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swamishanti commented on the post, Attempt to get Osho’s Will out of Spainish legal authorities, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 6 months ago
I agree, seems extremely unlikely that Amrito, Jayesh and Niren would do something as stupid as create an obviously forged will – if anyone has done this, it is more likely to be the work of an Indian.
India is […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Tea and Opium and how it shaped the modern world, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
Imagination, mind is beautiful. Creations that flow through the mind are beautiful. Billions of electric pulses pass through the brains of our species and we have created great things, not just art but […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Tea and Opium and how it shaped the modern world, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
There is no ‘me’, the heart is just beating, the blood is just circulating on its own and everything is just happening on its own accord – its all been programmed and I’ve totally dissolved, man, I’m surrendered. […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Attempt to get Osho’s Will out of Spainish legal authorities, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
The first video reminds me of this clip from ‘Airplane’:
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swamishanti commented on the post, Attempt to get Osho’s Will out of Spainish legal authorities, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
Thanks, Kavita.
There was an episode of the Simpsons where a religious cult had taken over the local town, the ‘Movementarians’:
The ‘Movementarians’ are loosely based on activites […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Tea and Opium and how it shaped the modern world, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
That sounds like an acquaintance of mine – old lefty, the long beard, reads ‘The Morning Star’, always moaning about the evil bloody Tory government.
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swamishanti commented on the post, Tea and Opium and how it shaped the modern world, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
Thanks, Kavita, an interesting talk.
I remember the tale of Alexander meeting the naked sadhu. I think the Greeks called him Diogenes.
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swamishanti commented on the post, Tea and Opium and how it shaped the modern world, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
I tend to be more on the centre-left.
But I shake hands with the right hand.Do you have some support for Monsanto industry, Shantam?
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swamishanti commented on the post, Tea and Opium and how it shaped the modern world, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
I am gratefull for the tea plantations.
Osho said that a Buddhist monk invented tea by chopping his eyelids off and throwing them, where a tea plant grew. I think it was Bodhidharma.
Green tea is high in […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Tea and Opium and how it shaped the modern world, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
There is an Indian story:
One day, Shiva left his home after an angry argument with his family. Overheated by the hot sun, he lay down under a large plant and fell asleep.When he awoke, he noticed the sweet […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Tea and Opium and how it shaped the modern world, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
That reminds me of Michael Eavis (who used to organise Glastonbury festival,his daughter does it now) who tried to experiment with eating some hash for the first time a few years ago, and also didn’t like it.
He […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Tea and Opium and how it shaped the modern world, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
I’ve met quite a few Indians who have tried bhang just once and disliked it. I think this is because the ganja in India, Africa etc. is far more powerful than the ganja that is found in the West, so a bhang lassi […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Tea and Opium and how it shaped the modern world, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
One evening I came across an old Indian man who appeared to be stuck in the street. He had one leg out in front of the other, as if he was in mid-stride, but he was going nowhere.
Could he have been doing some […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Rabiya al-Adabiya, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
And Rabiya did not have any `Bhagwan`, anyone to tell her to `drop her programming’.
Of course, followers of the `Blessed One` have been given certain programmings from Osho, but apart from US government agencies […] -
swamishanti commented on the post, Rabiya al-Adabiya, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
Rabiya certainly was a brave woman, if she did indeed cut out whole passages and modify the Koran. Not just because of the dangers that such an act might put her in, but because Muslims are given a certain […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Rabiya al-Adabiya, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
Madhu,
To me, `faqir` or `fakir` is used to describe wandering Islamic mystics, or nomadic renunciates, similar to Sufis, who are often known to sing and dance, sometimes believed to possess miraculous powers. […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Rabiya al-Adabiya, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
Once I met a travelling female faqir. I observed boys throwing stones at her in the street, and watched her shouting at them and chasing them away with a big stick.
People laughed at her, but the Kashmiri […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Rabiya al-Adabiya, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
Did wearing the veil originate from Mohammed?
Not according to this report:http://middleeast.about.com/od/religionsectarianism/f/me080209.htm
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swamishanti commented on the post, Rabiya al-Adabiya, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
This thread apt, perhaps, as it is the Muslim festival of Eid.
I happened to come across an old pamphlet about Meher Baba (which someone gave me years ago, whilst cleaning my place the other day, and had a look. […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Happy Mahaparinirvana Day to all SN readers, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 7 months ago
Re The Who, different masters and being knocked out of the box in Poona…
Baba O’Riley live:
This Hazrat Babajan is an interesting one.
Born in Afghanistan, she ran away from an […] - Load More