The Secret ~ 16
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| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 26 Oct 1978 am |
| location | Buddha Hall, Poona |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 41min. Quality: good. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | SECRET16 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the questions: n/a; questions are being read by Osho himself.
- Question 1 from Ruparahi
- Osho, to me the future of the East appears bleak whichever way one looks at it -- either poverty and starvation through fatalism, or Westernization through capitalism -- for is it not necessary for the East to become West before people again become interested in their inner search? Is it not necessary for the people of the East to become materially rich before their spiritual poverty again becomes evident?
- But the burden of the West already lies heavy on the world: the atomic bomb; violence through frustration; the auto-matization of the soul; the destruction of the forests and the pollution of the air and sea so that it is uncertain whether the environment can maintain its delicate balance. Can the world support another West?
- Question 2 from Siddhartha
- Many times when I see our friends hugging, kissing passionately, and caressing each other's bodies, I feel that it is this sight which offends Indian society in general and creates great misunderstandings about you and your teachings. With this particular type of behavior, if the society is offended and great difficulties are created for the world of our master, why shouldn't we simply correct our behavior when we are in society, whether in India, America, or Germany?
- Question 3
- I am a married man with three children and with all the problems of a married man's life. My wife is constantly at my throat. We are together only for the sake of the children; otherwise, each moment is a nightmare. Is there any chance of my escaping hellfire? I have heard other gurus say that only celibates go to heaven. Is it so, Osho?
- Question 4 from Dhanya
- Beloved Osho, the other day in lecture, for the first time I heard your song! It was so beautiful. Your words had no meaning, your voice was soft music that surrounded and filled me with such joy and delight! What a wonderful surprise!
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