Nityaprem
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Goodness. And you consider this normal relations? No wonder the girls pray for a good marriage, if those are the options.
Whatever else the Upanishads have to say, this is pretty medieval. Tell […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
I think this advice is madness. In Buddhism you have the Five Precepts, and one of those is to not engage in sexual misconduct. That came from India too.
What about love, respect, compassion, […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Just goes to show that the writers of the Upanishads could also be violent and perverse. It is no reason to take it seriously, and it casts a different light on the whole Upanishad because if their […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
One of my favourite poems, Arpana.
This fragment of Hakim Sanai’s Hadiqa spoke to me even more, for me it shows the whole spiritual impulse in just a few words…
We tried reasoning
our way to Him:
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
I read the Susan Harfouche story. It’s interesting because she was so upset by the hierarchy that she left and didn’t want to follow Osho anymore. She essentially abandoned the spiritual search.
The […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Yes, it’s true, I did create a new article. Thought I would put a slightly different spin on things. You will have to wait and see…
But I notice discussions on here seem to take on a life of their own, taking in […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
He sounds familiar, I think I met him once or twice. I was only in Poona 1 for about three months, then we returned to the Netherlands. The trip made a big impression on me though, everything from the […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Why do you think @swamishanti is parroting @Arpana? It seems to me if people are independently coming up with this conclusion, it’s worth considering seriously if there is some truth in it.
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Beautiful quotes, and very much to the point. Thanks, @swamishanti.
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Do you post just to make fun of people? It seems that way. There is a lot of negativity in what you say, cynicism under the guise of wit. Not really a very sannyasin attitude.
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
I once went on a first date with a lovely young lady who professed towards the end of the date to be very much into “play rape”. What would you have said to that?
Osho was not entirely wrong, although […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
You’re probably right that Osho wouldn’t see his discourses as teachings, and wouldn’t encourage us to always follow them. As the Buddha would say, test that which you learn.
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Osho’s great strength was that he knew the natural impulses of man, as he was when he got down from the trees in the grassland of Africa. It sometimes led him down paths that weren’t very politically […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 2 months ago
Osho is not wholly wrong when he says ‘unawareness’ is the problem. If people were more aware and sensitive to their inner nature – which is love and trust – they would not do these things which would harm […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 2 months ago
Sad story. I know a few sannyasins who have stayed together as couples. But as a rule they seem to spend some time in love and some time just pragmatically being together, and with some huge bust-ups.
But I think […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 2 months ago
One person’s cynical quip can be another person’s deep revelation. It just depends on whether you are open to it.
But certainly, not all conversations are worthwhile….
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 2 months ago
I always thought of Osho’s vision on relationships as “love first”, and quite realist although his jokes and anecdotes can read as cynical. I’m not an expert on love, but most human emotions don’t seem […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 2 months ago
I never made it to Dharamsala myself though I did see the Dalai Lama when he visited the Netherlands a few years ago, they hired a huge concert hall so that everyone who wanted to could attend.
But the role of […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 2 months ago
A good Osho quote is never wasted, surely? It has anecdotes and jokes and moments of wisdom that are relevant to the goings-on.
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 2 months ago
My point was rather that being factually accurate is a hang-up of modern thinking. While in fact it is an illusion, what the mind considers a fact is a shifting morass of sense and non-sense.
Osho was often […]
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