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Gold Nuggets is an exquisite collection of 80 nuggets of true and often provocative wisdom on life, love and the world around us. This is not a book of consolations and spiritual platitudes - you will find here thought provoking and perhaps life challenging statements which seem to come directly from existence itself - nagging us not to bypass them, but to let them be strong reminders to wake us from our eternal sleep in unconsciousness. The selected messages create an urgency which is very much in tune with a current world wide growing awareness - that not everything is right with us, humanity and our beautiful planet Earth. We get reminded that we have only one moment in our hands - the real moment. And we will not get this moment again. Either we live it or we leave it unlived.
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240 pages, Unknown Binding
Published January 1, 2002
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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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August 24, 2011
Well! I have no insight about this great mystic and spiritual teacher before reading this book, after reading this book my senses made me purchase another 4 books of his, as my next move. That's the impact it gave on my life.
I don't want to say more about this book, as i believe its where you can find the cheapest GOLD in the world.
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Murali.
I don't want to say more about this book, as i believe its where you can find the cheapest GOLD in the world.
Reg.,
Murali.
November 18, 2012
"The extremist is always an egoist." - OSHO
February 3, 2022
I believe that if you read this book properly and more than one time, you won’t ever need to buy another spiritual/new age type of book.
Every paragraph could be a little meditation of its own and the author covers a lot of topics. Love, emotions, life, death, just anything you could think of.
I recommend being mindful when you read this book and let it sink in. This isn’t supposed to be something you read just once, but you return to this book over and over again and every time you do, there’s always something new to be discovered.
Every paragraph could be a little meditation of its own and the author covers a lot of topics. Love, emotions, life, death, just anything you could think of.
I recommend being mindful when you read this book and let it sink in. This isn’t supposed to be something you read just once, but you return to this book over and over again and every time you do, there’s always something new to be discovered.
January 4, 2009
This book is treasure of Golden Nuggets...there is another book also More gold nuggets
May 20, 2021
Desde que conocí a Osho me gustaron mucho sus pensamientos. Pero con este libro no sé qué sucedió. Pudo haber sido que lo leí en un momento diferente de mi vida y mi pensar ha evolucionado, o pudo haber sido simplemente que este libro no es para mí. Está lleno de Post-its porque tiene pensamientos y frases que me identifican, pero la idea general del libro no lo hace, en su conjunto.
September 28, 2023
I don't think there is a single bad book about or written by this man !
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May 13, 2011
Peaceful
December 16, 2012
some of the best quotes from Osho on every aspect of life. This small volume should be in your bag always.
February 16, 2022
Not even close to reality
May 29, 2012
great book. very insightful. Osho was pretty off the wall but he always made perfect sense....
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