caravanserai

It’s true that we don’t know the exact motive of the carpenters who left the hidden Sheela na gig sculptures. If it was in protest against their employers who commissioned the building of the churches they were […]

Apparently, some believe that they were carved secretly by carpenters who were not paid and went unnoticed by the visitors of the church for centuries: […]

I doubt those ones that can be found on Christian churches were sneaked in by undercover Pagan artists. More like just jokes from naughty sculptors.

The Christians who visited/ lived in those places simply […]

I wasn’t being sceptical about Barry Long myself, if that’s what you hinted at.

I had read elsewhere some years ago about him being described as a ‘tantric master’ and read about the four girlfriends, on SN, I […]

Actually, Barry Long isn’t right when he says:

“There is nothing like man worshipping at the entrance to woman, for her private part represents the gate that he must go through….”

In fact, yoni worship […]

TRUE TANTRA

“In Northern India when I was there, in many places there were concrete casts of what they call the lingam and the yoni. You’d see a concrete penis sticking out of a concrete yoni, the female part. […]

And Barry Long…has been called a ‘tantric master’ by some.

A typical relaxed Aussie with four girlfriends on the go at the same time, I think I remember hearing.

He only used to get a little agitated when he […]

I am sure it goes on in most monasteries. But the Catholics have the worst reputation because of their absolute condemnation of sex. The Tibetans have for example, many tantric Buddhas and deities.

But when I […]

When I visited Durbah Square in Kathmandhu, and viewed some of the tantric sculptures there, I got the feeling that Nepal had quite a ‘tantric’ vibe as an undercurrent of its culture.

Fertile ground, perhaps, […]

Swami Anand Arun and Swami Prem Amrito seem to be pulling Osho in different directions:

The “religionless religion”. But apparently, Osho did say at some point that ‘Nepal will be the country of my religion…’ or something to that effect. Nepal is a small country and there certainly are thousands […]

I remember having some tapes of Osho discourses, from the ‘90’s, after Osho had left the body. Those cassettes were of poor design, breaking easily and manufactured in India, the writing on the tapes specified the […]

@Klaus
Good point, Klaus. It always makes sense to look at the wider picture.

Happy New Year.

‘BABYLON IS BURNING’ Radical Dance Faction:

https://youtu.be/gcCyEdo2SxE

Cheers, K.
Happy New Year.

Simon D,
You feel as if you have ‘Killed the Buddha’ , as the Zen saying goes.

You wrote: “To kill him is to see him for who he truly is, which by definition is to discover one’s own nature.”

But to […]

I too haven’t had any acid since the last century.

Yeah, it can really give the mind and consciousness a colourful expansion.

I always thought that a compilation of arguments between SD and Shantam would make a good chapter or two. Perhaps they could do an audio book together.

I will order it. But I was going to order the printed book. I guess you’ve been tweaking/editing the digital version.

Actually, I could do with tweaking some of my own comments.

I remember one of your stories […]

Not really, SD. I think most sannyasins who are active on the internet will be aware of it anyhow.

As far as Lokesh’s book goes, I haven’t had a chance to read it yet and haven’t yet ordered it.

@lokesh “It would be interesting if you were to outline what form these mysterious secrets might have taken….”

There is a secret , but, sorry, I can’t tell you. Because it’s a secret.

It’s true that […]