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Osho on Sai Baba

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

  1. The New Dawn #23: Existence is very shy · 17 mentions · 29 June 1987
    “Just nearby, just a few hundred miles away, there was an authentic saint, Sai Baba.”
  2. In Search of the Miraculous Vol 1 #2: Matter and God are One · 16 mentions · 3 May 1970
    “A Hindu sannyasin lived near Sai Baba for long.”
  3. The Great Transcendence #1: Always Sing the Song of the Divine · 16 mentions · 11 November 1975
    “There is an anecdote in the life of Sai Baba.”
  4. From Misery to Enlightenment #14: Don't walk on water -- jump into consciousness · 12 mentions · 11 February 1985
    “Sai means the saint; he was known as Sai Baba.”
  5. Vedanta: Seven Steps to Samadhi #3: With Your Total Heart · 12 mentions · 12 January 1974
    “One friend has said that he is a devotee of Sai Baba, and therefore he is reluctant to call anyone else Beloved Master, but he wants my help, guidance.”
  6. Jin Sutra #56 · 12 mentions · 3 August 1976
    “Sathya Sai Baba’s reply yesterday to the Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University and his committee said: ‘By the barking of dogs, the moon and stars do not fall.’”
  7. Jin Sutra #55 · 11 mentions · 2 August 1976
    “Those fifty who recover will sing your praises: “He is a great man, the true Sai Baba.”
  8. Returning to the Source #3: It Is Very Sharp · 10 mentions · 13 December 1974
    “It once happened: An Enlightened man was here in India just a few years ago, Sai Baba.”
  9. The Perfect Master, Vol 2 #3: Out of Context · 10 mentions · 3 July 1978
    “Because of that, he had lived for many years with Satya Sai Baba, thinking that there must be truth when a man can produce, out of nowhere, Swiss wrist watches, gold coins, holy ash -- there must be something great.”
  10. Kan Thore Kankar Ghane #4 · 9 mentions · 14 May 1977
    “I have heard this: Shirdi’s Sai Baba stayed in a mosque.”
  11. Sapna Yeh Sansar #16 · 9 mentions · 26 July 1979
    “A brahmin used to bring food every day to Shirdi’s Sai Baba.”
  12. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 1 #8: Sincerity in the search · 8 mentions · 28 August 1976
    “Go to Satya Sai Baba.”
  13. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 #5: Right and wrong knowledge · 8 mentions · 29 December 1973
    “It happened: One of the most beautiful persons of this past century was Sai Baba of Shirdi.”
  14. A Bird on the Wing #6: The Miracle of Ordinariness · 6 mentions · 15 June 1974
    “Sai Baba can appeal to you because with Sai Baba your mind has a logic, a tuning.”
  15. Sufis: The People of the Path, Vol 1 #5: Singing Silence · 6 mentions · 15 August 1977
    “In fact, when you say that you have been to Muktananda or Guru Maharaji or Sai Baba or this and that you are simply saying that you don't have eyes to see.”
  16. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #5 · 6 mentions
    “Sai Baba said, “If you had begun to see God in everyone, why have you come to bow to me in this blazing afternoon?”
  17. Mrityoma Amritam Gamaya #10 · 6 mentions · 10 August 1979
    “He is my devotee, and his wife is a devotee of Sathya Sai Baba.”
  18. Hari Om Tat Sat #1: The master thief sound · 5 mentions · 17 January 1988
    “Before he came here to be slapped by me he had gone to Satya Sai Baba.”
  19. Unio Mystica, Vol 1 #8: The Great Palace of Consciousness · 5 mentions · 8 November 1978
    “Just the other night, I was reading a book on Satya Sai Baba, the name of the book is LORD OF THE AIR.”
  20. Ecstasy - The Forgotten Language #8: The irrational rationalist · 4 mentions · 18 December 1976
    “For example, Satya Sai Baba; he is the opponent of Satya Sai Baba.”
  21. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 3 #10: While I Am Here, Enjoy Me · 4 mentions · 30 October 1976
    “White or Reverend Moon or Satya Sai Baba -- whosoever says that he is special is simply asserting that he has not yet known.”
  22. Ajhun Chet Ganwar #16 · 4 mentions · 5 August 1977
    “He may go to Sathya Sai Baba, because there he feels that perhaps a miracle will happen and food will come; a broken leg will be healed; illness cured; a job obtained.”
  23. Bhaj Govindam #8 · 4 mentions · 18 November 1975
    “If Narayan Swami could not recognize Sai Baba in the forms of the dog and the leper, it was precisely because he had never really recognized Sai Baba.”
  24. Deepak Bara Naam Ka #2 · 4 mentions · 2 October 1980
    “Muktananda, Akhandananda, Sai Baba—their numbers will be in the hundreds of thousands, because they suit you.”
  25. Es Dhammo Sanantano #96 · 4 mentions · 5 June 1977
    “A friend wrote to me: his wife believes in Sathya Sai Baba…and he believes in me.”
  26. Philosophia Perennis, Vol 2 #10: Known, Unknown, Unknowable · 3 mentions · 9 January 1979
    “They go to Satya Sai Baba because meditation is not the question there -- miracles are happening.”
  27. The Grass Grows By Itself #5: The 'Master of Silence' · 3 mentions · 25 February 1975
    “You may go and seek Satya Sai Baba, because that will be a deep fulfillment of your greed.”
  28. The Secret of Secrets, Vol 1 #13: A Listening Heart · 3 mentions · 23 August 1978
    “Just a few days ago, Ashoka wrote me a letter saying that he is here but he still keeps Satya Sai Baba's picture in his room.”
  29. The Secret of Secrets, Vol 1 #14: The New Man · 3 mentions · 24 August 1978
    “A Parsee woman came to me because just the day before I had criticized Satya Sai Baba and had called him a phony guru.”
  30. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #4: Tao's unpresent presence · 3 mentions · 1 February 1972
    “He told me, "Why do you not perform some miracle like Sai Baba?”
  31. The Wisdom of the Sands, Vol 2 #2: Drop Becoming! Being is Enough · 3 mentions · 3 March 1978
    “And I looked at Ashoka: he became worried that I might mention Satya Sai Baba.”
  32. Theologia Mystica #3: True Life · 3 mentions · 13 August 1980
    “Now what is the point of a Satya Sai Baba materializing a Swiss watch?”
  33. Cheti Sake To Cheti #3 · 3 mentions · 8 June 1969
    “I am preparing a couple of friends so that whatever Sai Baba does, I can have it demonstrated on an open stage by anyone, and then travel throughout the country.”
  34. Es Dhammo Sanantano #79 · 3 mentions · 8 April 1977
    “A Jain came to me and said, Everything else is fine—just do not criticize Sai Baba.”
  35. Hansa To Moti Chuge #6 · 3 mentions · 16 May 1979
    “And then, Shirdi’s Sai Baba or Gajanan Maharaj—now they are no longer present, nor Ramakrishna, nor Raman.”
  36. Kahe Hot Adheer #19 · 3 mentions · 30 September 1979
    “But Shirdi’s Sai Baba used to lift a staff and hurl mother-sister abuses, would run after devotees, would throw stones.”
  37. Sapna Yeh Sansar #14 · 3 mentions · 24 July 1979
    “Shirdi’s Sai Baba in his last days abused people and threw stones.”
  38. Shiv Sutra #5 · 3 mentions · 15 September 1974
    “You would recognize Satya Sai Baba.”
  39. Tao Upanishad #26 · 3 mentions · 1 February 1972
    “He said, “Why don’t you also do something like Sai Baba—some miracle?”