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Osho on Raidas

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

  1. Man Hi Pooja Man Hi Dhoop #1 · 69 mentions · 1 October 1979
    “Among those countless stars, Saint Ravidas is the Pole Star—because, though born in a Shudra home, he compelled even the pundits of Kashi to accept him.”
  2. Man Hi Pooja Man Hi Dhoop #7 · 36 mentions · 7 October 1979
    “Raidas is lost, Kabir is lost, Nanak is lost.”
  3. Man Hi Pooja Man Hi Dhoop #9 · 23 mentions · 9 October 1979
    “Therefore it is a miracle that once in a while someone—some Kabir, some Raidas, some Farid—slips free of your net!”
  4. Man Hi Pooja Man Hi Dhoop #5 · 20 mentions · 5 October 1979
    “Yet, says Raidas, even this hour is still a distant hour.”
  5. Man Hi Pooja Man Hi Dhoop #3 · 10 mentions · 3 October 1979
    “Laughter has been in the lives of only a very few—some Buddha, some Jesus, some Kabir, some Nanak, some Raidas.”
  6. Man Hi Pooja Man Hi Dhoop #8 · 7 mentions · 8 October 1979
    “It is not about Tansen and Baiju Bawra; it is about Buddha, Krishna, Kabir, Raidas, Farid, Nanak, Mohammed, Jesus.”
  7. Kan Thore Kankar Ghane #4 · 5 mentions · 14 May 1977
    “Then came Shudra saints—Raidas (Ravidas), and Gora—and other Shudra saints.”
  8. The Messiah, Vol 1 #13: Speak to us of work · 4 mentions · 14 January 1987
    “Raidas was a shoemaker but has the same attainment of consciousness.”
  9. Jharat Dashahun Dis Moti #15 · 4 mentions · 4 February 1980
    “Namdev, Raidas—the servants...”
  10. Jin Sutra #43 · 4 mentions · 21 July 1976
    “Friends from Lucknow wrote: “When will you speak on Raidas?””
  11. I Am Not As Thunk As You Drink I Am #14 · 3 mentions · 15 October 1980
    “(Osho names Erik, Swami Raidas after an Indian mystic.”
  12. Jharat Dashahun Dis Moti #5 · 3 mentions · 25 January 1980
    “If you meet Raidas, you will say, "Shall we go to hear this shudra?"”
  13. Koplen Phir Phoot Aayeen #12 · 3 mentions · 15 August 1986
    “Raidas, a cobbler, got it.”
  14. Lagan Mahurat Jhooth Sab #3 · 3 mentions · 23 November 1980
    “At twenty-nine, when Dhurtraj was going with a friend to the neighboring city to take part in the Ravidas Jayanti celebrations, he saw on the way a big, big-mustached strongman swaggering along with a staff in hand.”
  15. Man Hi Pooja Man Hi Dhoop #10 · 3 mentions · 10 October 1979
    “Yesterday we saw Raidas saying, “You are like clouds gathered in the sky, and I am like a dancing peacock!””