Osho on Plato

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

1. From Personality to Individuality #29: Belief -- just a blind man's bluff · 14 mentions · 27 January 1985
   “Plato was his disciple, Aristotle was Plato's disciple; and these three men are the very cream of the Athenian culture, civilization, genius.”
2. Sat Chit Anand #4: You can be showered by flowers of bliss · 12 mentions · 23 November 1987
   “One of the great philosophers of Greece, Plato, was a contemporary of Diogenes.”
3. The Heartbeat of the Absolute #20: Existence Is One · 12 mentions
   “Plato was a very great logician who lived in Greece twenty-five hundred years ago.”
4. The Transmission of the Lamp #9: Get in tune with the essence · 11 mentions · 30 May 1986
   “Plato's allegory is of slaves who, working in a cave, see only their shadows on the walls and believe that what is happening on the walls is the only reality.”
5. The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #36: Compassion · 9 mentions · 19 August 1987
   “Plato, one of the greatest Greek philosophers -- the father of Western philosophy -- was walking on the beach, and he saw a naked man bringing out the ocean water in his cupped hands and pouring it in a small hole that he had made in the sand.”
6. Piv Piv Lagi Pyas #6 · 9 mentions · 16 July 1975
   “Plato was dying—the greatest thinker of Greece.”
7. Beyond Psychology #30: New bottles for the old wine · 8 mentions · 27 April 1986
   “But instead of them, in the universities Plato is studied, Aristotle is studied.”
8. Glimpses of a Golden Childhood #18 · 7 mentions
   “Socrates of course, was the master of Plato, and Plato was the master of Aristotle.”
9. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 2 #9: The discipline beyond discipline · 7 mentions · 8 September 1976
   “Plato won't allow it.”
10. From Bondage to Freedom #36: To each his own song · 6 mentions · 20 October 1985
    “Aristotle, in a way -- apparently -- is the disciple of Plato, and Plato was the disciple of Socrates.”
11. The Language of Existence #6: Be a rare person · 6 mentions · 4 September 1988
    “Wu, the Chinaman, always eats at Plato Salado's Greek restaurant, because Plato makes such good fried rice.”
12. Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 1 #7: The Pulse of the Universe · 6 mentions · 17 June 1977
    “We can start with Plato.”
13. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #11 · 6 mentions
    “Had the keen Greek mind of Plato read Krishna, he would have given him his full assent.”
14. The Mahageeta, Vol 1 #1: Ashtavakra: The Purest Expression of Truth · 5 mentions · 11 September 1976
    “Emerson has written that once a neighbor came and borrowed the works of Plato from him.”
15. Maha Geeta #1 · 5 mentions · 11 September 1976
    “Emerson writes that once a neighbor borrowed Plato’s books from him.”
16. Nirvana: The Last Nightmare #8: Collecting seashells · 4 mentions · 18 February 1976
    “"In the fourth century B.C., the great athenian philosopher Plato established a school, The Academy, at which mathematics was a key portion of the curriculum."”
17. The Last Testament, Vol 4 #30 · 4 mentions · 7 December 1985
    “Plato became the teacher, who was the most loved disciple of Socrates.”
18. Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen #8: The Head And The Heart · 4 mentions · 2 May 1980
    “Socrates had such a man, Plato.”
19. Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #13 · 4 mentions · 23 January 1978
    “Plato, the great Greek, had inscribed at the entrance of his Academy: “Let none ignorant of geometry enter.””
20. Ram Duware Jo Mare #3 · 4 mentions · 27 May 1974
    “He believed in Plato’s dictum; Plato said: Every man should build at least one beautiful house upon earth.”
21. Samadhi Ke Sapat Dwar #8 · 4 mentions · 13 February 1973
    “Alexander was a student of Plato.”
22. Tao Upanishad #6 · 4 mentions · 24 June 1971
    “As he was leaving, Socrates’ disciple Plato met him at the door.”
23. Books I Have Loved #2 · 3 mentions
    “Fourth -- and this is really amazing -- I did not mention Plato's DIALOGUES OF SOCRATES.”
24. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 10 #13: Religion is a song, poetry, a dance of your heart · 3 mentions · 4 March 1980
    “Poetry was fiction for him, as much fiction as it was for Plato.”
25. The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol 1 #18: The Light of Awareness · 3 mentions · 6 June 1972
    “So because of Socrates, the whole West has come to an intellectual climax -- because of three men: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.”
26. The Zen Manifesto: Freedom From Oneself #5: The sky of completion · 3 mentions · 4 April 1989
    “At that moment, Old Saint Plato, the Greek Orthodox angel, appears before the two good Christians dangling in the air, as the flames burn closer.”
27. Deepak Bara Naam Ka #3 · 3 mentions · 3 October 1980
    “Socrates is a meditator, but his disciple Plato strayed.”
28. Es Dhammo Sanantano #18 · 3 mentions · 8 December 1975
    “Plato had written above the gate of his Academy: Let none who does not know mathematics enter within.”
29. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #1 · 3 mentions
    “Alexander was a disciple of Plato.”
30. Santo Magan Bhaya Man Mera #6 · 3 mentions · 17 May 1978
    “When Alexander was returning from India, he remembered that when he first set out his teacher, Plato, had said: “When you return from India, you will bring back many things you have plundered.”