Don’t think about anything that concerns others.
In this book osho sheds lights on the teachings of Atisha, a leading proponent of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in India but moved towards Tibet and lived his life there. According to Osho, Atisha showered his love on Tibet and transformed the whole quality of Tibetan consciousness..He is reported to have existed somewhere in the eleventh century. Atisha .learned under three enlightened masters and because of that he is called Atisha the Thrice Great. The three masters taught him the three faces of ultimate reality, the three faces of God - the trinity, the trimurti. The first master Dharmakirti taught him no-mind and emptiness, taught him how to be thoughtless and contentless. The second master Dharmarakshita taught him love and compassion. And the third master Yogin Maitreya taught him the art of taking the suffering of others and absorbing it into your own heart. Atisha’s teachings are based on the above three fundamentals.
Atisha makes it a fundamental rule for his disciples to live in a happy frame of mind. He says: Always rely on just a happy frame of mind.
Unhappiness depends on the frame of your mind. There are people who are unhappy in all kinds of situations.Even if you come across a negative, find something positive in it. He also says not to ponder over others’ defects or to interfere in others’ lives
Do not discuss defects.
Don’t think about anything that concerns others.
The sutras /the messages of Atisha are very very short, condensed and telegraphic..These are clear cut instructions given only to those who are ready to travel, to go on the pilgrimage into the unknown. .For Atisha the whole existence is divine. There is no personal God.
Osho asks us to listen to Atisha’s advice as it is of immense value. In Osho’s words:” It is not a philosophy. It is a manual to discipline yourself, it is a manual to transform yourself. It is the book that can help you grow into wisdom.” and hence Osho calls this book The Book of Wisdom.
Osho,s observations are always unique. Quoted below are a few of his observations found in this book.
Humbleness is an expression of the ego.
Those who give you goals are your enemies. Those who tell you what to become and how to become it are the poisoners.
Beware of the majority. If so many people are following something , that is enough proof that it is wrong.
People believe in lies, truth needs no believers.
God is not found by praying on your knees; God is not found in the temples and churches, God is found in intense living.
Don’t be knowledgeable, be wise.
There is a deep urge in man to know things which are worthless, to know things which make you feel special.
Osho comments in this book on Atisha’s seven points of mind training. The book contains a total of 29 chapters of which only 7 chapters are set apart for Osho’s commentaries on Atish’s teachings. Osho’s responses to a number of questions from a live audience appear in the remaining chapters. The topics of discussion include love, life and death; trust and belief; individuality and personality; fact and truth; dependence, independence and interdependence; positive and negative aspects of masculinity and femininity etc. etc.
An Osho reader will definitely love this book.
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