The Sword and the Lotus

responses to questions

by Osho

25 talks given live   Jan. – Feb. 1986
Kathmandu, Nepal


    I want you to remember one thing: sadness
    is just anger upside down; it is not different. It
    is repressed anger.

    If you analyze it then you will see the fact.
    Sadness can change into anger very easily;
    anger can change into sadness in the same
    way. They are not two things... perhaps two
    sides of the same coin. So whenever you are
    angry and you cannot express it, the
    situation is not such. It is too dangerous to
    express it, too risky to express it.

    For example, a child becomes angry at the
    parents, but he cannot show it because he is
    so helpless and dependent. Then he
    becomes sad. His sadness is inverted anger.
    The same child goes out and gives a good
    kick to the dog. He wanted to kick his
    parents, but it was too risky, too dangerous.
    But the dog he can beat. He repressed the
    anger, it became sadness...

                                                – Osho
                       The Sword and the Lotus, ch. 1
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    The Sword and the Lotus　

    Chinese pinyin:
    Jian yu lian

    Chinese traditional:
    劍與蓮

    Chinese simplified:
    剑与莲
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Audio mp3's – Discourses complete from
The Sword and the Lotus
Osho talks in English
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Discourse 1
An Individual Revolution
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Discourse 2
Don’t Sow Wrong Seeds
Discourse 3
The Science of the Inner Soul
Discourse 4
The Only Secret There Is
Discourse 5
Something of the Sacred
Discourse 7
The Ecology of Existence
Discourse 8
Truth Is Not Far Away
Discourse 9
One Boat Is Enough
Discourse 10
No Question of I
Discourse 11
Godless and Yet So Godly
Discourse 12
The Golden Mean
Discourse 13
Almost Ready to Steal the Truth
Discourse 14
The Last Word in Meditation
Discourse 15
A Meditator Is a Rain Cloud
Discourse 16
Life Is a School
Discourse 17
A Device to Find Yourself
Discourse 18
The Art of Living
Discourse 19
A Simple Thank You
Discourse 20
Reaction Never Brings Freedom
Discourse 21
Something Deeper than the Mind
Discourse 22
The Sword and the Lotus
Discourse 23
No Beginning – No End
Discourse 24
The Master Is at the Door
Discourse 25
To Enter Into Your Own Presence
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