Is there significance in skipping the fourth sutra?

Question: ABANDON POISONED FOOD. DON'T BE CONSISTENT. DON'T MAKE WICKED JOKES. DON'T WAIT FOR AN OPPORTUNITY. DON'T STRIKE AT THE HEART. DON'T TRANSFER THE COW'S LOAD TO THE BULL. DON'T BACK THE FAVORITE. DON'T HAVE WRONG VIEWS. DON'T FALL FOR THE CELESTIAL DEMON. The first sutra: In fact, by "wicked jokes" he means something totally different. He means: Don't say anything against anybody, don't hurt anybody when they are not present, don't hurt anybody behind their back. The translation is not exact. Atisha's whole meaning is: Don't gossip about people with a deliberate intention to hurt them, because that is not really joking, that is not fun, that is not humorous. Atisha can't be against the sense of humor, it is impossible. No man of his intelligence and awareness can be against the sense of humor.

Osho, “He neither investigates the future nor broods over the past; he cheerfully moves with the instant of the present.” No research into the future, no worry about the past—live laughingly in the present. It feels as if this verse from the Yogavasistha is a Sanskrit rendering of your teaching. Please be kind enough to explain it to us once again.

A famous Greek tale: a great astrologer, studying the stars at night, fell into a well—no steps or parapet. His eyes were glued to the distant stars; he tumbled in. Only then did he come to his senses and cry out. Dark night, deserted path, the village far behind. In a hut in a field an old woman, a watch‑keeper, was sleeping. Hearing the shout she came, threw down a rope, and with difficulty pulled him out. The astrologer thanked her profusely. “Listen, you may not know—I am Greece’s greatest astrologer. My pronouncements about the future, through the stars, never go wrong. Emperors come from afar to ask their fate. My fee is in the thousands. But I will tell your future for free, because you saved my life.” The old woman laughed. “Son, don’t trouble yourself. I won’t burden you.” He said, “No, no—no burden. Come tomorrow. Here’s my…

Osho, in yesterday’s exposition of the thirteenth verse you spoke of the four varnas. In the second half of that verse Krishna says that even while creating these four varnas according to qualities and actions, I remain a non-doer. Please clarify how he remains a non-doer.

In that inconsistency lies a secret: only one who is utterly non-serious—who knows life as play—can be so free. Give him Rama’s part—he will do it; give him Ravana’s—he will do it. He will not say, “I cannot play Ravana.” If life is a play, what’s the problem? No craving for future or fruit—because life is play. For the Supreme Existence, all is play; there is no future. One last point from this sutra. We, the human mind, divide time into three: past, present, future. Time itself is not divided. Ask the Divine and He would say, “Three? Time is always present.” There is no past and no future for the Divine—only the present. If we were a little wiser, we would even remove the “present,” because we have no experience of it. We only know either the past—the ash heap of our frustrated desires—or the future—the rainbows of our…

Don't speak too eagerly, don't walk with a strut, place your feet with care. Gorakh raja says, don't be stiff, live spontaneously. The full pot is silent, the half full sounding splashes when the seeker is ready, o avadhut, the master speaks fruitfully. Nath says, keep your dignity, don't insist on debate. This world is a garden of thorns, place each step alertly. Moving without path, burning without fire, bound by a thirst for air, well knowing gorakh says, figure this out o learned pundits.

He is saying, O swamis, O escapist sannyasins! If you go to the jungle hunger will catch you. Then sitting in the jungle twenty-four hours a day you will think of food. Who knows if anyone will give it. Will anyone bring it or not? And if you go to the town you will be caught in maya, caught in illusion, caught in attachment, caught in desire. You will see a beautiful woman passing by and you will be fascinated. You will see a beautiful house and desire will arise -- if only it were mine! If you stay in the city maya will catch you. If you go to the jungle to be saved from maya, hunger catches you. What will you do? You are in great difficulty. <q>STUFFING YOURSELF, SEXUAL DESIRE ARISES...</q> If you over eat, really stuff yourself, sex desire will be created from this stuffing, from…

Osho, going back is now impossible for me. The seed has sprouted. But it all happened by listening to you, watching you, reading you. These scriptures have become a boat for me, carrying me into the void. Casting off fear, the drop has set out to meet the ocean. And you say that nothing will happen through the scriptures. What kind of odd thing is this that you say?

I am not a scripture yet. I am still alive. You are fortunate that you are not near a scripture. When Buddha spoke, the Dhammapada was not a scripture; it was a master. The Dhammapada then had breath in it; life was moving, the heart was beating, blood was flowing—it was alive. When Krishna spoke to Arjuna, the Gita was humming, dancing. It was not scripture then; scripture is made after the master has gone. A scripture is a line left on the sands of time. The snake has passed; the track remains on the sand. I am not a scripture yet. So there is nothing odd in what I am saying. I too will become a scripture—once I am gone, I will be a scripture. Then it will not become a boat. Scripture drowns; it does not ferry across. How can the dead rescue the living? How can what…