Temptation

In jesus' prayer 'our father', does god lead us into temptation?

IT is a very subtle question, and you will have to be utterly attentive to understand it. God is good. He cannot lead you into temptation, but His very goodness leads you into temptation. The goodness of God is something which is already there. It exists; you have to do nothing to create it. You simply open to it and it showers on you. When you become good you have not done anything; you become good through God. But when you become bad, you have done something; you become bad through yourself. So when you are good, the ego cannot exist. It is a PRASAD, a gift from God. When you say 'yes', the ego cannot exist; you disappear. In the very moment you say 'yes', you are not there; that is the temptation. Only by doing bad can you be. Whenever you do evil, you are there; whenever you…

Osho, I have heard you say not to ask for anything in our prayers. Then why does jesus say to us, "when you pray, say: give us our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil"? And also jesus himself asked, "my father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me by, yet not as I will, but as thou wilt." please explain.

From where does this "if" come -- "if it is possible"? This desire is there that "if you can manage, please... but if you cannot manage then it is okay, then whatsoever happens I will accept." But there is reluctance, there is contradiction. His own desire is that this cup should pass by -- this agony, this crucifixion, this death, should pass by. He was really deep down waiting for a miracle, he was hoping for a miracle. He was not very different from the crowd that had gathered there to observe the crucifixion. He was not very different from the rabbis and the priests and the government who were all conspiring to kill him; their philosophical background was the same. The rabbis and the high priest of the temple of Jerusalem were trying to prove that this man was a fake. And he was trying to prove that "No,…

Osho, are we free to indulge in desire and to refrain from it?

Naturally Jesus cried out, looking toward the sky—“O Lord, what is this you have shown me? Have you forsaken me? Have you abandoned me? Will I not receive your grace?” Here Jesus’ humanity was manifest. But instantly the point also became clear to Jesus, that a complaint had entered. My prayer has been broken. Where there is complaint, prayer dies. Prayer does not know complaint; prayer has no acquaintance with grievance. Prayer is supreme consent. If life, then life; if death, then death. If a throne, then a throne; if a cross, then a cross. Prayer does not even know how to say, “Lord, what is this you are showing me?” Jesus saw the point. He was a man of deep wisdom; his eyes were clear. A streak of smoke had been drawn, a small cloud had come, and for a moment the sun was hidden. But the cloud passed…

Question: OUR BELOVED MASTER, SEKITO SAID: "MY TEACHING, WHICH HAS COME DOWN FROM THE ANCIENT BUDDHAS, IS NOT DEPENDENT ON MEDITATION OR ON DILIGENT APPLICATION OF ANY KIND. "WHEN YOU ATTAIN THE INSIGHT AS ATTAINED BY THE BUDDHA, YOU REALIZE THAT NO-MIND IS BUDDHA, AND BUDDHA IS NO-MIND; THAT NO-MIND, BUDDHA, SENTIENT BEINGS, BODHI, AND KLESA, ARE OF ONE AND THE SAME SUBSTANCE WHILE THEY VARY IN NAMES. "YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT YOUR OWN NO-MIND ESSENCE IS NEITHER SUBJECT TO ANNIHILATION NOR ETERNALLY SUBSISTING, IS NEITHER PURE NOR DEFILED. IT REMAINS PERFECTLY UNDISTURBED AND SELF-SUFFICIENT. THE SAME IS SO WITH THE WISE AND THE IGNORANT. YOUR NO-MIND ESSENCE IS NOT LIMITED IN ITS WORKING, AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CATEGORY OF MIND, CONSCIOUSNESS, OR THOUGHT. "THE THREE WORLDS OF DESIRE, FORM, AND NO-FORM, AND THE SIX PATHS OF EXISTENCE ARE NO MORE THAN MANIFESTATIONS OF YOUR MIND ITSELF.