Beloved Master, Why does Gautama The Buddha insist that Life is always Misery?
Osho – Dharmendra, because it is so! Life as you know it IS misery. Buddha is not talking about HIS life, because what do you know about his life? That is not utter misery; that is utter bliss, that is ultimate bliss. But the life that you know IS misery. Does it need any proofs? Have you not observed yourself that it is misery? Do you need a Buddha to remind you? And even when a buddha reminds you, you don’t feel good. You feel offended, as if your life is being condemned. He is not condemning your life — buddhas never condemn anything. They simply say whatsoever is the case. If you are blind, they say you are blind. If you are dead, they say you are dead. They simply state the fact — and they state the fact because there is a possibility to go beyond it. Buddha insists again and again that life is misery because life CAN be tremendous bliss. But unless you understand the first thing you will not understand the second thing. First you have to be very very aware that your life is mis
