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Osho
4,296 books6,801 followersRajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain, 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990) and latter rebranded as Osho was leader of the Rajneesh movement. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and mystic.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
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November 20, 2013Read an excerpt from this book about ego. It is the best explanation I have read on ego by far. I look forward to reading this book.
August 28, 2023
El estudio de la no-mente es como el estudio de un lienzo en blanco. Los pensamientos se han ido, las emociones se han ido, los estados de ánimo se han ido. Nada queda, excepto espacio puro, vacío.
(...) Y este espacio vacío no tiene contenido.
Tiene cierta cualidad, pero no tiene contenido.
Tiene cierta fragancia, pero no tiene contenido.
No hay nada objetivo; es pura subjetividad.
(...) Y este espacio vacío no tiene contenido.
Tiene cierta cualidad, pero no tiene contenido.
Tiene cierta fragancia, pero no tiene contenido.
No hay nada objetivo; es pura subjetividad.
July 10, 2020
Почему-то эго я, почти всегда, принимаю за саму себя. Моё мышление играет со мной злую шутку.
July 26, 2016
Το βιβλίο είναι δομημένο σε τρία μέρη: Το πρώτο αναπτύσσει τις ιδέες του Osho σχετικά με το Εγώ, πώς διαμορφώνεται από την κοινωνία ώστε να είμαστε αποδεκτοί από αυτήν και πώς η αναγνώρισή και κατανόησή του είναι η λύση για να βρούμε τον αληθινό εαυτό μας, αυτόν που έχουμε από τη γέννησή μας. Το δεύτερο μέρος είναι ουσιαστική μία επίθεση στις ψυχοθεραπείες γενικά και ιδίως στην Ψυχανάλυση, στην ιδεολογία της θετικής σκέψης, στην πρωτογενή (sic, ο σωστός όρος είναι πρωταρχική) θεραπεία του Janov και μία εκδήλωση συμπαράστασης στον Βίλχελμ Ράιχ, πάντα υπό το πρίσμα της ιδέας ότι οι λύσεις των προβλημάτων που δημιουργεί ο νους δεν μπορούν να έρθουν από την διερεύνηση και την τροποποίηση του νου, αλλά από τον παραμερισμό του. Το τρίτο μέρος του βιβλίου αναφέρεται στην "ψυχολογία του Βούδα" και την υποστήριξη των διαλογισμών και αυτό είναι φανερά πιο αδύναμο από τα δύο προηγούμενα για αυτό και βαθμολογώ το βιβλίο με 4 αντί για 5 αστέρια.
Για τους γνώστες του Osho που έχουν ήδη διαβάσει πολλά άλλα βιβλία του, αυτό το βιβλίο είναι μία ευχάριστη επανάληψη και αναδιατύπωση της βασικής φιλοσοφίας του για το Εγώ, την "καθαρή" ύπαρξη και πώς ο διαλογισμός μας απελευθερώνει, καθώς και μία ξεκάθαρη τοποθέτηση του Osho απέναντι σε κάποιες μορφές ψυχοθεραπείας που δεν συναντάμε σε άλλα βιβλία του. Για όλους τους άλλους είναι ένα καλό βιβλίο για να γνωρίσει κάποιος βασικές θέσεις και ιδέες του Osho, εκτός ίσως από το πιο αδύναμο τρίτο μέρος.
Στα συν του βιβλίου είναι και ότι ανήκει στη σειρά που εκδίδει η Ρέμπελ, με πολύ ποιοτικό χαρτί και εκτύπωση και βολικό μέγεθος
Για τους γνώστες του Osho που έχουν ήδη διαβάσει πολλά άλλα βιβλία του, αυτό το βιβλίο είναι μία ευχάριστη επανάληψη και αναδιατύπωση της βασικής φιλοσοφίας του για το Εγώ, την "καθαρή" ύπαρξη και πώς ο διαλογισμός μας απελευθερώνει, καθώς και μία ξεκάθαρη τοποθέτηση του Osho απέναντι σε κάποιες μορφές ψυχοθεραπείας που δεν συναντάμε σε άλλα βιβλία του. Για όλους τους άλλους είναι ένα καλό βιβλίο για να γνωρίσει κάποιος βασικές θέσεις και ιδέες του Osho, εκτός ίσως από το πιο αδύναμο τρίτο μέρος.
Στα συν του βιβλίου είναι και ότι ανήκει στη σειρά που εκδίδει η Ρέμπελ, με πολύ ποιοτικό χαρτί και εκτύπωση και βολικό μέγεθος
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