A World Obsessed with the Physical
Watching any serial or movie tells you how as a world we are obsessed with the physical …. this blogpost is me ruminating on the inner world ….
This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi ….. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
Watching any serial or movie tells you how as a world we are obsessed with the physical …. this blogpost is me ruminating on the inner world ….
Osho speaks on being alone and feeling lonely. There is no one better than the Master of Masters to explain the inner world. Thank You Osho.
Osho answers the question that many of us have – Why am I such a beggar for attention? What can I do about it?. As always deeply insightful.
Osho speaks of a powerful meditation that Buddha used. He says everything exists in relation to others; Nothing is an absolute except Truth.
I have started reading this book of Osho’s titled “I Am That” – these are his discourses on Isha Upanishad. The following story excerpt is on page 247. “.. When Alexander the Great came to India.. and he came at a very right, ripe moment.. Buddha had left his body only three hundred years before; … Read more
Today is the Vaishaka Purnima and on this day Siddhartha Gautama was born who later became Gautama Buddha. When Osho was asked by the famous poet Sumitranandan Pant to choose just 12 significant mystics from across the ages he gave the following names – Krishna, Patanjali, Buddha, Mahavira, Nagarjuna, Shankara, Gorakh, Kabir, Nanak, Meera, Ramakrishna … Read more
Dec 11th happens to be a special day for many reasons – it is Osho’s birthday and it is also the day my father breathed his last ten years back. This year on Dec 11th, Krishnan and I took Sannyas at OshoDham, Najafgarh. It has been in the works for many years, the journey towards … Read more
Chapter 2, Verse 57 य: सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् | नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता || 57|| yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tat tat prāpya śhubhāśhubham nābhinandati na dveṣhṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā yaḥ—who; sarvatra—in all conditions; anabhisnehaḥ—unattached; tat—that; tat—that; prāpya—attaining; śhubha—good; aśhubham—evil; na—neither; abhinandati—delight in; na—nor; dveṣhṭi—dejected by; tasya—his; prajñā—knowledge; pratiṣhṭhitā—is fixed Translation – One who remains unattached under … Read more
American management gurus have suddenly discovered Meditation and Mindfulness and like it is with everything else, they pontificate and propound eloquently about these two without knowing much about them. Not all, mind you, but there are some famous ones who are suddenly grasping at mindfulness and meditation to stay relevant. I have a problem, with … Read more
Wish everyone a Merry Christmas !! If there was a central message that Jesus Christ had, it was love… and so, here’s an excerpt from Osho’s book “The wild geese and the water” about love. Osho always spoke about rising in love rather than falling in love and in this excerpt he speaks about love … Read more