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Communism and Zen Fire Zen Wind
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Back of The Book
In the last century people increasingly turned away from established religions towards political and social ideologies as they searched meaning and solutions to the very challenging social and economic problems of the time. Initially communism believed that by changing peoples outer circumstances, humanity would take a quantum leap in brotherhood and consciousness. At the time of this discourse series, and in the presence of a TV crew from Soviet Russia, the Communist bloc is rapidly disintegrating.
Osho discusses the details and context with beautiful clarity and explains that all political ideologies have failed so far because they have started tr.om the wrong end, the collective. The first step has to be the growth,of individual consciousness. Osho proposes stepping onto the path of Zen a path that will the individual to a pure, authentic spiritual communism which can truly uplift humanity.
Throughout the book, his radical vision is subtly entwined with wonderful Zen anecdotes and a dazzling selection of jokes and haikus.
About the Book
This very body the Buddha this very earth the lotus paradise. But it will happen only not according to Marx but according to me it will happen only when the whole world is full of buddhas. There is no other way. It is not an economic revolution neither is it a social revolution it is a spiritual revolution an individual to individual rebellion every heart starts blossoming. When millions of hearts start blossoming it becomes a chain reaction this I call Zen fir Zen wind.
Osho is a revolution that helps the birth of each individual. I am trying in every possible way to drop all those things which in the past have been barriers for the revolution to continue and grow. I dont want anybod
Back of The Book
In the last century people increasingly turned away from established religions towards political and social ideologies as they searched meaning and solutions to the very challenging social and economic problems of the time. Initially communism believed that by changing peoples outer circumstances, humanity would take a quantum leap in brotherhood and consciousness. At the time of this discourse series, and in the presence of a TV crew from Soviet Russia, the Communist bloc is rapidly disintegrating.
Osho discusses the details and context with beautiful clarity and explains that all political ideologies have failed so far because they have started tr.om the wrong end, the collective. The first step has to be the growth,of individual consciousness. Osho proposes stepping onto the path of Zen a path that will the individual to a pure, authentic spiritual communism which can truly uplift humanity.
Throughout the book, his radical vision is subtly entwined with wonderful Zen anecdotes and a dazzling selection of jokes and haikus.
About the Book
This very body the Buddha this very earth the lotus paradise. But it will happen only not according to Marx but according to me it will happen only when the whole world is full of buddhas. There is no other way. It is not an economic revolution neither is it a social revolution it is a spiritual revolution an individual to individual rebellion every heart starts blossoming. When millions of hearts start blossoming it becomes a chain reaction this I call Zen fir Zen wind.
Osho is a revolution that helps the birth of each individual. I am trying in every possible way to drop all those things which in the past have been barriers for the revolution to continue and grow. I dont want anybod
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First published October 1, 1989
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Osho
4,354 books6,785 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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August 28, 2020
A Masterpiece.
A greatest lecture about Soviet Union and Gorbachov's intentions and you wont believe, 2 years after this lecture, Soviet Union will be desolved as accurately predicted by my Friend Osho Rajnish.
Osho's great dream about dancing Marx & Buddha together.
Communism is the solution for outer world and Zen is to cherish the inner world and then they both together will make the world heaven.
I 'v learnt Stalin thoroughly and then Lenin, Marx, Chekov, Soviet Union
Naman Dearest Friend Osho.
Eternal Gratitude.
A greatest lecture about Soviet Union and Gorbachov's intentions and you wont believe, 2 years after this lecture, Soviet Union will be desolved as accurately predicted by my Friend Osho Rajnish.
Osho's great dream about dancing Marx & Buddha together.
Communism is the solution for outer world and Zen is to cherish the inner world and then they both together will make the world heaven.
I 'v learnt Stalin thoroughly and then Lenin, Marx, Chekov, Soviet Union
Naman Dearest Friend Osho.
Eternal Gratitude.
March 9, 2018
Osho really surprised the people of the Soviet with his insights on Communism and the state of the Union at that present time. Shedding light into the possibility of union of Zen and Communism, Osho gives his insight into how Communism is a bridge to the dream of Anarchism in the society through acceptance of Spirituality. It is not a sugarcoat for Communism as Osho attacks the weakness of the system and suggests truthfully how Gorbachev would bring the entire ideology down which in truth is what had happened.
April 13, 2021
These last discourses are the most reflective of the moon.
May 4, 2022
A genius work. Love Osho!!!!
August 24, 2015
Ideologies made so cleared. Yet brutally criticized. Only Osho can do this :)
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