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swamishanti commented on the post, Assassination of a Sufi Musician, 2016, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 9 months ago
On Saturday, I spoke to a old woman, who told me she had lived through the second world war, and was very pleased with the referendum result – she actually believed that the European Union was going to create a […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Assassination of a Sufi Musician, 2016, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 9 months ago
Apparently, Mullah Omar ordered the destruction of the opium crops around 2000, but since the US invasion the crops have reappeared.
See news clip from […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Assassination of a Sufi Musician, 2016, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
The Taliban were initially quite popular with the Afghans after they took control of the country in 1996, as they brought some stability to the country after years of civil war and fighting between different […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Assassination of a Sufi Musician, 2016, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
Actually, `Taliban` is translated more literally as `students`.
But I am guessing you already know that.
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swamishanti commented on the post, Assassination of a Sufi Musician, 2016, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
And another electrifying live performance:
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swamishanti commented on the post, Assassination of a Sufi Musician, 2016, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
Perhaps there is something in the lyrics of the poem that she sings that threatens you, Shantam?
I know that Satyadeva repeatedly tries to point out the same thing to you in thousands of different ways, and it’s […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Assassination of a Sufi Musician, 2016, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
Yes, I know there have been many disgusting attacks by these people. Including suicide bombers targeting Christians and walking into Shia mosques and blowing themselves up.
But if they killed Abida Parveen, they […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Assassination of a Sufi Musician, 2016, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
“If those Sufis are singing about knocking down mosques, etc. as they seem to be, they are brave, but maybe also foolhardy.”
But the Qawali tradition and Sufi poetry and mysticism is centuries old in Pakistan, […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Assassination of a Sufi Musician, 2016, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
Here is Abida Parveen, one of Pakistan`s best known contemporary Sufi qauwalli singers:
I have a couple of her cds, and sometimes she just blows me away.
Baba bulla shah:
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swamishanti commented on the post, What Music did Osho listen to?, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
Osho would have been familiar with this old Noor Jahan tune from an old film:
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swamishanti commented on the post, What Music did Osho listen to?, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
Perhaps Osho would have been interested in MJ as a disciple. I think that MJ was the richest man in the world at the time, and after all, Osho was the rich man’s guru.
And MJ had shoulder-pads that Osho […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, What Music did Osho listen to?, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
Ah, Noor Jahan.
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swamishanti commented on the post, What Music did Osho listen to?, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
What is this picture about, Arpana?
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swamishanti commented on the post, What Music did Osho listen to?, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
I was never a fan of Michael Jackson, but have enjoyed some of his songs from time to time. I never realised he had a bit of a mystical side to him. Not bad for a Jehovah’s Witness.
Another quote:“You and I were […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, What Music did Osho listen to?, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
Remember, Michael was a Jehovah`s Witness at that time, but still came out with this quote:
“The awareness is expressed through creation.
This world we live in is a dance of the creator.
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swamishanti commented on the post, What Music did Osho listen to?, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
I remember hearing about Michael Jackson speaking about performing his music live somewhere, how he talked about reaching a state where he got “totally lost” in the dance, and once he had a vision of a small man […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Buddhafield Suppositions?, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
So Martyn has been going into the Mumbai balls, the beautiful transcendalism of Ramesh Balsekar and his body-mind organisms.
Satyam Nadeem, who felt he had become awakened in prison after reading one of Ramesh’s […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, Buddhafield Suppositions?, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
Actually, SD, I think it could make an excellent advert for the Resort:
“Come and fuck, dance, meditate and do White Robe Brotherhood together…
And if you die here, you’re guaranteed to get enlightened…
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swamishanti commented on the post, Buddhafield Suppositions?, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
Lokesh chirps:
“Belief and doubt being two aspects of the same coin.”I wonder which wee Indian guru Lokesh got that one from. Ah yes, it was ‘the Bhagwan’.
But experience is not the same as belief.
Here’s […]
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swamishanti commented on the post, OSHO AND THE RISING PHOENIX, on the site sannyasnews 7 years, 10 months ago
Arun also says in the vid that Osho loved his plants, and wouldn`t allow anyone to cut or trim them. Still, Osho looks puzzled by the sudden growth of this banana tree…
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