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Osho on Tulsidas

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

  1. Bin Ghan Parat Phuhar #8 · 28 mentions · 8 October 1975
    “Tulsidas is the symbol of the old, ancient religion—the one that must once have been new, perhaps new with Rama himself.”
  2. Jyun Macchali Bin Neer #8 · 13 mentions · 28 September 1980
    “They too have quoted Tulsidas: “Company of the saint and the tale of God—Tulsi says these two are rare.””
  3. Bahuri Na Aiso Daon #7 · 10 mentions · 7 August 1980
    “What are you dragging in—the Gita, the Ramcharitmanas, Goswami Tulsidas!”
  4. The New Dawn #12: If you want consolation, go somewhere else · 9 mentions · 24 June 1987
    “One of the most famous saints of the Hindus is Tulsidas, who is read the most all over the country.”
  5. Zarathustra: The Laughing Prophet #12: Of the apostates · 9 mentions · 13 April 1987
    “And not only ordinary people, but a very great poet, Tulsidas.”
  6. Kahe Kabir Main Pura Paya #2 · 9 mentions · 13 September 1979
    “So Kabir was extraordinary; but naturally, not as many people went with Kabir as went with Tulsidas.”
  7. Ami Jharat Bigsat Kanwal #5 · 8 mentions · 15 March 1979
    “Tulsidas said: “Without fear, there is no love.””
  8. The Messiah, Vol 2 #4: Breaking the shell of the past · 7 mentions · 21 January 1987
    “You will be surprised that one of the great saints that Hindus worship, Tulsidas...”
  9. Hansa To Moti Chuge #6 · 7 mentions · 16 May 1979
    “In Tulsidas’s life there is a story: he was taken to Krishna’s temple in Mathura, and he did not bow.”
  10. Jyun Macchali Bin Neer #4 · 7 mentions · 24 September 1980
    “You tell him: “Read Tulsidas’s Ramayana!””
  11. Udio Pankh Pasar #7 · 7 mentions
    “Pandit Tulsidas Shastri!”
  12. Jin Sutra #6 · 6 mentions · 16 May 1976
    “They say Tulsidas was once taken into a temple of Krishna; he did not bow.”
  13. Kahe Kabir Main Pura Paya #10 · 6 mentions · 21 September 1979
    “With Tulsidas you can see both pictures: either seat Sita as a goddess, or count her along with low castes, drums, and animals—“These all deserve to be beaten.””
  14. Piya Kokhojan Main Chali #7 · 6 mentions · 7 June 1980
    “You read the Ramayana—“Sitaram pervades the whole world,” sings Tulsidas.”
  15. Sanch Sanch So Sanch #5 · 6 mentions · 25 January 1981
    “Rampravesh Singh Chauhan, there is no harmony anywhere between Tulsidas and what I am saying—no connection, not even a distant kinship.”
  16. Tao Upanishad #89 · 6 mentions · 21 January 1975
    “Tulsidas is a devotee of Rama.”
  17. Death is Divine #6: Sadhana: the fruit of understanding · 5 mentions · 6 October 1978
    “The conditions of ordinary people are okay, but these are the words of Tulsidas.”
  18. The Eternal Quest #6: Religious Scriptures: History or Myth? · 5 mentions
    “Valmiki wrote one thing; Tulsidas wrote something else.”
  19. Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #7 · 5 mentions · 17 January 1978
    “There is a story: Tulsidas was taken to Krishna’s temple when he went to Vrindavan.”
  20. Bahuri Na Aiso Daon #3 · 5 mentions · 3 August 1980
    “Yet you yourself are itching to have poor Tulsidas thrashed.”
  21. Geeta Darshan Vol. 7 #4 · 5 mentions
    “We have all heard the story of Tulsidas.”
  22. Kan Thore Kankar Ghane #7 · 5 mentions · 17 May 1977
    “They say: When Tulsidas was taken to Krishna’s temple in Vrindavan, he refused to bow.”
  23. Mare He Jogi Maro #6 · 5 mentions · 16 November 1979
    “Such small conditions may suit small men; this is Tulsidas’ line.”
  24. Rahiman Dhaga Prem Ka #3 · 5 mentions · 29 March 1980
    “To me, there is more meaning, dignity and glory in Kabir’s way than in that incident about Tulsidas recorded by Nabhadas: when Tulsidas was taken to a Krishna temple, he did not bow.”
  25. Rahiman Dhaga Prem Ka #9 · 5 mentions · 7 April 1980
    “Tulsidas has said: “Without fear there is no love.””
  26. The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 4 #4: Let go of the branch · 4 mentions · 3 November 1976
    “It is said about Tulsidas, a great Hindu poet -- I will not call him a great Hindu saint, but he was REALLY a great poet....”
  27. Anahad Mein Bisram #6 · 4 mentions · 16 November 1980
    “If judged by grammar and meter, Kabir and Meera won’t rank at all—Tulsidas will seem a great poet; and he is a great poet—but only a poet, not a rishi.”
  28. Jo Bole To Hari Katha #8 · 4 mentions · 28 July 1980
    “Tulsidas was taken to Krishna temples—he refused to bow.”
  29. Preetam Chhabi Nainan Basee #15 · 4 mentions · 25 March 1980
    “And Tulsidas says, “I will not bow until he holds bow and arrows.””
  30. From Bondage to Freedom #12: Today we claim the rainbow · 3 mentions · 26 September 1985
    “One of India's great poets, Tulsidas, writes in one of his poems, "Animals, untouchables, and women, once in a while need a good beating."”
  31. Take It Easy, Vol 2 #10: The Bodhisattvas' Merciful Vow · 3 mentions · 8 May 1978
    “A very famous Hindu saint, Tulsidas, was taken into a Krishna temple.”
  32. The Grass Grows By Itself #5: The 'Master of Silence' · 3 mentions · 25 February 1975
    “It is said about a great saint, Tulsidas, that he was invited into a Krishna temple in Mathura, and he was a believer in Ram.”
  33. Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest #8: Like the tongue of a dead man · 3 mentions · 4 July 1988
    “The great Hindu saint Tulsidas says that every woman has to be beaten at least once a week.”
  34. Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #8 · 3 mentions · 18 January 1978
    “That is why I say: Tulsidas’s statement is wrong when he said, “Without fear there is no love.””
  35. Diya Tale Andhera #2 · 3 mentions · 22 September 1974
    “I have heard—it may or may not be true; if it isn’t, so much the better—that Tulsidas was deeply absorbed in prayer to Rama.”
  36. Es Dhammo Sanantano #114 · 3 mentions · 4 December 1977
    “That is why Tulsidas counted her among the Shudras: “Shudra, drum, animal, woman—fit to be beaten.””
  37. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #16 · 3 mentions
    “It is said that Tulsidas went to Mathura.”
  38. Jo Bole To Hari Katha #5 · 3 mentions · 25 July 1980
    “Your Baba Tulsidas-types—what things they say, such nonsense!”
  39. Man Hi Pooja Man Hi Dhoop #4 · 3 mentions · 4 October 1979
    “They talk Freud and recite Tulsidas—some khichdi.”
  40. Nahin Ram Bin Thaon #7 · 3 mentions · 31 May 1974
    “After Valmiki, Tulsidas and others wrote Ramayanas, but their purity is lost.”
  41. Shunya Ke Par #3 · 3 mentions · 8 March 1970
    “If in one house we lock Meera, Francis and Tulsidas together, there will be great commotion in the night.”