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Seeds of Wisdom
120 letters to a disciple

compilation book
(translated from Hindi)

by Osho

collection of letters to Ma Anandmayee  
c. 1966-69  India
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    Last night a man breathed his last. Today people
    mourn at his door.

    At such moments a memory of an event in my
    childhood arises in my mind. It was my first visit to the
    burning ghats. The funeral pyre had been lit, and the
    people were chatting in small groups. The village
    poet said, “I am not afraid of death. Death is a friend.”

    Since then I have heard this same assertion in
    different forms from different people. I have also
    looked into the eyes of those who say this and have
    found that these fearless words arise out of fear.

    Nothing changes just by giving death beautiful
    names. In fact, the fear is not of death, the fear is of
    the unfamiliar. What is unknown creates fear in us. It
    is necessary to become acquainted with death. This
    acquaintance brings one to fearlessness. Why? –
    because it is through acquaintance that one comes
    to know that there is no death for that which is....

                                                              – Osho
                                              Seeds of Wisdom, ch. 1
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