Osho's perspective on Organization
When Osho Spoke About Organization
Passages from the discourses where this theme comes alive.
Question: OSHO, ISN'T ORGANIZATION A NECESSITY FOR A RELIGION TO SURVIVE? UNFORTUNATELY, it is. Religion needs some kind of organization, but the problem arises. Organization in itself is a political entity; organization does not need religion at all. To survive, religion needs organization. To survive, organization needs no religion at all. There is the crux of the whole problem. There have been in the past efforts to create religion without any organization, seeing that all the organizations somehow end up in being anti-religious. For example, the Catholic church -- it is a very solid organization but only an organization; there is no religion left. Religion is a disturbance as far as the hierarchy of the organization is concerned. Religion is a continuous trouble; religious people will be trouble.
Osho, if organization and sectarianism bring about the decline of religion and Tao, please explain why people like Buddha or Mahavira lay the foundations of organizations. And you too, being fully aware of this, why are you laying the foundation of an organization like Neo-Sannyas International?
As I said, birth comes with death; whenever truth is born, organization is born. This cannot be avoided. The moment truth is told to another, organization begins. Either the one to whom truth has happened keeps silent, drinks it alone, and tells no one. Buddha thought so. When he became enlightened he remained silent for seven days. He thought, There is no point in saying it. Those who can arrive will arrive without words; those who cannot, telling will not help—it will only create confusion. Better to remain quiet. But there is a sweet story: the gods, Brahma himself, came and pleaded at his feet, “Do not do this! Who knows after how many thousands of years someone attains buddhahood; what he has known should be spoken, communicated, shared.” Buddha said, “Those who can attain will attain without me, and those who cannot—why should I waste my time and energy…
छठवां प्रश्न: ओशो, यदि संगठन और संप्रदाय से धर्म व ताओ का पतन होता है तो कृपया समझाएं कि बुद्ध या महावीर जैसे लोग संगठन की नींव क्यों कर डालते हैं? आप भी इस बात के प्रति सचेत होते हुए नव संन्यास अंतर्राष्ट्रीय जैसे संगठन की नींव क्यों डाल रहे हैं?
जैसा मैंने कहा, जन्म के साथ मृत्यु जुड़ी है, और जब भी सत्य पैदा होगा तो संगठन पैदा होगा। इससे बचा नहीं जा सकता। क्योंकि जैसे ही सत्य दूसरे से कहा जाएगा, संगठन शुरू हो गया। या तो बुद्ध को जो हुआ है, वे चुप रह जाएं पीकर, किसी को न कहें। वह उन्होंने सोचा था। जब उन्हें ज्ञान हुआ तो सात दिन तक वे चुप रहे; सोचा कि कोई सार नहीं है कहने में। जो पहुंच सकते हैं वे बिना कहे भी पहुंच जाएंगे; और जिनको पहुंचना नहीं है, कहने से कोई फायदा नहीं है, कहने में भी वे गड़बड़ पैदा करेंगे। उचित है कि चुप ही रहूं। लेकिन मीठी कथा है कि देवताओं ने, खुद ब्रह्मा ने आकर उनके चरणों में निवेदन किया कि आप ऐसा मत करें! क्योंकि न मालूम कितने-कितने हजार वर्षों के बाद कोई बुद्धत्व को उपलब्ध होता है; उसने जो जाना है वह लोगों को कहे, संवादित करे, साझीदार बनाए। बुद्ध ने कहा, लेकिन जो पा सकते हैं उसे वे पा ही लेंगे मेरे बिना, और जो नहीं पा सकते उनको कहने में मेरा समय क्यों लगाऊं! …
Question: BELOVED MASTER, ARE YOU AGAINST TEMPORARY, WORKABLE ORGANIZATION? No. A temporary workable organization is an absolute necessity; otherwise there would be simply chaos. But remember that it is a temporary workable organization. It has no power, it is just functional -- just like the post office. Certainly we need a certain kind of organization; otherwise the post office cannot work. But nobody knows who the head of the whole organization is in America, who the head postmaster general is. There is no need to know; it is a functional organization. But why should you know about President Ronald Reagan? That should also be another postal organization, not more than that. There are railways functioning, airplanes functioning. They have their functional organizations; nobody bothers about who is the president. Then what special status has the government got?
Osho, a question has arisen about institutions and the sangha. Souls like Mahavira attained themselves by seeking themselves, not by following anyone else. This seems entirely true; and yet, by creating the fourfold sangha of monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen, did Mahavira not in fact create an organization? Did this formation of a sangha not become, in a direct sense, imitation? What might Mahavira have meant by having people follow after him? And isn’t a body of sannyasins and an organization forming around you exactly like Mahavira’s? Please clarify briefly.
Everything deteriorates in human hands. There is only one remedy: if only we could say to those who loved Moses, Please, do not worship the flute—learn to play it. If those around Moses learned to play—even if they could not play as Moses did—if they at least learned to play, one thing would be certain: no one would plate the flute with gold or stud it with jewels. Because then they could say: the worship of the flute is not of the flute, but of the music that arises from it. And that music arises only when the flute is hollow. Fill it with gold and no music will arise. Do not worship Mahavira and Buddha; rather, what happened in their lives—the heights that manifested, the summits they touched—if we too set out, even for smaller hills, perhaps there will be no distortion. But we get busy worshiping. Worship itself…
ओशो, संस्था और संघ के संदर्भ में एक प्रश्न आया है। महावीर जैसी आत्माएं दूसरे किसी का अनुगमन न करके स्वयं को खोजते-खोजते ही स्वयं को उपलब्ध हुईं। यह बात बिलकुल सही मालूम पड़ती है, फिर भी महावीर ने साधु-साध्वी, श्रावक-श्राविका के चतुर्विध संघ की रचना करके क्या एक संगठन की रचना नहीं की? क्या यह संघ-रचना सीधे रूप में अनुकरण नहीं बन गई? महावीर का उनके पीछे क्या मतलब रहा होगा? क्या आपके पास भी ठीक महावीर जैसे ही संन्यासी और संगठन का निर्माण नहीं हो रहा है? कृपया संक्षेप में स्पष्ट करें।
आदमी के हाथ में सब पड़ कर बिगड़ जाता है। लेकिन इसका कोई उपाय नहीं है। इसका सिर्फ एक ही उपाय है कि काश, मूसा के आस-पास प्रेम करने वाले लोगों को हम कहें कि तुम कृपा कर बांसुरी की पूजा मत करो, बांसुरी बजाना सीखो। अगर मूसा के आस-पास के लोग बांसुरी बजाना सीखें--हो सकता है मूसा जैसी न बजा पाएं, लेकिन बांसुरी बजाना भी सीख लें--तो एक बात तो कम से कम पक्की है कि बांसुरी पर सोना नहीं चढ़ेगा, हीरे-जवाहरात नहीं जड़े जाएंगे। क्योंकि तब वे इतना कह सकेंगे कि बांसुरी की पूजा बांसुरी की नहीं है, उससे पैदा होने वाले संगीत की पूजा है। और वह संगीत तभी पैदा होता है जब बांसुरी पोली हो। उसमें सोना भर दिया, तो फिर संगीत पैदा नहीं होता है।
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