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Bhagawati writes about the latest AIDS statistics and introduces a very important Appendix to ‘Osho on Sexuality’, compiled by Nandan to further outline Osho’s vision on the many facets of human sexuality.
Osho is asked how he would like to be remembered.
An interview with Shailendra Saraswati on the art of education. Shown on Janata Television, Nepal in December 2019.
Nirbija sent details about this new project and will be one of the many readers of the Corriere della Sera to buy the weekly compilation.
“‘Yes, I am dying, but I must sing!’ Francis has become the song. … There is absolute silence inside. Out of that silence this song is born,” says Osho.
Osho states, “The past is gone – you are no longer a child, or you are no longer a young man. The past is gone. Let the gone be gone.”
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Osho states, “If you go on listening to people you will become more and more confused.”
Osho states, “Mind is the faculty of distortion.”
One of the excerpts from the 3-volume compilation, The Book: An Introduction to the Teachings of Bhagawan Shree Rajneesh, A-Z.
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In the Indian context, vegetarianism… is about respecting all forms of life as an organic unity, writes Pratiksha Apurv. Published in The Speaking Tree on November 24, 2019.
Osho quotes a famous sentence of Mencius: “If you want to reach, never run.”
Osho’s answer to: “Would it not make matters much simpler to somehow impress upon our young ones to begin with God?”
… there is nothing more beautiful and ecstatic than the inner sound of Aum, writes Pratiksha Apurv in The Speaking Tree, published on December 22, 2019.
“You are a totally new manifestation of God. It has never been before so there has never been a person exactly like you,” states Osho.
Phoebe’s horoscope for the month of January, with quotes from Osho: “Be a giver. Share whatsoever you can! And remember, I am not making any distinction between small things and great things.”
Osho says, “The first myth of man is that he exists.”
“AUM is only a formula, just like H2O. It simply represents the whole reality,” explains Osho (with audio)
“Travellers from different paths have come – travellers from different directions and dimensions…” – Osho answers a disciple’s question.
In a darshan Osho says to Veet Asmi, “Make it a point to remember every day. Whenever you can find a place and a space to be silent, sit, relax the body, and just start going in.”
Osho says, “You can never be somebody else. Remember it as one of the most fundamental laws. Aes dhammo sanantano…” – illustrated by two stories.
Every woman is also a man and every man is also a woman, states Osho.
“What I am teaching here is really to turn the whole world feminine,” asserts Osho
Press Trust of India (PTI) launched the news item where filmmaker Subhash Ghai made a request to the Madhya Pradesh government to open a research centre where Osho’s meditation techniques will be studied and taught.
Damini writes about Osho’s birthday and his impact on humanity.
Kul Bhushan reports about Osho Mahotsav, a festival which is being held from 11 to 13 December in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, where Osho lived for 21 years.
Osho declares, “Anybody who comes to me, I am ready to work.”
Osho says, “Discontent clouds your eyes and your vision; contentment makes your eyes unclouded and your vision clear.”
A most likely irregular copy of a Rajneesh Foundation Newsletter has been found.
“All your projections are yours… and they have to disappear. You have to be disillusioned. Only in that moment of disillusionment does reality explode,” states Osho.
The mediocre ones will always yield to you, but the one who is not mediocre will rebel because the very quality of his mind is rebellious, writes Keerti. Published in the Deccan Chronicle on October 14, 2019.
“Don’t force rules, just try to understand things. If you force rules upon yourself you will not become enlightened,” states Osho.
You often say that prayer is a state of consciousness. And you also say that prayer is a state of gratefulness. Then how is it that prayer is not non-dualistic?
Recalling some of the magic moments during discourse and darshan in Chuang Tzu Auditorium. Commentary by Prem Maneesha.
“Difficult not to choose, but try – and in everything… When you feel hate, try to move to the middle. When you feel love, try to move to the middle,” states Osho.
Phoebe’s horoscope for the month of December, with quotes from Osho: “Once you change, the world will remain the same but it will not be the same at all. Because you are your world!”
Lovers become mirrors to each other, and then love becomes a meditation, states Osho. Published in The Free Press Journal, 12 November 2019.
Ma Yoga Shobana speaks to Dhyan Khayyam in Autumn of 2014 at Gangadham, Rishikesh, India, revealing her deep love and devotion for Osho that began in 1967.
“Whatsoever you are and whatsoever you do is constantly being registered,” says Osho.
There have been enlightened mystics – self-realised souls – but they were not so educated to communicate effectively with modern scientific people, writes Keerti in The Asian Age. Published on November 11, 2019.
… a man questioned the tailor. ‘Don’t you remember God created the whole world in six days?’ The tailor said, ‘I know. And look at the world, how he messed it. That’s what happens if you do things in six days.’ An anecdote told by Osho
Naina writes about the importance of having a Satguru, a true spiritual master, in our lives. Published in The Sentinel, October 24, 2019.
Acharya Rajneesh’s wisdom was at a whole other level and this can be proved by these quotes, writes Kunal Bansal Chandigarh. Published on Thrive Gobal, October 18, 2019.
A quote by Annada Prasanna Pattanaik, popular flautist of the Hindustani style.
Historic Sikh celebrations are held in India and Pakistan on the eve of the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak – the founder of Sikhism, writes Kul Bhushan.
Beloved Osho, Recently Rudolph Hess, one of the last Nazi big shots, died. He committed suicide in jail in Berlin, where he was imprisoned for forty-six years. He was the right-hand man of Adolf Hitler.
Living life in totality is the first step towards consciousness, towards celebrating Deepavali every day, writes Pratiksha Apurv in the Speaking Tree. Published on October 26, 2019.
Kul Bhushan encourages you to awake to the dance and celebrate!
Osho is asked to “Kindly shed some light on this uniqueness about your ashram.”
Osho says: “You cannot repress any thought… The easiest thing is not to force, but to be just a witness.”
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In his third article of his series, Bernard Levin described observing sannyasins, and commented on the impact Laxmi had on him. Published in The Times, UK, 10 April 1980.
“The poetry is beautiful because there are sudden leaps and jumps…The prose moves on plain ground, in a logical sequence,” states Osho.
Osho expresses his ultimate message.
“If this is possible – to have space and togetherness both – ‘then the winds of heaven dance between you…'” states Osho.
Naina writes about judging others and ourselves, in The Sentinel on October 9, 2019.
Phoebe’s horoscope for the month of November, with quotes from Osho: “Go on watching your own mind, heart.”
“Sex accepted, respected, lived, becomes love,” says Osho.