Osho talks about Sufis

[Ombre d'Or]

Is there anything Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh didn't talk about? :)

I copy and pasted this from a pdf file called "Sufis, the People of the
Path" Vol. 1
which I downloaded from http://www.scribd.com/search?query=sufis

11August1977 am
in Buddha Hall

UWAIS WAS ASKED, ’HOW DO YOU FEEL?’ HE SAID, ’LIKE ONE WHO HAS ARISEN IN
THE MORNING AND DOES NOT KNOW WHETHER HE WILL BE DEAD IN THE EVENING.’
THE OTHER MAN SAID, ’BUT THIS IS THE SITUATION OF ALL MEN.’ UWAIS SAID,
’YES, BUT HOW MANY OF THEM FEEL IT?’

ONCE a learned Mohammedan came to me and asked,”You are not a
Mohammedan, then why do you speak on Sufism?’ I told him, ’I am not a
Mohammedan, obviously, but I am a Sufi all the same.’ A Sufi need not be
a Mohammedan. A Sufi can exist any where, in any form–because Sufism is
the essential core of all religions. It has nothing to do with Islam in
particular. Sufism can exist without Islam; Islam cannot exist without
Sufism. Without Sufism, Islam is a corpse. Only with Sufism does it
become alive. Whenever a religion is alive it is because of Sufism.
Sufism simply means a love affair with God, with the ultimate, a love
affair with the whole. It means that one is ready to dissolve into the
whole that one is ready to invite the whole to come into one’s heart. It
knows no formality. It is not confined by any dogma, doctrine, creed or
church. Christ is a Sufi, so is Mohammad. Krishna is a Sufi, so is
Buddha. This is the first thing I would like you to remember: that
Sufism is the innermost core–as Zen is, as Hassidism is. These are only
different names of the same ultimate relationship with God.

[annan...@hotmail.com]

On Nov 17, 12:43 am, Ombre d'Or <ombre...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is there anything Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh didn't talk about? :)
>
> I copy and pasted this from a pdf file called "Sufis, the People of the
> Path" Vol. 1
> which I downloaded from http://www.scribd.com/search?query=sufis
>
> 11August1977 am
> in Buddha Hall
>
> UWAIS WAS ASKED, 'HOW DO YOU FEEL?' HE SAID, 'LIKE ONE WHO HAS ARISEN IN
> THE MORNING AND DOES NOT KNOW WHETHER HE WILL BE DEAD IN THE EVENING.'
> THE OTHER MAN SAID, 'BUT THIS IS THE SITUATION OF ALL MEN.' UWAIS SAID,
> 'YES, BUT HOW MANY OF THEM FEEL IT?'
>
> ONCE a learned Mohammedan came to me and asked,"You are not a
> Mohammedan, then why do you speak on Sufism?' I told him, 'I am not a
> Mohammedan, obviously, but I am a Sufi all the same.' A Sufi need not be

> a Mohammedan. A Sufi can exist any where, in any form-because Sufism is

> the essential core of all religions. It has nothing to do with Islam in
> particular. Sufism can exist without Islam; Islam cannot exist without
> Sufism. Without Sufism, Islam is a corpse. Only with Sufism does it
> become alive. Whenever a religion is alive it is because of Sufism.
> Sufism simply means a love affair with God, with the ultimate, a love
> affair with the whole. It means that one is ready to dissolve into the
> whole that one is ready to invite the whole to come into one's heart. It
> knows no formality. It is not confined by any dogma, doctrine, creed or
> church. Christ is a Sufi, so is Mohammad. Krishna is a Sufi, so is
> Buddha. This is the first thing I would like you to remember: that

> Sufism is the innermost core-as Zen is, as Hassidism is. These are only

> different names of the same ultimate relationship with God.

interesting -- this mirrors what i'm reading right now. thanks for
the links.

[jaye...@my-deja.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK4aVB1uPOg

[EricT]

> <jaye...@my-deja.com> wrote
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK4aVB1uPOg

Cheers, Jayen. I like that: the "philoseer" rather than the philo-sopher (or
even the couch potato).

How the heck did he eat with such a shaggy moustache?

With good wishes,
eric.

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