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Osho on Leo Tolstoy

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

  1. Books I Have Loved #13 · 11 mentions
    “Third, Leo Tolstoy's RESURRECTION.”
  2. Tao Upanishad #72 · 11 mentions · 23 June 1973
    “About Leo Tolstoy I have heard this: one evening, as the sun was setting and the sky was filled with the colors of the dying light, a cool twilight breeze was flowing.”
  3. Sat Chit Anand #10: Each moment is the goal · 10 mentions · 26 November 1987
    “And I came across the strangest thing -- I could not believe that they could have done such an ugly and nasty thing: Leo Tolstoy was denied the Nobel Prize on the grounds that he was a kind of mystic.”
  4. Shunya Ke Par #3 · 9 mentions · 8 March 1970
    “I have heard about Tolstoy: he was climbing a staircase in a library—narrow steps—and with him a woman was walking.”
  5. Geeta Darshan Vol. 4 #16 · 8 mentions
    “Tolstoy has written a reminiscence.”
  6. Books I Have Loved #15 · 7 mentions
    “Yes, after him many tried, even a great man like Leo Tolstoy.”
  7. That Art Thou #10: Sarvasar Upanishad · 7 mentions · 13 January 1972
    “Tolstoy remembers that once he went to a church early in the morning.”
  8. The Invitation #12: A meditator needs no personal guidance · 7 mentions · 27 August 1987
    “Leo Tolstoy is reported to have said -- and before I quote him, I have to give you the background....”
  9. From Darkness to Light #15: The sweet taste of corruption · 6 mentions · 15 March 1985
    “I am reminded: three great Russian novelists, Leo Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Gorky were great friends.”
  10. Satyam Shivam Sundram #8: Just learn to be yourself · 6 mentions · 10 November 1987
    “I am reminded of Leo Tolstoy.”
  11. The Hidden Splendor #4: Who is preventing you? join the dance! · 6 mentions · 14 March 1987
    “Three great Russian novelists -- Chekhov, Gorky and Tolstoy -- were just sitting on a bench in a park and gossiping...”
  12. The Sun Rises in the Evening #3: Cutting off the Root · 6 mentions · 13 June 1978
    “Leo Tolstoy had gone for a morning walk with Chekhov.”
  13. Guru Partap Sadh Ki Sangati #7 · 6 mentions · 27 May 1979
    “Tolstoy writes in his memoirs: One morning I went to church.”
  14. Sabai Sayane Ek Mat #2 · 6 mentions · 12 September 1975
    “Tolstoy has a very famous story—I am very fond of it.”
  15. Sakshi Ki Sadhana #6 · 6 mentions · 27 December 1966
    “Once Leo Tolstoy went one winter morning to a church.”
  16. Come Follow To You, Vol 2 #2: Chapter title · 5 mentions · 1 November 1975
    “Leo Tolstoy has written in his memoirs that when he was a small child his mother used to go to the theater.”
  17. Communism and Zen Fire, Zen Wind #2: Raise the temple of consciousness · 5 mentions · 31 January 1989
    “Before the revolution, the Soviet Union produced people like Leo Tolstoy, Gorky, Turgenev, Chekhov, Dostoevsky.”
  18. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 1 #3: On The Character of Tao · 5 mentions · 13 June 1975
    “Tolstoy has written a small story, not a story really.”
  19. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 7 #5: Piling up the zeros of being · 5 mentions · 5 January 1976
    “THE story is told of Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian novelist, that he was walking in a forest one day when he came upon a clearing and saw a lizard sitting upon a rock sunning itself.”
  20. Chit Chakmak Lage Nahin #5 · 5 mentions · 21 November 1967
    “Leo Tolstoy once fell from a library ladder.”
  21. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #18 · 5 mentions
    “Tolstoy wrote a story.”
  22. Jevan Rahasya #4 · 5 mentions · 1 April 1969
    “Tolstoy wrote: One morning I went to church.”
  23. Rom Rom Ras Peejiye #2 · 5 mentions · 14 April 1967
    “One morning Tolstoy went to church.”
  24. Rom Rom Ras Peejiye #5 · 5 mentions · 15 April 1967
    “A man as capable and wise as Tolstoy once climbed a narrow staircase in a library.”
  25. Tao Upanishad #41 · 5 mentions · 19 June 1972
    “Tolstoy wrote: my mother was very compassionate; there was no end to her compassion.”
  26. God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth #2: God is an insult to man · 4 mentions · 7 February 1989
    “I have told you the beautiful story by Leo Tolstoy.”
  27. Joshu: The Lion's Roar #3: To know the timeless · 4 mentions · 17 October 1988
    “You must have read Leo Tolstoy's famous story, "How Much Land Does a Man Require?"”
  28. Light on the Path #28: Act according to your insight · 4 mentions · 2 February 1986
    “Leo Tolstoy used to have a dream which tortured him his whole life -- and it can torture anybody, that kind of dream.”
  29. Sermons in Stones #21: This too will pass · 4 mentions · 20 December 1986
    “And it happened to a very intelligent, great creator -- Leo Tolstoy.”
  30. The Rebel #25: The field of awakening · 4 mentions · 13 June 1987
    “Prem Anna, the question you have asked reminds me of Leo Tolstoy, one of the greatest novelists the world has ever known.”
  31. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #19: To live in artless spontaneity and not in doctrines and decorum · 4 mentions · 19 June 1972
    “Tolstoy has written an account of his mother.”
  32. Walk Without Feet, Fly Without Wings and Think Without Mind #7: Any Moment! · 4 mentions · 7 January 1978
    “A Tolstoy CAN become a Buddha, WILL become a Buddha sooner or later.”
  33. Guida Spirituale #9: Be Yourself · 3 mentions · 3 September 1980
    “He was reading Tolstoy and Ruskin and Thoreau, and they were all great Christians -- but Christians, remember -- and they impressed him very much.”
  34. The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol 7 #6: Don't take enlightenment seriously · 3 mentions · 16 December 1979
    “Maxim Gorky, Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy, the three great Russian novelists, were sitting on a bench in a park and chitchatting.”
  35. The Hidden Harmony #4: God is Day and Night · 3 mentions · 24 December 1974
    “It will be difficult for people like Tolstoy, Gandhi, Bertrand Russell, if God is war AND peace.”
  36. The Rebel #23: Mind is a kind of insanity · 3 mentions · 12 June 1987
    “I have heard about Leo Tolstoy, Chekov, and Gorky, three great novelists of Russia before the revolution.”
  37. The White Lotus #4: The Highest Flight · 3 mentions · 3 November 1979
    “Who can compete with Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Turgenev?”
  38. Zen: The Path of Paradox, Vol 2 #3: And the Sky Abides · 3 mentions · 23 June 1977
    “Leo Tolstoy remembers his mother in his memoirs.”
  39. Geeta Darshan Vol. 14 #3 · 3 mentions
    “Tolstoy wrote that his mother was fond of plays.”
  40. Kano Suni So Juth Sab #10 · 3 mentions · 20 July 1977
    “Tolstoy writes that his mother was so compassionate she would weep in the theater, wiping tears—and sometimes faint.”
  41. Maha Geeta #15 · 3 mentions · 25 September 1976
    “Tolstoy wrote in his autobiography: One morning I went to church and saw the village’s richest man, in the pre-dawn darkness, praying.”
  42. Maha Geeta #67 · 3 mentions · 17 January 1977
    “There is a famous story by Tolstoy: How much land does a man need?”
  43. Mahaveer Vani #14 · 3 mentions · 31 August 1971
    “Psychologists say Leo Tolstoy confessed more sins in his autobiography than he actually committed.”
  44. Nirvan Upanishad #8 · 3 mentions · 29 September 1971
    “Leo Tolstoy wrote: I have seen one dream at least a thousand times.”
  45. Santo Magan Bhaya Man Mera #5 · 3 mentions · 16 May 1978
    “It happened with Tolstoy.”
  46. Upasana Ke Kshan #2 · 3 mentions · 25 April 1964
    “Leo Tolstoy has written an incident: One morning at dawn I went to church.”