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One seed makes the whole earth green
Book by Osho
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1990
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Osho
4,285 books6,791 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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June 9, 2012
Nivedano...
(drumbeat)
Come back... but come back with grace, come back with blissfulness, come back as a
buddha. And sit down for a few moments just to recollect where you have been, just to
remember what golden path you have moved on.
Inch by inch the distance between your circumference and the center is becoming less
every day. The day your circumference and center become one, your actions and your
consciousness become one, you have arrived home.
One single seed can make the whole earth green. A single buddha can make the whole
world afire with a new consciousness and a new humanity.
You are the very hope of a world which is in great despair, in great anguish.
It is not only a question of your individuality, becoming a buddha, it is a question of
saving this whole planet. This planet can be saved only by people who understand that
every living being is divine.
To destroy anything is ugly and barbarious. Particularly to destroy life is absolutely
disgusting, because if you cannot create life, you don't have any right to destroy it.
One seed makes the whole earth green.
Okay, Maneesha?
Yes, Beloved Master.
(drumbeat)
Come back... but come back with grace, come back with blissfulness, come back as a
buddha. And sit down for a few moments just to recollect where you have been, just to
remember what golden path you have moved on.
Inch by inch the distance between your circumference and the center is becoming less
every day. The day your circumference and center become one, your actions and your
consciousness become one, you have arrived home.
One single seed can make the whole earth green. A single buddha can make the whole
world afire with a new consciousness and a new humanity.
You are the very hope of a world which is in great despair, in great anguish.
It is not only a question of your individuality, becoming a buddha, it is a question of
saving this whole planet. This planet can be saved only by people who understand that
every living being is divine.
To destroy anything is ugly and barbarious. Particularly to destroy life is absolutely
disgusting, because if you cannot create life, you don't have any right to destroy it.
One seed makes the whole earth green.
Okay, Maneesha?
Yes, Beloved Master.
January 1, 2026
Escrit molt amè que critica quasi totes les pràctiques religioses actuals que no cerquen la individualitat, el Buda, el despertar interior.
Gran defensor de la meditació com a viatge cap a l'autenticitat interior que ens allunya de totes les màscares socials i ens connecta amb el nostre ésser diví en comunió amb el cosmos.
Té algunes anècdotes gracioses i amb moralina que fan més lleugera una lectura, que tot i la temàtica, ja és de per si fàcil de llegir.
Per molts, pot ser un llibre que no els aporti res. Per altres, pot ser una ajuda cap al seu camí espiritual.
Gran defensor de la meditació com a viatge cap a l'autenticitat interior que ens allunya de totes les màscares socials i ens connecta amb el nostre ésser diví en comunió amb el cosmos.
Té algunes anècdotes gracioses i amb moralina que fan més lleugera una lectura, que tot i la temàtica, ja és de per si fàcil de llegir.
Per molts, pot ser un llibre que no els aporti res. Per altres, pot ser una ajuda cap al seu camí espiritual.
November 18, 2017
Enlightening. I think people’s ability to comprehend his words, somehow relies on previous experiences with consciousness. If you’re still centered on external things you might find this absurd or sometimes even offensive.
You can’t force someone to wake up. They gotta do it on their own.
You can’t force someone to wake up. They gotta do it on their own.
December 28, 2019
Lo disfruté, se me hizo ligero.
Obviamente es una persona muy sabía, y hubo muchas partes que me gustaron, no sé si es mi idea o sentía que caía un poco en el ego espiritual cuando se refería a las religiones, porque aunque no soy de ninguna y concuerdo con que la religión no es el objetivo, si creo que puede ser el camino para muchos, se han cometido pecados en nombre de Dios, pero el único responsable es el hombre que los comete. En general me gustó.
Obviamente es una persona muy sabía, y hubo muchas partes que me gustaron, no sé si es mi idea o sentía que caía un poco en el ego espiritual cuando se refería a las religiones, porque aunque no soy de ninguna y concuerdo con que la religión no es el objetivo, si creo que puede ser el camino para muchos, se han cometido pecados en nombre de Dios, pero el único responsable es el hombre que los comete. En general me gustó.
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