Osho's perspective on Bodies
When Osho Spoke About Bodies
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Osho, after attaining the fifth body or any of the subsequent bodies, does one still have to assume a gross physical body in the next birth?
Yes, that is correct: after attaining the fifth body, a person will not be born into this gross physical body. But there are other bodies. There are other bodies. In fact, there are bodies of the kind we have called “deities.” After the fifth, such bodies can become available. After the sixth, even those kinds of bodies will not be available. Not the bodies of “gods,” but the kind of body we have called “God,” Ishwar, will become available. But bodies will continue to be available; what kind they are is a very secondary matter. Only after the seventh will no bodies be available. Only after the seventh will there be a disembodied state. Before that, subtler and subtler bodies will keep becoming available. Grace is superior to shaktipat.
प्रश्न: ओशो, पांचवें शरीर को या उसके बाद के शरीर को उपलब्ध हुए व्यक्ति को अगले जन्म में भी क्या स्थूल शरीर ग्रहण करना पड़ता है?
हां, यह बात ठीक है, पांचवें शरीर को उपलब्ध करने के बाद व्यक्ति का इस शरीर में जन्म नहीं होगा। पर और शरीर हैं। और शरीर हैं। असल में, जिनको हम देवता कहते रहे हैं, उस तरह के शरीर हैं। वे पांचवें के बाद उस तरह के शरीर उपलब्ध हो सकते हैं। छठवें के बाद तो उस तरह के शरीर भी उपलब्ध नहीं होंगे। गॉड्स के नहीं, बल्कि जिसको हम गॉड कहते रहे हैं, ईश्वर कहते रहे हैं, उस तरह का शरीर उपलब्ध हो जाएगा। लेकिन शरीर उपलब्ध होते रहेंगे; वे किस तरह के हैं, यह बहुत गौण बात है। सातवें के बाद ही शरीर उपलब्ध नहीं होंगे। सातवें के बाद ही अशरीरी स्थिति होगी। उसके पहले सूक्ष्म से सूक्ष्म शरीर उपलब्ध होते रहेंगे। शक्तिपात से प्रसाद श्रेष्ठतर
Do those who reach the fifth and following bodies again assume physical forms after death?
Yes, it is true. One who attains the fifth or the sixth body before death is reborn in the highest celestial realm, and there he lives on the plane of the devas. He can stay in this realm as long as he likes, but to attain nirvana he has to come back to the human form. After attaining the fifth there is no birth in the physical body, but there are other bodies. In fact, what we call devas or gods signifies the kind of body that is obtained. This type of body is obtained after reaching the fifth body. After the sixth body, even these will not be there. Then we shall obtain the form of what we call ishwar, the supreme being. But all these are still bodies. What type is a secondary matter. After the seventh there are no bodies. From the fifth onwards the bodies become…
Is it possible that for some people who have been trying to separate these two bodies, then these two bodies cannot be reunited?
Yes, there is this danger sometimes. There is sometimes this danger. And many times it can happen that in this attempt they cannot be joined back. But generally, generally, such a danger is not there. In some conditions this situation can arise: if the body is in such a state that some of its parts have been completely ruined or can no longer function, and the moment the contact is withdrawn they begin to disintegrate, then rejoining will be difficult. And that is why Hatha Yoga has laid so much emphasis on the body. The effort to discipline the body wholly and completely was precisely so that, when the other body separates, there is no fear of the body becoming disordered. Then there is no obstacle to rejoining. And one who separates the bodies knowingly—who very consciously separates that body from this body—does not face much difficulty. Because the very…
प्रश्न: इ़ज इट जस्ट पॉसिबल फॉर सम पीपुल, हू हैव बीन ट्राइंग टु सेपरेट दीज टू बॉडीज, दैट देन दीज टू बॉडीज कैन नॉट बी यूनाइटेड?
हां, यह खतरा है कभी। यह कभी खतरा है। और कई बार ऐसा हो सकता है कि इस कोशिश में इनको वापस न जोड़ा जा सके। लेकिन आमतौर से, आमतौर से ऐसा खतरा नहीं है। कुछ कारणों में यह हालत हो सकती है कि अगर बॉडी ऐसी हालत में हो, कि उसके कुछ हिस्से बिलकुल खराब हो गए हों, या अब काम न कर सकते हों, और कांटेक्ट के हटते ही वे डिसइंटीग्रेट होने शुरू हो जाएं, तो वापस जुड़ना मुश्किल हो जाएगा। और इसीलिए हठयोग ने शरीर पर इतना जोर दिया है। शरीर को पूरा का पूरा इतना साधने की जो चेष्टा की गई, वह इसीलिए कि दूसरे शरीर के अलग हो जाने पर शरीर के अस्तव्यस्त होने का कोई डर न हो। तो वापस जुड़ जाने में अड़चन नहीं है। और जो जान कर शरीर को अलग करता है, इस शरीर से उस शरीर को बहुत जान कर अलग करता है, उसे तो बहुत कठिनाई नहीं है। क्योंकि वह जिस माध्यम से अलग होता है, उसी के विपरीत माध्यम से जुड़ जाता है। …
Osho, if the fifth body becomes available while the physical body is still alive, then after death in which body will that person be born?
After the fifth body—if the fifth body has become available in the human body, and the fifth body never becomes available without awakening; if you have awakened in the fifth body (without awakening it does not become available)—then obtaining the fifth body and awakening are one and the same. Then you no longer need the earlier bodies; now you can function from the fifth body itself. You are an awakened person; now there is no difficulty. Now the earlier bodies are not needed. This question remains only up to the fourth body, always. If in the fourth body a man becomes a deva—the fourth body has become active and awake. If the fourth body remains inactive, asleep, he becomes a preta (a ghost). In both situations you will have to return, because you have not yet come to any knowing of your own nature; as yet, even to inquire into…
What happens to the distinction between woman and man when the seeker reaches the fifth body?
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