Two thousand years ago, the great Greek philosopher, Socrates says, ‘Know thyself’, Buddha says: ‘Love thyself’. Osho says, “And Buddha is far truer, because unless you love yourself you will never know yourself – knowing comes only later on, love prepares the ground. Love is the possibility of knowing oneself. Love is the right way to know onesel
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Jun
Jun
“Be a joke unto yourself,” says Osho. Considering the world, we live in now, this is the best way to respond to it, writes Swami Anand Kul Bhushan, on Osho’s birthday, 11 December. When you are feeling miserable, just sing, dance, rejoice. Your mind will say, “Are you mad? Now is the time to feel […]
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Jun
Jun
“Nanak says there is music at His door. No, music is His door. Celebration, festivity are His practices. The whole of existence is filled with song,” says Osho. With the 550-year celebrations of the birth of Guru Nanak in full swing now, Osho’s insights on the great Sikh guru have become most relevant. Happy Ho […]
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Jun
Jun
By Swami Anand Kul Bhushan. Run away from the towns and cities. Go out into the wide, open spaces in the lap of nature. When you take it all in – the unending horizon, the whispering wind, the swaying trees, the gliding clouds, the moving sun or moon – you find that it’s all a […]
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Dec
Dec
“Celebration is my religion,” says Osho. And his disciples and lovers did just that with extra verve and rapture on 11 December 2021 when he would be ninety years old if he was still in his body. The venue was the leafy green Oshodham on the outskirts of New Delhi where over 400, (yes, that […]
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Dec
Dec
Mrs. Ravioli comes to visit her son Anthony for dinner. He lives with a female roommate, Maria. During the evening, his mother couldn’t help but notice how pretty Anthony’s roommate is. While watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Anthony and his roommate than met the eye. Reading his […]
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Dec
Dec
While watching TV one day as an eleven-year old child, Anshu Jaggi was captivated by the performance of the great Pandit Birju Maharaj. She promised herself to learn dancing from him. She started following his steps at that age as she felt a deep connection with him and started telling everyone that he is her […]
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Dec
Dec
Hi, A pleasure meeting Kam Kaur from the UK last Saturday who has climbed Kilimanjaro twice, Mount Everest, many peaks in Europe and South America with long treks in many parts of the world. She is a friend of my daughter Neela and came to see her and also met me when I gifted her this Osho […]
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May
May
In prolonged lockdown, cooking takes centre stage but what’s cooking your mind and heart? Swami Anand Kul Bhushan received intriguing responses when he posed these questions to his friends. What are you cooking? I texted a young lady in my WhatsApp group after I received a good number of photos of mouth-watering dishes shown off […]
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Mar
Mar
In this lockdown when you cannot travel, cannot go out of your home, cannot party, cannot dance, how long can you read? Or watch TV? To counter inactivity and boredom, you can easily create a meditative situation for yourself and your friends, writes Swami Anand Kul Bhushan. In this time of global lockdown, you can’t […]
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