Sufis
The People of the Path
Vol. 1  (of 2)

by Osho

16 talks given live   Aug. 1977
Pune, India
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    One old Sufi Master, Abul Hasam, has said,
    'Sufism was once a reality without a name and
    now Sufism is a name without reality.'

    For many centuries Sufism existed without a
    name. It existed as reality. That's why I say Jesus
    was a Sufi, so was Mohammed. so was Mahavir
    and so was Krishna. Anyone who has come to
    know God is a Sufi. Why do I say so? Try to
    understand the word 'Sufi' and it will become clear
    to you.

    The word 'Sufi' is a new coinage, a German
    coinage, out of German scholarship. Is not more
    than one hundred and fifty years old. In Arabic the
    word is tasawwuf. But both come from a root 'suf'
    which means wool.

    It seems very strange. Why should wool become
    the symbol of Sufism? The scholars go on saying
    that it is because Sufis used to wear woollen
    robes. That's true. But why? Nobody has
    answered it. Why should they be wearing woollen
    robes? Mohammed says in the Koran that even
    Moses was wearing a woollen robe when he
    encountered God. When God spoke to him he
    was entirely in a woollen robe. But why?

    There is a deep symbolism in it. The symbolism is
    that wool is the garb of the animals and a Sufi has
    to become as innocent as an animal. The Sufi has
    to attain to a primal innocence. He has to drop all
    kinds of civilisation, he has to drop all kinds of
    cultures, he has to drop all conditionings, he has
    to become again an animal. Then the symbol
    becomes tremendously significant...

                                                            – Osho
                    Sufis: The People of the Path, Vol. 1, ch. 1
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    Chinese pinyin:
    Sufei: Dao de ren -- Di-yi juan

    Chinese traditional:　
    蘇菲：道的人  第一卷

    Chinese simplified:
    苏菲：道的人  第一卷
Discourse 2
The Invisible Ones
Discourse 3
Tariqa: The Method
Discourse 4
Love Cannot Deliver the Goods
Discourse 5
Singing Silence
Discourse 6
The Passion for the Impossible
Discourse 7
From Robopathology to Awareness
Discourse 8
The Subtle Ego
Discourse 9
The Real Miracles
Discourse 10
The Original Signature
Discourse 11
Life Is a Luxury
Discourse 12
The "Instant" Pathology
Discourse 13
Judge Ye Not
Discourse 14
The Tug of War
Discourse 1
A Rare Kind of Magic
Discourse 15
Adding Oil to the Fire
Discourse 16
Making the Circle Complete
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