‘Sufism is not knowledge: you cannot gather it from anywhere, from somebody; you cannot borrow it. It is not information, no teacher can teach it. Truth cannot be taught. It is an experience, it is not knowledge.’
In these commentaries on Sufi anecdotes, Osho brings a new, contemporary understanding to the significance of the simple tales used by Sufi masters to help guide those on an inner journey.
Sufism is not part of any religion or church. All religions, when alive, belong to it. The deeper core of Sufi teaching is revealed: the truth that there is a death other than the natural death of the body—the death of the ego through which the deathless is realised. Osho reveals that the essence of Sufism is how to drop all traditions, the past, and all dogmas on the journey to the heart. Without any effort, everyone can be a Sufi if they stop thinking, if they drop the idea of doing.