Brahman

Osho, can one who revels in Brahman truly be engrossed in enjoyment, or is he merely acting?

Only one who revels in Brahman is truly engrossed in enjoyment. He alone partakes of the supreme bliss. He enjoys; the rest are merely under the illusion that they are enjoying. The rest are carrying counterfeit coins; in the name of enjoyment they are suffering. If your enjoyment were to be summed up in a single word, it would be: suffering. That is what you have tasted—what else have you tasted? You say you are enjoying happiness; in fact, you enjoy suffering. Only the knower of Brahman truly enjoys. Tena tyaktena bhunjīthāḥ! Those who have renounced are the ones who have enjoyed. He enjoys the Divine. You are enjoying the trivial, and by consuming the trivial you reap great sorrow. One day a man came to Ramakrishna and placed a heap of money at his feet. Ramakrishna said, “Take it back, brother.” The man said, “You are a great renunciate—here…

Osho, Albert Einstein understood the expansion of the universe, knew Brahman. Would you address him as a Brahmin?

More than a Brahmin by birth, one would have to call Einstein a Brahmin. Someone who is a Brahmin merely because he was born in a Brahmin household—Einstein is far more of a Brahmin than that. Someone who becomes a Brahmin by donning the sacred thread—Einstein is more of a Brahmin than that. Two days before his death someone asked Einstein: “If you were born again, what would you want to be? Would you want to be a scientist again?” Einstein opened his eyes and said, “No, no—never, not even by mistake. A mistake that happened once is enough; a second time I would not want to be anything special. I would become a plumber—do some small, ordinary work. No more being special. I have seen it; nothing was gained. Now I would like to be ordinary.” This is precisely the spirit of a Brahmin—this humility! Even so, I cannot…

While `this is this' also includes `this is that,' and `that is brahma,' how is it that the sutra emphasizes only `this is this'?

Tantra says THIS not THAT, particularly in this technique. There are techniques in which THAT is discussed, but THIS is most tantric -- this, here and now, the most intimate. Your wife, your husband, THIS, your friend, the beggar, may be the master. But you are not looking at THIS; you are looking at THAT, there, somewhere in the clouds. You cannot even conceive that near you can be that quality of being. You cannot conceive; because you think you already know the near, so you search for it far away. You already feel that you know THIS, so now the only thing to be found is THAT. This is not true. You don't know THIS, you don't know the near. The near is as unknown as the far away. Have a look around you. You are not acquainted with anybody. You don't have any knowledge of anybody. Do you…

Then that is ignorance, isn’t it? So ignorance too is Brahman, and knowledge too is Brahman. Into that, what separate ignorance could come—where would it come from? Brahman itself is also the ignorant one.

Then ignorance too is Brahman, and knowledge too is Brahman. Within That, what ignorance could come separately—where would it come from? Brahman itself is also the ignorant one.