99 Quotes by Milarepa

Sometimes I experienced [Osho] like a lion, playing with me, a small mouse.

People began arriving by droves from all corners of the world. We started recording music from the discourses and making tapes to sell in the Commune's bookshop. We also organized many creative things for Buddha Hall like variety shows, music groups, dance and art performances.

Every morning after discourse, I would take an hour to be alone and write. Very soon I realized what a unique opportunity it was to everyday expose myself and get Osho's immediate feedback. Sometimes he would accept my questions, sometimes he would reject them.

I had speaking darshans with Osho in the early days of sannyas, my relationship with him has never been a personal one. It was and still is an inner one, something deeply connected with the mysterious world of meditation. However, as I moved deeper into meditation, so did my relationship with Osho change and become more intimate.

I had never asked a discourse question until Uruguay. I had always assumed, I think like many others, I had no questions to ask [Osho].

I was wide-awake inside, red-alert. I started paying attention and tuning into what Osho was saying. He was talking about how ridiculous men look without a beard. And wouldn't it be strange if your girlfriend decided to grow a moustache? Then reality dawned. Oh my god, he was onto me! Then he says something like: "Just look at Milarepa, sitting there in the back looking like a complete idiot. He has shaved his beard and lost all his grandeur." It was Osho's way of saying hello.

Osho had been speaking to a small group of people every night at his house for the past few months.

After the Ranch dissolved, I went to live and work in Los Angeles. Shunyo left the Ranch with Osho as part of His team of caretakers, so we were separated for some months during this time. In our six years together, although we were not always lovers we maintained a close friendship. I think we shared a mutual understanding that, in spite of the love we had for each other, ultimately we were sannyasins, fellow travelers, bound in spirit by a deeper love: Our love for the master.

It felt more than enough just to be in the [Osho] presence.