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Osho

Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones

Nov – Dec 1979 Chuang Tzu Auditorium 42 talks
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About this series · summary by Osho Live

"Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones" is a profound discourse series in which Osho unravels the intrinsic, silent language of existence that can be found in the serene silence of nature and the unyielding stillness of stones. In this exploration, Osho invites seekers to transcend the superficial noise of everyday life and immerse themselves in the deeper, often overlooked messages that nature imparts. He underscores the profound teachings encapsulated within the quietude of a forest, the timelessness of stones, and the whispering winds that, together, form an unspoken symphony of wisdom. Osho’s discourses emphasize the importance of being fully present, advocating for direct experience over learned knowledge. By discerning the spiritual lessons embedded in our natural surroundings, he believes we can connect with our true selves and the universe at a higher level. Osho articulates his insights with an invitation to perceive the world with fresh eyes, urging individuals to discover the divine in the mundane and recognize the sacred in the simplest elements of existence. Through this series, Osho challenges traditional views and encourages spiritual seekers to find enlightenment not only within, but also all around them.

  1. 1
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #1 1 November 1979

    Love, not doctrine, opens the heart to Christ/Buddha: move from thought through feeling into being, surrender the ego to taste bliss and discover divine oneness.

  2. 2
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #2 2 November 1979

    Bliss is your innate self, a discovery not an achievement; choose joy, renounce misery, turn inward via the third eye and live sannyas as playful rejoicing.

  3. 3
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #3 3 November 1979

    Love and contentment arise by living in the present; die to the ego, surrender to unity, and make sannyas a joyful, life-affirming rebirth now.

  4. 4
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #4 4 November 1979

    All are already saved; true beauty and bliss arise by dying to ego, listening to existence, surrendering to love—Master's love perfects the inner rebirth.

  5. 5
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #5 5 November 1979

    Free children from parental projections; help them transcend mind and desire through love, relaxation and surrender so they remember inherent bliss and truth.

  6. 6
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #6 6 November 1979

    Love is the original religion and root of God; dissolve ego through surrender and friendship to enter silent communion—trust, not belief, leads to bliss.

  7. 7
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #7 7 November 1979

    Annihilate the ego through surrender to a Master who reflects your inner voice; only then do bliss and wisdom arise, and fear of the unknown must be faced.

  8. 8
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #8 8 November 1979

    Love is the one energy—crude as sex, divine as God—transforming into joy, prayer and liberation; be blissful, playful, and fully present to realize it.

  9. 9
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #9 9 November 1979

    Surrender ambition and ego; love and meditation open no-mind so God's light and gratitude appear—how do you dissolve the false self and live in oneness?

  10. 10
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #10 10 November 1979

    Grace is by-product of seeking truth; drop imitation, body-mind limits and national identities, surrender in enquiry and say 'yes' to discover your unique being.

  11. 11
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #11 11 November 1979

    Truth and inner bliss triumph: be authentic, cultivate the inner rose through meditation, love without seeking, celebrate the earth and surrender to the divine.

  12. 12
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #12 12 November 1979

    Peace and bliss must be united through meditation: empty mind to rediscover childlike purity, become full of God’s light, seek truth through the heart's love.

  13. 13
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #13 13 November 1979

    Sahajam: spontaneity as sannyas - drop ego, disidentify from body-mind-heart via meditation to meet existence and taste deathless bliss; choose God over I.

  14. 14
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #14 14 November 1979

    Scripture lives in silence: shed dogma and words, listen inward—can you read the inner stone of being and awaken to living truth? A call beyond scripture.

  15. 15
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #15 15 November 1979

    Love is the only virtue; without it morality is a painted mask—God sees the center, not outward acts; priests prefer phony respectability, true virtue is inner.

  16. 16
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #16 16 November 1979

    Logic gives knowledge; love gives wisdom. Knowledge is noisy ego's load — a scripture-laden donkey; surrender ego, become egoless, and love brings silence.

  17. 17
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #17 5 December 1979

    Live life as poetry: blissful presence turns prose into the sacred; love is a courageous flight into the unknown, letting go like a cloud into the divine.

  18. 18
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #18 6 December 1979

    Love is the foundation; sannyas breaks conditioning through meditation, transforming sex into prayer and awakening bliss—How long will you be here?

  19. 19
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #19 7 December 1979

    God is not lost but forgotten: remember the inner light. Love is the true victory; responsibility, witnessing and inner remembrance reveal bliss and freedom.

  20. 20
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #20 8 December 1979

    Remembering our exile from the inner home awakens gratitude, love and courage; meditation turns instinctive lust into conscious love and reveals God within.

  21. 21
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #21 9 December 1979

    Surrender to wisdom, not mere knowledge: accept suffering as meaningful, take responsibility, enter no-mind and overflow with love, through rebirth God appears.

  22. 22
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #22 10 December 1979

    Eyes must be earned: spirituality is an inward achievement through silence, prayer, love and dropping the ego — become empty, full of God and truly see.

  23. 23
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #23 11 December 1979

    Trust, love and surrender: become a disciple; courage and conscious living open bliss, transform you into a beloved of existence and reveal the formless.

  24. 24
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #24 13 December 1979

    Bliss arises when the ego drops and the heart regains innocence; surrender into love roots you in God, the formless source, and opens true vision.

  25. 25
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #25 14 December 1979

    Bliss is a gift arising from surrender and trust, not egoic striving; become receptive—dissolve into the dance of being, pray silently to receive God’s love.

  26. 26
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #26 15 December 1979

    Transcend the ego-will, surrender to life's song; love and unconditional giving reveal God as life itself; to know God is to wake into being now.

  27. 27
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #27 16 December 1979

    Self-mastery and love transform life: commit to inner enquiry, meditate into moonlike silence, and let love truly be the bridge from self to God.

  28. 28
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #28 17 December 1979

    Right awareness, a relaxed effortless witnessing, kindles an inner fire that burns ego to reveal God-bliss; receive love vulnerably to be free.

  29. 29
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #29 18 December 1979

    Love is the doorway to divine bliss; surrender the ego, be like a cloud—open, nonpossessive, living music and silence to discover God always.

  30. 30
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #30 19 December 1979

    Know yourself by disidentifying from mind: meditate, love to awaken, cultivate bliss and silence, drop desire and names, dissolve into the nameless—become free.

  31. 31
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #31 20 December 1979

    Love must liberate: true love enhances the other's freedom and leads to spiritual awakening through surrender, perseverance and inner silence.

  32. 32
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #32 21 December 1979

    Love makes you whole and evergreen; surrender dissolves fear, transforms lust into divine peace, revealing immortality beyond death?

  33. 33
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #33 22 December 1979

    Becoming a disciple is like a seed: trust, continual blissful growth, and patient waiting release your hidden fragrance—how then to awaken wholly?

  34. 34
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #34 23 December 1979

    Graceful bliss: learn to be blissful even in life's valleys; unite love with meditation, embrace contentment and innocence to transcend time and death.

  35. 35
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #35 24 December 1979

    Transform lower energies into superconsciousness: befriend the body, surrender the ego, move from head to heart, trust existence, live fully in the present.

  36. 36
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #36 25 December 1979

    Bliss is peaceful, born of love and non-possessiveness; sannyas means surrendering the warrior ego, opening the heart into spontaneous loving peace.

  37. 37
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #37 26 December 1979

    Child is divine hope; real knowing arises from inner witnessing. Desire must become longing; meditation and love undo conditioning to reveal your unique soul.

  38. 38
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #38 27 December 1979

    Sannyas is rebirth into inner consciousness and courage to live by your own light; through meditation remember you are already divine, live kingly, non-possessing.

  39. 39
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #39 28 December 1979

    Faith grows from inner trust, not imposed belief; drop ego, surrender to godliness via love and meditation—sannyas is ego's defeat and the path to awareness.

  40. 40
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #40 29 December 1979

    Truth awakens when thought ceases: drop the ego, risk apparent security to bloom into infinite being; love is God and silence reveals oneness.

  41. 41
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #41 30 December 1979

    Everyone is needed by existence; through silent prayer, awareness and meditation the inner unstruck music and song awaken, revealing our divine significance.

  42. 42
    Scriptures in Silence and Sermons in Stones #42 31 December 1979

    God is nearest in bliss, not misery; transform life into conscious prayer—be an open flower, lose the ego, surrender in mad love and seek inner light.

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