Author Archives: Parmartha

Master/Disciple

Posted on 3 June, 2014 by

Living in an agricultural society, Jesus and his hearers were well acquainted with the yoke. But it is less well known to later ages that  yokes for humans were also widely used at that time, and still are in some … Continue reading →

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Unpainted Wooden Crutches

Posted on 11 May, 2014 by

Ouspensky wrote in 1916 that “I had seen two enormous lorries on a Moscow street loaded to the height of the first floor of the houses full of unpainted wooden crutches. I was overwhelmed by the sight of those lorries. … Continue reading →

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Being and Nothingness: the Nonsense of Jean Paul Sartre

Posted on 10 May, 2014 by

Osho spoke in  in the winter of 1981/2,  during dental sessions which involved nitrous oxide about books that had had some sort of significance in his spiritual and intellectual life. These reflections were compiled later and published in 1985,  as  a … Continue reading →

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Meditation now the Opium of the People

Posted on 8 March, 2014 by

The protesters looked anxious as they rode down the escalator in San Francisco’s Marriott Marquis. A yoga bag slung over one of their shoulders hid a banner reading “Eviction Free San Francisco.” Another had a bullhorn tucked into her backpack. … Continue reading →

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Ghandian Response to banned Access to Osho’s Samadhi

Posted on 24 January, 2014 by

This is news that an Osho Sannyasin from Australia, Swami Dhyan Viral has gone on a hunger strike protesting against the ill-treatment and restriction imposed on him from entering Osho’s Samadhi by the OIF maangement at the Osho Ashram in … Continue reading →

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