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Beloved Osho, Is there actually something to be heard? Or is it that as we refine our sense of listening, we are refined, and by the time we are able to listen totally, we are totally transformed?

“As you listen to music, listen to me that way. Don’t listen to me as you listen to a philosopher; listen to me as you listen to the birds,” says Osho.

Adyashanti

On the morning of what he calls his “real final awakening,” Adyashanti wrote the following to one of his teachers, Zen master Jakusho Kwong Roshi:

Dynamic Meditation: Stop! Foto: Mikael Sjöberg

Swaram writes about the fourth, the silent stage in Osho’s Dynamic Meditation, the benefits of silence in our busy world and how silence can be easily reached through this meditation technique.

Sneha reviews the recently released documentary about Thich Nhat Hanh and his Plum Village located near Bordeaux in southwest France, the first monastic community founded by him in the West.

Tokyo Subway

In a clamouring world of ever growing noise, a meditative film makes the case for less noise pollution. Sandrine Ceurstemont writes in New Scientist on June 15, 2016.

Unplug

Joshua Krause calls upon humanity to break free and stop being slaves to technology. Published by ZenGardner.com on April 23, 2016.

Osho Darshan Feat.

A sannyasin, who is a dancer, says: Since I came to Poona I have been sick four times. There is no desire to do any activities. I thought I was going into a more devotional path but now I think I can go into meditation.

Chilli

Q: Meher Baba remained silent for the last forty-five years of his life. Please comment on its implications.

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Nivedano… (Drumbeat) (Gibberish) Nivedano… (Drumbeat) Be silent, close your eyes. Feel your body to be frozen. Gather your consciousness inwards, deeper and deeper…. This silence, this peace, this blissfulness discovers the buddha within you. For these few moments you are a buddha and it is up to you, if you can remember – then you

Richard, you say, “I have been very interested to listen to your lectures during the past few days. Far from being unintellectual, they could be described as an intellectual tour de force.” When I am talking to you, even if I am talking about something supra-intellectual, I talk in intellectual ways because otherwise you will

A sannyasin says: With people I am not very close to, it’s easy to make conversation. But with people I am closer to, there is nothing to say. And I don’t feel very comfortable with it. It is as though something is missing.

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Nivedano … (Drumbeat) (Gibberish) Nivedano … (Drumbeat) Be silent … Close your eyes … No movement of the body. Let your whole consciousness gather inwards. Deeper and deeper … You are entering into your buddhahood. Without any fear go in, it is your own home. Except knowing this, all knowledge is useless. Except experiencing this