Past the Point of No Return – 3

Four more stories from Bhagawati’s book, serialized this month on Osho World: Premdaya, Dharm Jyoti, Rammurthi and Dayanand.

Read intro by Bhagawati and get links to previous episodes: Past the Point of No Return

Recollections of Osho Disciples on how they became his sannyasins

INTRODUCTION

“I have found my people. I have found my world. I have found a small planet of my own, where love is the only law, where laughter is prayer, where dancing is divine, where every moment is sacred, and where to be natural is the only spirituality.” More…

SWAMI DAYANAND BHARATI (Bliss of Mercy – one who belongs to the ancient wisdom of India)
Born in 1947 in Munich, Germany. Dayanand took sannyas in 1973 and left his body in 2019 in Mas, Bali, Indonesia

I GAVE HIM MY HEART

It was 1970, and the Vietnam War was in full bloom. Young kids like me were dying in Asia for nothing. I rebelled against everything that moved – I was angry, confused, and lost.

At least there was the music I could identify with; I danced, grew my hair long and talked with like-minded friends, hoping for a way out, to find freedom, love… Read More

SWAMI RAMMURTHI (Expression of Ram)
Born in 1945 in Vancouver, Canada. Rammurthi took sannyas in 1974 and presently lives in Marin County, California, USA.

RAIN OF BLESSINGS

Life with Bhagwan, in Poona One, was a rain of blessings. I loved having The Blessed One as my guru, and I loved the energetically supercharged reality he created around him. Life was exciting, musical, complex, challenging, meditative, and exasperating. There were very high points of bliss and excruciating moments of despair. Even though I always felt at odds with the ashram administrators, dealing with them felt like a reasonable price to pay for the right to be in Bhagwan’s electric energy field… Read More

MA DHARM JYOTI (Flame of Religion)
Born in 1942 in Karachi, then India, now Pakistan. Dharmjyoti took sannyas in 1970 and presently lives in New Delhi, India.

BELOVED OF MY HEART

I am 26 years old. It is Sunday, January 21, 1968, and today Osho will be speaking at 4 pm in Sunmukhananda Hall in Bombay. One of my friends, knowing my quest for truth, advises me to go and listen to Him. I have already heard so many so-called saints and mahatmas that I am disillusioned by this religious game going on in India. But somehow, Osho, who is known as Acharya Rajneesh, attracts me. I decide to go to his discourse… Read More

MA PREMDAYA (Love and Compassion)
Born in 1953 in Sydney, Australia. Premdaya took sannyas in 1980 and presently lives in Perth, Western Australia.

AN ARROW FLYING TOWARDS ME

It was only after I had spent an hour or so in his ashram and had an experience that changed me forever that I even heard the name Bhagwan… Read More

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