It Began at the Gateless Gate

Anatto recalls his first contact in the seventies By three o’clock in the afternoon of that same day I arrived in Poona; I jumped into a rickshaw and instructed the driver, “To the ashram please”. Needless to say, on the … Continue reading →

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Premarital and Extra Marital : an Osho Conundrum?

I just came across Osho´s provocative words below…  And I am asking anyone with long  experience of Osho and Osho´s ashram/commune, (such as many of the contributors to Sannyasnews),  whether Osho is just here “the speaker”,  as is often said … Continue reading →

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Our Correspondent Lokesh speaking from Bangalore

Finally I made it to Swami Gandhoo’s ashram which is situated to the north of Bangalore. I could not imagine something further from The Resort, as far as appearances go. Situated down a filthy alley, replete with ubiquitous scraggy cats … Continue reading →

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Indian Virus multiplying fast

Enlightenmentites!  A virus from India.. Seems like a craze for fully charged inner light is in Indian DNA. For more than five thousand years Indians are reading the scripts about the benefits of enlightenment, the biggest one is that one … Continue reading →

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The Fiction of Poona

Q:  Since you gave me sannyas, I feel like I am in an abyss. Other people are not reachable for me; I am only fixed up to the fire of your eyes – a tremendous Poona fiction story. Osho replied: … Continue reading →

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