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, […]
This story is from the book “Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen” and its obviously a Zen story ! …………………………………………………………………… “Two temples were traditionally antagonistic to each other. Both priests had a small boy to run errands and both priests told the boys, ‘Don’t talk to the boy […]
This beautiful anecdote from Bodhidharma’s life is from the book “The Search” which is a compilation of the talks that Osho gave on “The Ten Bulls of Zen”. “……………………………………………………… Bodhidharma went to China. The emperor said, “I am in a deep turmoil within. I am very ambitious though […]
This is a story from Osho’s most controversial and consequently, most famous book “From Sex to Superconsciousness”. “.. In a village a man opened a big fish shop, with a big signboard; ‘Fresh Fish Sold Here.’ The very first day, a man came to the shop and read […]
The most sold book of Osho is probably “From Sex to Superconsciousness”… it bothered a lot of people and the title with the word sex probably titillated some. Even today, when Krishnan and I tell some folks that we have taken Sannyas, the first question is whether it […]
Happy New Year everyone !! This year I turn 50 and I have created a list of 50 different things that I want to do as a celebration of having spent half a century on Earth. One of the things I have listed is to share 50 stories […]
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 […]
When we stayed with Vidya and Anand in London, Vidya recommended this book titled “Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master” by Sri M. I bought it on Kindle immediately but started reading it in Munich towards the end of our vacation. Over the last three weeks I have read […]
Chapter 2 verse 40 नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते | स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् || 40|| nehābhikrama-nāśho ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate svalpam apyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt na—not; iha—in this; abhikrama—efforts; nāśhaḥ—loss; asti—there is; pratyavāyaḥ—adverse result; na—not; vidyate—is; su-alpam—a little; api—even; asya—of this; dharmasya—occupation; trāyate—saves; mahataḥ—from great; bhayāt—danger […]
On 6th April, I turned 49. The day started with Yoga and a walk… and then a deluge of wishes starting with Nachi and Kousalya’s call early in the morning. Then the KV Happy Valley gang called on top of each other.. Adeeti, Javed and Hemamalini’s (Geetu) calls […]
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