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Who is OSHO?
An impossible question to answer,
because what to say. How can it actually be said who Osho is? Can a
flower be defined, can love be bottled and sold? Can truth be contained
in words?
Osho is a
revolutionary, an enlightened mystic, a spiritual master and much more.
By reading his words, listening to his discourses, doing his therapies
or meditations, you can easily find out who Osho is. In the
meantime, try reading some of these words of others who have expressed
their experience with Osho.
What
they say about Osho....
"Osho is the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ...
He's obviously a very effective man, otherwise he wouldn't be
such a threat. He's saying the same things that nobody else has
the courage to say. A man who has all kinds of ideas, they're
not only inflammatory-they also have a resonance of truth that
scares the pants off the control freaks." "Wit
and playfulness are a tremendously serious transcendence of
evil, and this is one thing that Osho understood better than any
contemporary teacher that I can think of. Gurdjieff had an
element of that in his teachings, but certainly in the past
fifty years there has not existed a teacher in the world who
understood the value of playfulness and wit quite so well as
Osho." [Tom Robbins,
author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Still Life with
Woodpecker and Jitterbug Perfume and others.]
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"Osho is an enlightened master who is working with all
possibilities to help humanity overcome a difficult phase in
developing consciousness."
[The Dalai Lama]
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"Osho is a mystical giant, a flowering of a unique
intelligence and one of those rare humans ex-pressing himself
with joy."
[Paul Reps,
author of Zen Flesh, Zen Bones]
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"These brilliant insights will benefit all those who
yearn for experiential knowledge of the field of pure
potentiality inherent in every human being. This book belongs on
the shelf of every library and in the home of all those who seek
knowledge of the higher self."
[Deepak Chopra,
Author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind; Quantum Healing and
Unconditional Life]
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"I was inspired by Osho's wisdom when I wrote the song
'How fragile we all are'; Reading his books gave me hope for
humanity. It is a must for everybody to have a look into his
words ....."
[Sting,
Singer and Performer,]
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"Through my friend Deepak Chopra I came across Osho's
books which gave me an other deeper shift in my life. I regret I
did not met him in person, and I feel sorry the US Government
missed such an opportunity back in 86."
[Madonna,
Singer and Performer,]
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"When we wrote and prepared for shooting Vanilla Sky, I
constantly checked in with Osho's insides. It is not so easy to
present the unconscious mind with images and a story. Osho is
the only one who can perfectly explain it all, the inner and the
outer and that helped me and my team immensely"
[Tom Cruise, actor]
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Brief Biography of
Osho:
Osho was born in Kuchwada, Madhya
Pradesh, India, on December 11, 1931. Rebellious and independent from
the very childhood, he insisted on experiencing the truth for himself
rather than acquiring borrowed knowledge from others' belief systems.
He attained Enlightenment at the age
of twenty one and went on to complete his education. He taught
philosophy at the University of Jabalpur for many years. Meanwhile, he
would meet people, address large gatherings and give talks traveling all
over India.
Osho revived all the ancient
spiritual traditions like Vedanta, Sankhya, Yoga, Tantra, Sufi, Hasid,
Tao, Baul and Zen. Not only he revived all these traditions and spoke on
great saints and masters like Krishna, Jesus, Buddha, Mahaveera, Shiva
he developed his unique dynamic meditation techniques that help the
modern man unburden his anxieties, stress through a deep cleansing
process in order to achieve a relaxed state of meditation and ultimately
- Enlightenment.
Osho spoke on almost every aspect of
life not through an intellectual understanding but based on his own
existential experience distilling the essence of what is significant to
the spiritual growth of modern man. His talks are transcribed and
published in over 600 volumes and translated into many languages. The
meditation centers owing allegiance to him can be found all over the
world.
In early 1970's a commune started to
emerge around him in Pune where many seekers came from around the world
to meditate. This beautiful Buddhafield became the spiritual capital of
the world. Osho traveled to USA and many other countries finally
arriving in Pune commune in 1987 where he left his body on January 19,
1990.
Osho
Never Born - Never Died
Only visited this planet earth
between December 11, 1931 - January
19, 1990
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