According to Osho, darshan happens in utter silence and thoughtlessness: the door opens without knocking, calling, or effort. When the mind falls still, separation ends; vision flowers and you see only the Beloved—the cupbearer—everywhere. It feels like being irresistibly pulled by grace, an intoxicated oneness where the seeker disappears and presence alone remains; arriving without thinking, you have already seen.
When your mind becomes completely quiet, you feel no distance and it’s like seeing the Beloved everywhere.
From the Discourses
Passages where Osho speaks to this question — each links to the complete discourse.
Verse (Sanskrit): बिन दरसन भई बावरी, गुरु द्धौ दीदार।। ठाढ़ि जोहों तोरी बाट मैं, साहिब चलि आवो। इतनी दया हम पर करौ, निज छवि दरसावो।। कोठरी रतन जड़ाव की, हीरा लागे किवार। ताला कुंजी प्रेम की, गुरु खोलि दिखावो।। बंदा भूला बंदगी, तुम बकसनहार। धरमदास अरजी सुनो, कर द्यो भवपार।। मैं तो तोरे भजन-भरोसे अविनासी।। तीरथ बरत कछू नहिं करहूं, वेद पढ़ौं नहिं कासी। जंत्र-मंत्र टोटका नहिं जानौ, निसदिन फिरत उदासी।। यहि घटि भीतर बधिक बसत है, दिए लोभ की टाटी। धरमदास बिनवै कर जोरी सतगुरु चरनन दासी।। अब मोहिं दरसन देहुं कबीर।। तुम्हरे दरस से पाप कटत हैं, निरमल होत सरीर। अमृत भोजन हंसा पावै, सब्द-धुनन की खीर।। जहं देखो जहं पाट पटंबर, ओढ़न अंबर चीर। धरमदास की अरज गोसाईं, हंस लगावो तीर।। बिन दरसन भई बावरी, गुरु द्धौ दीदार।। Transliteration: bina darasana bhaī bāvarī, guru ddhau dīdāra|| ṭhāढ़i johoṃ torī bāṭa maiṃ, sāhiba cali āvo| itanī dayā hama…
Osho, this time at the evening darshan I was fortunate to be close to you for two days in a row. The first day, after watching you for a while, I began to feel anxious; my heartbeat quickened, my head spun, there was a drunken-like feeling and a restlessness. The same state continued for long even after the darshan. The second day, when I came near you, I bowed, closed my eyes, and sank into meditation. For the first time I found your wondrous presence—so near that I had never seen you with open eyes. Inside, coolness, deep silence, and peace prevailed for a long time. What is this?
This is satsang. What I want to show you cannot be seen with open eyes; to see it, the eyes must be closed. What I want to show you is invisible—at least to these two outer eyes. But it is not invisible to the inner eyes. For the first time, Dharmasharan Das, you have tasted satsang. Now it will keep growing. Now abide in it. Call it forth as much as you can. And soon you will realize that for this there is no need to come and sit close to me. Whenever you remember me—even from far away, a thousand miles away—it depends on your remembrance. If your remembrance becomes total and your eyes truly close, you will find the same again; you will find it everywhere. Your real initiation has now happened. There was a sannyas you took earlier—that was only the beginning. Now the real sannyas has…
Darshan means just this: open your eyes to life, wake and see! How many dreams you decked and adorned; how many colors you filled! All will suddenly vanish. However colorful, dreams are dreams. Do not panic when they vanish. With bricks and stones even a small hut can be built. From truth too, a small hut of peace can be made. Large palaces of false dreams have no substance; no one ever lived in them. People only thought they would live there. It was mere talk. However beautiful that talk seemed—it was only verbiage. I have heard: someone came to Mirza Ghalib to borrow money. Ghalib spoke sweetly. The borrower also spoke in verse: “Uncle!
Osho, what is the first experience of samadhi like?
You will know only when it happens. It cannot be said; at most a few hints can be given. It is as if, in the dark, a lamp is suddenly lit. Or as if a dying patient, right at the edge of death, suddenly finds a medicine that works; life’s wave, life’s thrill spreads again—so it is. As if a corpse becomes alive—such is the first experience of samadhi. It is the taste of nectar. The experience of the ultimate music. But it will be only when it happens; and only then will you understand. You will not understand by my saying it. It is as with love. How can anyone explain it? To someone who has never loved, never known love, no matter how many explanations you offer—he will hear it all and still ask, “I haven’t understood; please explain a little more.” It is like explaining light to…
Osho, what is the relationship between meditation and patience?
If you sit to meditate to remove mental restlessness, you will keep looking back again and again: “Has it gone yet?” And the irony is that when you begin to meditate, restlessness will increase. Because what has been repressed will start surfacing; catharsis will begin. The rubbish you have kept hidden within and never allowed to express—meditation will break open those doors too. It will clean the house. Dust piled up for years, for births, will rise again; there will be gusts and storms. For a while even the little peace you had will be lost. Then you will panic: “I came for peace, and even what I had is gone.” Without patience, you could even become unhinged, because meditation brings such a great storm. The disease is not from a day or two; it’s from lifetimes. Meditation will break through all the layers to reach your innermost core. In…