March 21st is the day ( and night also ) when the enlightenment happened to Osho in the year 1953. This is the day every year when there’s a perfect existential harmony: it’s called the equinox, which is Latin for the equal night, meaning that day and night are (roughly) equal at this time. Bart Everson, […]
Author Archives: Chaitanya Keerti
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Apr
Apr
Recently, a new friend sent me a significant question: Can we de-stress ourselves with dance? My answer is Yes, of course, Yes. This is what is happening today at all the Osho Meditation centers around the world. And this is the central theme of meditation techniques devised by Osho for modern humanity. Most of the stress […]
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Mar
Mar
I remember, a few years ago, Madhya Pradesh High Court had ordered the Jabalpur Municipal Corporation to take care of this Maulshree tree, now known as Osho’s enlightenment tree. After the proper care and beautification, now the whole garden looks so majestic. After the Enlightenment, Osho started sharing the fragrance of enlightenment in Jabalpur itself, his friends started organising […]
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Jan
Jan
There are stories that thousands of Tantrikas were murdered by Raja Bhoj, so the genuine Tantrikas who really knew the secrets of Tantra had to go underground to continue their practice. This was not something that society could understand.
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Jan
Jan
There have been so many great people in the world–philosophers, thinkers, powerful leaders, saints, mystics, scientists–and most of them wrote their autobiographies. Some who did not write, their followers or lovers wrote their biographies. The purpose of such stories is mainly to glorify the achievements of the great individuals and to inspire the world so […]
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Jan
Jan
Let there be laughter throughout the new year! Those who have been reading Osho’s books, or listening to his discourses, know one person for sure and that is Mulla Nasruddin. Osho dedicated most of his jokes to him. In ancient times of the Arabian world, Mulla Nasruddin was projected as a very wise man who […]
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Dec
Dec
When the Osho Resort was still known as Osho Ashram or Commune, we used to celebrate the 1st January as the Osho World Laughter Day. Now 20 years have passed, and 2020 has been the year of Corona, and most of the world has not been able to laugh heartily, let’s welcome the year 2021, […]
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Dec
Dec
The society we happen to live in today is certainly an insane society–mad after money, and cut-throat competition, and the tragedies of unfulfilled desires of everybody. Is there a way to be happy in such an insane world? Yes, there is. But first, read this Sufi story, shared by Osho in one of his discourses: A very […]
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Nov
Nov
Once I was traveling on the train in the first-class air-conditioned compartment. It was a long journey in the night. After having my dinner, I went to sleep. The next morning, I woke up early and I saw on the upper birth above me a beautiful middle-aged Sadhavi. She had placed one big mirror in front […]
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Nov
Nov
This is the true realisation, which sages of Upanishad call it Vidya. And there is another word they use is Avidya–being identified with something that is not the real self.