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

  1. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 4 #8: The psychology of the buddhas · 28 mentions · 28 April 1975
    “He has brought a few fragments out of darkness, but it became more and more difficult because his greatest disciple, P.D.”
  2. Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen #8: The Head And The Heart · 22 mentions · 2 May 1980
    “Gurdjieff is not alone in that; he needed P.D.”
  3. From Personality to Individuality #9: The law of karma: A conspiracy of the priests to manipulate your mind · 19 mentions · 7 January 1985
    “Even for a man like P.D.”
  4. From the False to the Truth #11: That explosion of bliss · 18 mentions · 9 July 1985
    “a beautiful man, George Gurdjieff, had a great disciple, P.D.”
  5. Beyond Psychology #29: Come a little closer · 16 mentions · 26 April 1986
    “And even people like P.D.”
  6. From Personality to Individuality #21: Priest and politicians: from genesis to genocide · 16 mentions · 19 January 1985
    “The first book in the whole history of mankind which accepts this truth was written by P.D.”
  7. Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol 1 #2: Existence is God's expression · 15 mentions · 12 June 1980
    “Gurdjieff used to say that even the people who understood him the most had not understood him -- even a man like P.D.”
  8. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 8 #11: The psychology of egolessness · 14 mentions · 31 December 1979
    “Even his own chief disciple, P.D.”
  9. The Fish in the Sea is Not Thirsty #6: Untimely Sannyasination · 13 mentions · 16 April 1979
    “Ouspensky, went to see a very strange mystic, George Gurdjieff, Ouspensky was already world-famous, and Gurdjieff was not known at all; nobody had heard about him.”
  10. The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol 1 #1: The Tradition of the Upanishads and the Secrets of Meditation · 13 mentions · 15 February 1972
    “Ouspensky was working with Gurdjieff on his method of self-remembering.”
  11. Zen: The Mystery and The Poetry of the Beyond #4: Now it is my turn · 13 mentions · 11 January 1989
    “Ouspensky, who was his spokesman.”
  12. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #9 · 13 mentions · 21 September 1969
    “As I speak often of Gurdjieff—he used Ouspensky exactly as Ramakrishna used Vivekananda.”
  13. Hari Om Tat Sat #25: Zen: a contagious blissfulness · 12 mentions · 22 February 1988
    “If he had not been found by Ouspensky, the world would not have known anything about him.”
  14. This Very Body the Buddha #3: Now is the Only Time for the Heart · 12 mentions · 13 December 1977
    “In fact, whatsoever is known about Gurdjieff is not about Gurdjieff, it is about P D Ouspensky.”
  15. Light on the Path #10: I love the rascal saints · 11 mentions · 9 January 1986
    “Once he called one of his most important and the greatest of his disciples, P.D.”
  16. The Miracle #30 · 11 mentions · 30 August 1980
    “P.D.”
  17. Kaivalya Upanishad #2 · 11 mentions · 26 March 1972
    “When Ouspensky first went to Gurdjieff, Gurdjieff said to him, “Write down on a paper whatever you know, so I may keep it—and we shall never discuss that.”
  18. From Bondage to Freedom #9: Intelligence is a luxury · 10 mentions · 23 September 1985
    “I am reminded about P.D.”
  19. The Razor's Edge #20: Each human being is a longing of existence · 10 mentions · 7 March 1987
    “Maneesha, Ouspensky is right.”
  20. And The Flowers Showered #2: The brash student · 9 mentions · 1 November 1974
    “When P.D.Ouspensky came to Gurdjieff he was a great scholar, already world famous -- more known in the world than Gurdjieff himself.”
  21. Socrates Poisoned Again After 25 Centuries #5: Existence does not like carbon copies · 9 mentions · 21 February 1986
    “P.D.”
  22. The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #4: Trust · 9 mentions · 16 July 1987
    “Joad, was very much disturbed by the ideas of George Gurdjieff and his disciple, P.D.”
  23. The Invitation #30: Avoid the priests · 9 mentions · 5 September 1987
    “I am reminded of one great mathematician, P.D.”
  24. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 10 #5: This is it! · 9 mentions · 5 May 1976
    “Ouspensky, the great disciple of George Gurdjieff, met his Master for the first time, he was already a very famous, well known man in the world.”
  25. Ishavashya Upanishad #1 · 9 mentions · 4 April 1971
    “Ouspensky wrote a book called Tertium Organum.”
  26. Kano Suni So Juth Sab #7 · 9 mentions · 17 July 1977
    “Gurdjieff had Ouspensky come to him; Ouspensky was a great pundit.”
  27. Books I Have Loved #3 · 8 mentions
    “Second is P.D.”
  28. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #4 · 8 mentions
    “He took a very great Russian mathematician, Ouspensky, along with thirty disciples, and went to stay for three months in a small village near Tiflis (Tbilisi).”
  29. Jin Sutra #36 · 8 mentions · 14 July 1976
    “When Ouspensky first went to Gurdjieff—his foremost disciple—Gurdjieff said, “Do one thing.”
  30. Kahe Hot Adheer #6 · 8 mentions · 17 September 1979
    “The great Russian mathematician Ouspensky went to the remarkable mystic Gurdjieff.”
  31. Neti Neti Satya Ki Khoj #2 · 8 mentions
    “In Russia there was a most remarkable thinker, Ouspensky.”
  32. Tao Upanishad #115 · 8 mentions · 25 March 1975
    “Ouspensky, a great Russian thinker, went to Gurdjieff—Ouspensky had written very elevated books.”
  33. Tao Upanishad #39 · 8 mentions · 17 June 1972
    “When Ouspensky went to meet Gurdjieff for the first time, twenty people were sitting there.”
  34. Ah, This! #8: Not Knowing is the Most Intimate · 7 mentions · 10 January 1980
    “Even a man like P.D.”
  35. Light on the Path #37: I don't have any disciples, i have only friends · 7 mentions · 12 February 1986
    “That's why P.D.”
  36. The Osho Upanishad #39: Don't say goodbye, say good morning · 7 mentions · 27 September 1986
    “Turiya, the same thing happened with Ouspensky, who was really a disciple.”
  37. The Transmission of the Lamp #26: Cut the social crap completely · 7 mentions · 8 June 1986
    “When, for the first time, P.D.”
  38. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #17: Who is the best ruler? -- he who is like god · 7 mentions · 17 June 1972
    “When Ouspensky went to Gurdjieff for the first time, there were about twenty people already there.”
  39. Vedanta: Seven Steps to Samadhi #5: In Deep Patience · 7 mentions · 13 January 1974
    “She had heard Ouspensky, Gurdjieff's disciple, and Ouspensky was a mathematician, a logician.”
  40. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 #22: The third eye and psychic eye power · 7 mentions · 15 December 1972
    “Ouspensky, the chief disciple of Gurdjieff, was working under Gurdjieff for ten years.”
  41. Prem Nadi Ke Teera #5 · 7 mentions
    “There was a great mathematician in Russia, Ouspensky.”
  42. And Now, And Here #2: Seeing Life as a Dream · 6 mentions · 29 October 1969
    “A man named P.D.”
  43. Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol 2 #9: Save me from the Pillar! · 6 mentions · 29 June 1980
    “When P.D.”
  44. The Last Testament, Vol 3 #26 · 6 mentions · 16 October 1985
    “Even a man like Ouspensky, one of the greatest mathematician of all the ages....”
  45. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 #6: Devices to transcend dreaming · 6 mentions · 6 October 1972
    “Ouspensky, relates that when Gurdjieff was working on him with this method, and he was practicing for three months continuously this remembering of "I am, I am, I am," after three months everything stopped.”
  46. Prem Nadi Ke Teera #15 · 6 mentions
    “Ouspensky once went to meet Gurdjieff.”
  47. Books I Have Loved #8 · 5 mentions
    “Second: Again I am going to mention P.D.Ouspensky.”
  48. Don't Bite My Finger, Look Where I'm Pointing #18 · 5 mentions · 19 March 1978
    “But Ouspensky was a very serious man -- a professor, a mathematician, a logician, a philosopher; that created trouble.”
  49. Finger Pointing to the Moon #10: The Four Steps · 5 mentions · 18 October 1972
    “I have been looking through a book written by a female disciple of Ouspensky.”
  50. Philosophia Perennis, Vol 1 #2: Love Comes Faceless · 5 mentions · 22 December 1978
    “Ouspensky's TERTIUM ORGANUM.”
  51. Philosophia Perennis, Vol 2 #1: The Golden Mean · 5 mentions · 31 December 1978
    “Ouspensky reached his Master, Gurdjieff, for the first time, Gurdjieff looked into his eyes and without saying a single word he gave him a piece of paper, empty, and told him to go in the next room and write on one side what he thought he knew and on the other…”
  52. The Beginning of the Beginning #2: From Delusion Towards Truth · 5 mentions · 26 February 1969
    “Ouspensky was a marvellous thinker from Russia.”
  53. The Heartbeat of the Absolute #1: All Is A Miracle · 5 mentions · 4 April 1971
    “Ouspensky has written a book called Tertium Organum.”
  54. Es Dhammo Sanantano #95 · 5 mentions · 4 June 1977
    “When Gurdjieff first met his great disciple Ouspensky, he said to him, “Here is a blank page.”
  55. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #14 · 5 mentions
    “Ouspensky, a great Russian thinker and mathematician, went to the mystic Gurdjieff.”
  56. Jagat Taraiya Bhor Ki #8 · 5 mentions · 18 March 1977
    “Ouspensky once went to meet George Gurdjieff.”
  57. Books I Have Loved #10 · 4 mentions
    “Nicoll was a disciple of Gurdjieff, and unlike Ouspensky, he never betrayed, he was not a Judas.”
  58. Communism and Zen Fire, Zen Wind #3: This I call Zen Fire, Zen Wind · 4 mentions · 1 February 1989
    “Now professors, painters, poets -- almost half the group of people in his campus -- were those who became interested in him because of his great disciple P.D.”
  59. Finger Pointing to the Moon #1: Don't Just Listen, Do · 4 mentions · 13 October 1972
    “She was practicing spiritual disciplines with Piotr Dimitrovich Ouspensky.”
  60. Satyam Shivam Sundram #9: The great affair · 4 mentions · 11 November 1987
    “One of the great disciples of George Gurdjieff, P.D.Ouspensky, has written a book.”
  61. Tao: The Pathless Path, Vol 1 #8: Putting shoes on a snake · 4 mentions · 18 February 1977
    “Ouspensky was one of these three disciples, and Ouspensky writes in his diary 'I could not believe.”
  62. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 1 #4: Just lucky, I guess! · 4 mentions · 24 June 1979
    “Once George Gurdjieff asked P.D.”
  63. The Secret of Secrets, Vol 2 #3: The golden flower is opening · 4 mentions · 29 August 1978
    “The first thing that he had said to P.D.”
  64. Zen: The Mystery and The Poetry of the Beyond #2: Spread the message · 4 mentions · 9 January 1989
    “Ouspensky, has gone to immense trouble to prove that.”
  65. Adhyatam Upanishad #10 · 4 mentions · 18 October 1972
    “I was looking at a book by a disciple of Ouspensky.”
  66. Bin Bati Bin Tel #7 · 4 mentions · 27 June 1974
    “When Ouspensky went to meet Gurdjieff for the first time, he was a renowned writer; he had written many books.”
  67. Books I Have Loved #2 · 3 mentions
    “Tenth: I remembered this book but did not mention it because it was written by P.D.”
  68. From Misery to Enlightenment #20: The pagan: chrysalis of consciousness · 3 mentions · 17 February 1985
    “Roy, was very puzzled when one day I saw a book on his table, A NEW MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE, by P.D.”
  69. Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book of Nothing #7: All dreams must cease · 3 mentions · 27 October 1974
    “Ouspensky, Gurdjieff is greatest disciple, has dedicated his book IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS to his Master with these words: To the person who destroyed all my dreams."”
  70. Light on the Path #34: To relate with non-sannyasins is bound to be difficult · 3 mentions · 8 February 1986
    “I asked that professor -- he was a Bengali man, Professor Bhattacharya -- I asked, "Have you read the book written by Ouspensky, TRACTATUS LOGICO PHILOSOPHICUS?"”
  71. Om Shantih Shantih Shantih #3: Love is showering on your boyfriend too! · 3 mentions · 27 February 1988
    “When I first came across the statement of P.D.”
  72. Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 #35: Turning inward toward the real · 3 mentions · 24 February 1973
    “When Ouspensky was learning with Gurdjieff, for three months he had to make much effort, arduous effort, in order to have a glimpse of what self-remembering is.”
  73. Adhyatam Upanishad #1 · 3 mentions · 13 October 1972
    “Ouspensky.”
  74. Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #20 · 3 mentions · 30 January 1978
    “Gurdjieff’s disciple, Ouspensky, came to see the Taj Mahal, and what he wrote in his diary that night is marvelous.”
  75. Geeta Darshan Vol. 12 #3 · 3 mentions
    “Ouspensky, a great Western thinker—his disciple Bennett wrote: when Ouspensky first began teaching us, one specific instruction was “commit a sin deliberately.””
  76. Kahe Hot Adheer #13 · 3 mentions · 24 September 1979
    “Ouspensky, in his significant book Tertium Organum, has written that there are two kinds of mathematics in the world.”
  77. Sapna Yeh Sansar #14 · 3 mentions · 24 July 1979
    “Ouspensky, who later carried Gurdjieff’s vision to the world.”