From Zorba the Greek to Zorba the Buddha

One of Osho’s best intellectual  “leaps”!  Here is how he describes it You need to be reminded about Buddha’s life: Up to his twenty-ninth year, he was a pure Zorba. He had the best young girls available in his kingdom, … Continue reading

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The Holy Economy

Attempt to address Poverty in Nepal From the Nepali Times this week!  Requires Comment:  SN   Nepalese Chief Secretary Lila Mani Poudel addresses a monthly gathering at the Osho Tapoban commune last week,  to discuss,  not the life of the … Continue reading

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East and West: A False Dichotomy

WE ARE ALL THE SAME: Divisions between Indian and western sannyasins: time to say goodbye One is not sure when people began talking about Osho’s “Indian Sannyasins” and “Western sannyasins”. In 1974 when arriving in Poona for the first time, … Continue reading

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Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis, (1883 to 1957),  the author of Zorba the Greek,  was a favourite writer of Osho. Osho seemed aware that the Greek Orthodox Church had excommunicated him,  and mentioned it during his brief stay in Greece in 1986.  (Osho … Continue reading

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Bow Down to Existence Only

Touching the Feet of the Guru More Sub-continental Nonsense An SN Editorial The Pope bowing down SN shares the view that there is no place for bowing down and touching the feet of another. For a start it seems unhygenic … Continue reading

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