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The Context of Osho’s Birth
The Culture and Sociology of Osho’s Birth Osho was born in the hamlet of Kuchwada, in the state of Madyha Pradesh in central India. Some biographers have left the actual date of Osho’s birth open to question, saying his mother … Continue reading
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Money and the Spiritual Life
Sannyas, as it has developed has had quite different attitudes to money. At the end of the communes in 1986 there was much talk of “poverty consciousness” but no-one seemed to know what it meant! Of course it is all … Continue reading
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The Greatest Two Spiritual Silences
There seem to me two historical, beyond mind, spiritual silences that transcend all others. The first was the one that prompted the whole tradition of Zen Buddhism. Here sitting with his community one day Buddha remained in silence as answer … Continue reading
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The Myth of the Positive
When I was near about 28 I arrived off the road into Pune one. Even now some of the old songs of that time are deep in my unconscious. I find myself singing them out of joy in the street, … Continue reading
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