Osho on Bauls The Bauls are called Bauls because they are mad people. The word 'Baul' comes from the Sanskrit root VATUL. It means: mad, affected by wind. The Baul belongs to no religion. He is neither Hindu nor Mohammedan nor Christian nor Buddhist. He is a si...

Question 7: Who is a Baul? Please tell us the definition. IT should have been asked in the beginning; now this is going to be last. But in a way, it is good. If in the beginning you had asked about the definition of a Baul, it would have been almost impossible ...

Meera is a launching place for your pilgrimage. Her scripture is the scripture of love. Perhaps calling it scripture is not right. Take Narada’s BHAKTI SUTRAS — sutras of devotion — that is scripture. There one finds reasoning, method, fixed precepts. It is a s...

Question : Who has Originated Bauls? Please explain. People like Bauls are never originated. Religions like the Baul religion are more like happenings. Who originated the roses? Who originated the songs that the birds go on singing every morning? No, we never a...

The devotee — the real follower — is constantly watching what he is doing, how he is doing, why he is doing. Even in small matters he de-automatizes himself. Walking, he does not just walk; he walks with meditative awareness. He knows that he is walking. Eating...

on Ramakrishna Bhakti yoga and Path of Devotion Ramakrishna said that bhakti yoga was the most suitable approach because it was the most suitable for him. That is the basic window through which he came under the sky. It is not a question of an approach being su...

Question 1: What's the difference between a Madman and a Devotee? Not much. And yet much. Both are mad but their madness has a totally different quality to it; the center of madness is different. The madman is mad from the head; the devotee is mad from the hear...

Osho Quotes on Bauls Baul is one belonging to a secret society of mystics. Just as Zen is in Buddhism and Sufis are part of Islam and Hassids are part of Judaism, Bauls are the flowering of the Hindu tradition; they are the highest flowering. ♦ The word baul me...

Osho Quotes on Devotion Devotion, the path of devotion, is the path of surrender. ♦ The feminine mind will need a path of devotion -- the path of Narad, Meera, Chaitanya, Jesus. ♦ Love is freedom, but not total. If love becomes devotion, then it becomes total f...

Jesus is a BHAKTA, a devotee - Knows no techniques. Love is not a technique - Question : Osho, The Gospels provide no techniques for developing a loving heart. The gospels are also too difficult for ordinary people. Perhaps this is why the Christian message has...

Osho on Divine Madness, Sanity and Insanity Question 1 : Beloved Osho, The more i watch the desires and needs of the mind, The more i come to a space that looks like madness. Please comment. It is madness, but it is higher than what you call sanity. There are t...

When a scientist looks at a certain thing he looks with a rational eye; he wants to know what it is. When a poet looks at the same thing he looks with the aesthetic eye; he wants to enjoy it. When a devotee looks at the same thing he looks with the eye of devot...

Osho on Devotion Devotion is the refined quality of love. It has nothing to do with to whom. It is not a question of to whom it is addressed: Jehovah, God, Jesus, Buddha. It is not a question of it being addressed. Devotion is a quality in your heart. You feel ...

Question 2: Osho, What really is the difference between a Baul, a Tantrika, a Bhakta, and a Sufi? Do they all belong to the path of love? They seem to be intermingled. Please enlighten. THE boundaries are overlapping. They are all on the path of love, but still...