From Ignorance to Innocence - Osho - Oshorajneesh.com
Share Embed Flag
Download ePaper

From Ignorance to Innocence - Osho - Oshorajneesh.com

From Ignorance to Innocence - Osho - Oshorajneesh.com From Ignorance to Innocence - Osho - Oshorajneesh.com

oshorajneesh.com
from oshorajneesh.com More from this publisher
28.03.2013 Views

17 December 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 OSHO, CHAPTER 18 One god, one messenger, one book – one big lie WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RELIGION AND A CULT? – BECAUSE THE CHRISTIANS GO ON CALLING US A CULT. IT SEEMS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ACCEPT US AS A RELIGION. WHAT COULD BE THE REASON BEHIND IT? IT is a complex question. You will have to understand many things before the question can be answered. Religion is an individual experience. Only an individual can be religious. The cult is an establishment, it is an organization, it has nothing to do with religion at all. It exploits in the name of religion. It pretends to be religious and lives on the past. For example: Christians will say that they have a two thousand year history. But the past is dead, it is a corpse. This is a very strange world in which we live. When Jesus was there, Jews could not accept him as religious: he and his followers were a ”cult”. Jesus is a religious man so there was the fragrance of religion around him, and those who were sensitive, available, receptive, came close to Jesus. This coming to Jesus was not a question of any intellectual conviction; it was more like a love affair. They simply fell in love with the man. 246

CHAPTER 18. ONE GOD, ONE MESSENGER, ONE BOOK – ONE BIG LIE The religious man never converts anybody, but his presence inspires many people to be with him. A religious person has no followers, only fellow travelers – it is impossible for a religious person to insult somebody by calling him a follower. When Jesus was crucified, a strange thing happened, something that has happened to almost all the religions. The same type of people who had crucified Jesus – the rabbis, the priesthood... the same type of people gathered around the dead religious phenomenon, which had gone, which was not there anymore. It is just like the fragrance of a flower. The flower is gone, the fragrance lingers on a little – and then it is lost. Religion cannot have a continuity. It will always be individual, here and there. One individual becomes enlightened and suddenly people start becoming attracted towards him as if by a magnetic force. Jesus is not an intellectual; he is not even educated. He is not a theologian; he cannot argue for God or for religion. In all his teachings there is no argument, they are statements. A philosopher argues, a religious person states. The philosopher argues because he does not know; it is through argument that he wants to come to a conclusion. But the religious person knows it. He states it, it is a declaration – and he also knows that there is no way to prove it. No argument is going to be supportive of it. But once that magnet disappears.... The priest is the most cunning part of humanity – and clever. He is a businessman, he sees the opportunity of a great business. While jesus is alive, it is dangerous to be with him. No businessman will come close to him – only gamblers may risk it and be with him. It is dangerous to be with him: he can be crucified, you can be crucified. But once he is dead it is a great opportunity for business. Then a new kind of people start gathering around: those are the priests, the popes, the imams, the rabbis – learned, scholarly, argumentative, dogmatic. They create the dogma, the creed. They create the cult. On the dead body of a religious person, a cult is created. Christianity is a cult. Friedrich Nietzsche used to say... and I feel that he has the tremendous quality of seeing certain things which others go on missing. The man was mad, but sometimes mad people have a very From Ignorance to Innocence 247 Osho

17 December 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove<br />

Question 1<br />

OSHO,<br />

CHAPTER 18<br />

One god, one messenger, one book – one big lie<br />

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RELIGION AND A CULT? – BECAUSE THE<br />

CHRISTIANS GO ON CALLING US A CULT. IT SEEMS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ACCEPT US<br />

AS A RELIGION. WHAT COULD BE THE REASON BEHIND IT?<br />

IT is a <strong>com</strong>plex question. You will have <strong>to</strong> understand many things before the question can be<br />

answered.<br />

Religion is an individual experience.<br />

Only an individual can be religious.<br />

The cult is an establishment, it is an organization, it has nothing <strong>to</strong> do with religion at all. It exploits<br />

in the name of religion. It pretends <strong>to</strong> be religious and lives on the past.<br />

For example: Christians will say that they have a two thousand year his<strong>to</strong>ry. But the past is dead, it<br />

is a corpse. This is a very strange world in which we live. When Jesus was there, Jews could not<br />

accept him as religious: he and his followers were a ”cult”.<br />

Jesus is a religious man so there was the fragrance of religion around him, and those who were<br />

sensitive, available, receptive, came close <strong>to</strong> Jesus. This <strong>com</strong>ing <strong>to</strong> Jesus was not a question of any<br />

intellectual conviction; it was more like a love affair. They simply fell in love with the man.<br />

246

logo

products

Resources

Company

Terms of service
Privacy policy
Cookie policy
Cookie settings
Imprint
Change language
Made with love in Switzerland
© 2024 Yumpu.com all rights reserved

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!