Come, Come, Yet Again Come
Responses to Disciples Questions
Talks given from 27/10/80 am to 10/11/80 am
English Discourse series
15 Chapters
Year published: 1980
Come, Come, Yet Again Come
Chapter #1
Chapter title: Whoever Knocks is a Welcome Guest
27 October 1980 am in Buddha Hall
Archive code: 8010270
ShortTitle: COME01
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The first question:
BELOVED OSHO,
I AM A SINNER. CAN I ALSO BECOME YOUR SANNYASIN?
Govind, yes, absolutely yes! In fact, only a sinner can become a sannyasin. Those who think themselves
saints, holier-than-thou, they are the closed people, they are the dead people. They have become incapable
of living, incapable of celebrating.
Sannyas is celebration of life, and sin is natural: natural in the sense that you are unconscious -- what
else can you do? In unconsciousness, sin is bound to happen. Sin simply means that you don't know what
you are doing, you are unaware, so whatsoever you do goes wrong. But to recognize that "I am a sinner" is
the beginning of a great pilgrimage. To recognize that "I am a sinner" is the beginning of real virtue. To see
that "I am ignorant" is the first glimpse of wisdom.
The real problem arises with people who are full of knowledge. All that knowledge is borrowed; hence,
rubbish. The people who think they are virtuous because they have created a certain character around
themselves are the people lost to God. Your so-called saints are the farthest away, because God is life, and
your saints have renounced life. In renouncing life they have renounced God too.
God is the hidden core of THIS life. This life is just the outermost part, the circumference; God is the
center of it all. To renounce the circumference, to escape from it, is to renounce the center automatically.
You will not find God anywhere. The farther away you go from life, the farther away you will be from God.
One has to dive into life, and of course when you are unconscious you will miss the target many times.
The original Hebrew word for sin is very beautiful. By transla