Category Archives: Discussion

Personal Musings on the Nature of Ego

Posted on 2 February, 2012 by

by Swami Prem Arpana The word, the concept of ego was mentioned regularly (as in ‘That’s your ego‘, often in a very condemnatory manner) along with the endless analyzing that went on during the early days of my sannyas, during … Continue reading →

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An Adventure Across Borders

Posted on 24 January, 2012 by

Asha and I got together when the rains broke. We moved into a room on the edge of the Park, an old hotel room with that high-ceilinged, almost sepulchral quality so prized by the English in India. There was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Discussion, The World, Zorba | 72 Comments

Osho’s place in a New Spiritual Tradition?

Posted on 15 January, 2012 by

Prem Paritosh compares Poonja and Veeresh, and finds them lacking for the leadership of a New Spiritual Tradition The wealth of satori amongst those around him  was both Poonja’s strength and his weakness. Osho, by comparison, always tended to downplay … Continue reading →

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The Final Solution and an old Osho disciple

Posted on 11 January, 2012 by

Samudaya was/is a very old Osho disciple. he survived the German Concentration Camp Auuschwitz as a teenager between 1943 and 1945. Subhuti saw him last in 1994, enjoying a trailer home life as a retired gentleman. He had lived in … Continue reading →

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Osho’s Pre-enlightenment

Posted on 4 January, 2012 by

An Account from Sam (Prem Paritosh) “The abyss opens its mouth, the whole existence yawns…” That was pretty much what had happened to Osho. What he later came to understand as ‘enlightenment’ was not the product of any ‘religious’ practice … Continue reading →

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