Sthita Prajna

Osho, you just spoke about Krishna’s choicelessness. But the Gita mentions that if death occurs when the sun is in Uttarayana, there is liberation. If it happens during Dakshinayana, does one face any difficulty? And about the sthitaprajna and the bhakta as spoken of in the Gita—what is the similarity or difference between the two? A sthitaprajna remains unperturbed in pleasure and unperturbed in pain; isn’t there a danger that in such a state his sensitivity will get blunted? If he does not take pleasure as pleasure and pain as pain, how can we call his sensitivity human?

For example, I love someone. Then there is the lover, and there is the beloved. But in love moments come when neither the one who loves remains nor the one who is loved; only a wave of love remains that touches both. One wave remains that has two ends: on one end the lover appears to be, on the other end the beloved appears to be. Only a wave of love remains. And in the deep moments of love, lover and beloved do not remain—only love remains. These are moments of nonduality. Similar moments occur in witnessing—moments of nonduality. Subject and object vanish; only consciousness remains, with two poles—one far, one near. The near pole is what we have been calling “I”; the far pole is what we have been calling “Thou.” But now they are the two ends of a single wave. The day this state is attained in…

Questioner: you explained to us this saying of jesus: "blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth" there is another saying of jesus: "blessed are the pure in heart, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." can you say something about it?

Yes, there is another saying of Jesus: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." But there is a small difference between the two sayings: "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth," and "Blessed are the pure for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." In fact, humility is the beginning and purity is the end, the attainment. To be humble is to be on the first leg of the journey to purity. The humble has yet to be on the first leg of the journey to purity. The humble has yet to be pure; he is on his way to it. One cannot be pure without being humble, because there is no greater impurity than ego. One who is full of ego can never be pure, but one who drops his ego, who is humble, who is surrendered, is on the path…

When no desire arises for objects worthy of being enjoyed, know this as the limit of nonattachment. When no I-ness arises, know this as the limit of knowing.

WHEN THE DISSOLVED DESIRES DO NOT ARISE BACK AGAIN, THIS IS THE LIMIT OF RELAXEDNESS, AND SUCH A STHITPRAGYA, A SEEKER, STABLE IN WISDOM, EVER REMAINS IN BLISS. HE WHOSE SELF IS ABSORBED ONLY IN BRAHMA, THE ULTIMATE REALITY, REMAINS DESIRELESS AND ACTIONLESS. WHEN PURIFIED BY ITS ONENESS WITH BRAHMA AND DROWNED IN THIS ONE SINGLE RAPTURE, THE ACTIVITIES OF MIND ARE CHOICELESS AND REMAIN ONLY AS THE CONSCIOUSNESS, THEN IT IS CALLED PRAGYA, THE WISDOM. HE WHO ALWAYS HAS SUCH A PRAGYA IS CALLED JIVANAMUKTA, THE ONE LIBERATED WHILE LIVING. ONE WHO HAS NO I-NESS FOR HIS BODY AND THE SENSES, AND NO MY-NESS FOR THE OTHER THINGS, IS A JIVANAMUKTA, THE ONE LIBERATED WHILE LIVING. WHEN NO DESIRE ARISES FOR OBJECTS WORTHY OF BEING ENJOYED, THEN KNOW THIS AS THE LIMIT OF NONATTACHMENT. WHEN NO I-NESS ARISES, KNOW THIS AS THE LIMIT OF KNOWING. People come to me…