and Aurobindo and Nietzsche have many similarities.”
  133. The Fish in the Sea is Not Thirsty #4: Wake Up! Wake Up! · 3 mentions · 14 April 1979
    “Friedrich Nietzsche condemned Buddha and Christ as feminine.”
  134. The Golden Wind #3 · 3 mentions · 3 July 1980
    “Friedrich Nietzsche seems to be far more authentic man than your so-called popes and ayatollahs and imams and pundits and shankaracharyas, because he declared that god is dead!”
  135. The Guest #12: Allow him to reach you · 3 mentions · 7 May 1979
    “Friedrich Nietzsche was very much against Jesus Christ.”
  136. The Last Testament, Vol 3 #30 · 3 mentions · 20 October 1985
    “Nietzsche in one of his diaries says that the most beautiful thing that he has seen in his life was a battalion marching.”
  137. The Messiah, Vol 1 #2: A boundless drop to a boundless ocean · 3 mentions · 9 January 1987
    “If he is perfect then Friedrich Nietzsche is right, that he is dead.”
  138. The Mustard Seed: My Most Loved Gospel on Jesus #6: Absurd! Illogical! · 3 mentions · 26 August 1974
    “Nietzsche, one of the best intelligences ever born, went mad, had to go mad -- he had so much energy; so much energy that it could not be confined, so much energy that it had to become a flood; it could not be a gentle stream, he could not channel it -- it was…”
  139. The Sword and the Lotus #6: All is · 3 mentions · 25 January 1986
    “Friedrich Nietzsche has made a very significant comment.”
  140. The Wisdom of the Sands, Vol 1 #1: The Tale of the Sands · 3 mentions · 21 February 1978
    “Nietzsche says that happiness is impossible -- it has never happened and it can't happen.”
  141. The Wisdom of the Sands, Vol 1 #4: Contrary to Expectation · 3 mentions · 24 February 1978
    “Or, we can use the metaphors used by Friedrich Nietzsche.”
  142. Theologia Mystica #13: Neither This Nor That · 3 mentions · 23 August 1980
    “What Dionysius is saying is exactly the same as what Nietzsche said in more clear words: that God is dead and man is free.”
  143. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 2 #35: The search for the rhythm of the opposites · 3 mentions · 3 November 1973
    “Nietzsche writes in one of his letters, "I can believe only in a dancing god."”
  144. What Is, Is, What Ain't, Ain't #1 · 3 mentions · 1 February 1977
    “That's why Nietzsche goes mad, Buddha becomes awakened.”
  145. When the Shoe Fits #4: Fighting Cock · 3 mentions · 14 October 1974
    “And, of course, strength is the only criterion for the mind, power is what mind is in search of -- Friedrich Nietzsche is right.”
  146. YAA-HOO! The Mystic Rose #5: Blindness and following are synonymous · 3 mentions · 23 March 1988
    “Friedrich Nietzsche was confined in a madhouse, forcibly, although he was not mad.”
  147. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 3 #2: Ego's attraction · 3 mentions · 2 March 1975
    “Nietzsche criticized Buddha only because of this: that he is a feminine man.”
  148. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 8 #2: And a perfect liar at that · 3 mentions · 12 April 1976
    “Friedrich Nietzsche has said, "I cannot believe in God, because if I believe in God I will always remain inferior -- always."”
  149. Zen: The Diamond Thunderbolt #13: Today the bird opens its wings · 3 mentions · 24 July 1988
    “Maneesha, you don't have to drop Nietzsche or Jesus -- you have only to drop yourself.”
  150. Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1 #1: Join the Farthest Star · 3 mentions · 11 June 1977
    “Had Friederich Nietzsche known anything about Zen he might have turned into a mystic rather than going mad.”

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