Comments on: Seeds of Revolution with the early Osho

By: kusum

kusum — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:52:13 +0000

Why is it a big issue that Osho (an indian unmarried man in his thirties) invited an educated woman with same profession as he was who’d turned up with her all travel luggage to see him?
Maybe she did not have accommodation. It is Indian way of hospitality to welcome unexpected guest. Most normal Indians are heart-oriented people. But some hotels have rules.

By: Arpana

Arpana — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:14:32 +0000

What Shantam actually means by this is that just as he can’t walk into a Christian or Sikh establishment, or Hindu for that matter, pick up a young woman to have sex with, particularly a young western woman, he also can’t do that at the ashram in Poona. Ergo the Ashram in Poona is now part of traditional religion.

By: Arpana

Arpana — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:08:19 +0000

There is not a single Hindu ashram, place of worship anywhere in the world offering daily meditation, let alone Osho’s dynamic techniques, plus meditation techniques updated by Osho from many other traditions; psychotherapy groups from various disciplines, refined by Osho; and showing a video of Osho giving discourse on a daily basis.

By: shantam prem

shantam prem — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 09:50:59 +0000

There is one other story from the life of Osho, for me, more inspiring than this one. It must be plus or minus one or two years, 1970.

G.D. Birla, one of the top three Indian industrialists of that era, hands over Osho a blank cheque, so much he was impressed by Osho´s discourse delivery. Before Osho reacts to see such a gesture, Mr. Birla utters, “You can fill any amount to use for the reformation and expansion of Hindu Dharma.”

To hear this, Osho gives back cheque politely or tore it like piece of paper and says, “How come you got the idea I want to work for the reformation and expansion of Hindu Dharma?”
Conversation can be bit different. Most probably, Birla and Acharya never met again.

Through this story I am also answering Arpana´s post written in his not usual style of aggressive defence.

The way Sannyas management has taken a turn, Osho´s work has become a small shelf in the expanded Hinduism, the mainstream religion of master´s homeland.

By: Arpana

Arpana — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:28:27 +0000

Bless. ROTFLMAO

By: satchit

satchit — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:10:56 +0000

“The way it reads to me, and I’m not sure, is Madhu disapproves of me and Tan, but she does approve of Osho.”

Are you jealous that she approves of Osho and maybe not of Arpana?

By: Arpana

Arpana — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:38:48 +0000

Shantam said. 30 July, 2017 at 12:50 pm:

“Though this path (of Osho) has lost the direction and almost merged with the mainstream religion.”

Now what can Shantam mean by this?

By: Kavita

Kavita — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 14:25:27 +0000

Life is so hilarious: SOMETIMES truth comes out, even from tight-lipped mouths” – who no longer like to be tight-lipped &a have not missed a chance since a long time!

By: Kavita

Kavita — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 13:50:48 +0000

Parmartha, just reminding in case u need to be, this incident was discussed on SN: http://sannyasnews.org/now/archives/5398.

I also think he was being playful!

By: Arpana

Arpana — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 13:00:20 +0000

Mod, Can you tell me if this is approving or disapproving?

No matter how many times I read that first paragraph I can’t tell.

MOD:
Madhu SUGGESTS YOU RE-READ THE WHOLE COMMENT, Arpana.

The way it reads to me, and I’m not sure, is Madhu disaproves of me and Tan, but she does aprove of Osho.