Question:

BELOVED OSHO, I HAVE HEARD THAT YOUR SANNYASINS CELEBRATE DEATH.

Osho:

Paul, you have heard rightly! My sannyasins celebrate everything. Celebration is the foundation of my sannyas -- not renunciation but rejoicing; rejoicing in all the beauties, all the joys, all that life offers, because this whole life is a gift of God.

The old religions have taught you to renounce life. They are all life negative; their whole approach is pessimistic. They are all against life and its joys. To me, life and God are synonymous. In fact, life is a far better word than God itself, because God is only a philosophical term ...

OshO
Come, Come, Yet Again Come
Chapter #2
Chapter title: From the Body to the Soul

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