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Libro de la vida y la muerte, El
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Osho
4,354 books6,780 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 28, 2014
Este libro lo leí cuando murió mi Abuelito Toño por ahí de julio del 2008. Recuerdo que se me hizo tan bueno que inmediatamente se lo regalé a mi papá. Me parece que en su momento no hice resumen, ya que no lo tengo registrado. Recordé que era bueno y lo volví a comprar, principalmente para regalárselo a Rosy quien perdió a su mamá hace unos meses, igual que Don Pepe a su hermana. Decidí que sería bueno volvérmelo a comprar y darle una releída. Recuerdo que en 2008 me dejó bastante impresionada y me quedé con ganas de morirme pronto. Ahora en 2014 que lo volví a leer, no dejé de pensar en Lluvia, la esposa de Libreros (quien tenía cáncer) a quien le aplicaba todo lo que decía el libro. Definitivamente era de mal gusto intentar regalárselo y nunca se dejó ver ni hablar con ella. Lamentablemente falleció el pasado 16 de enero. Todas estas muertes cercanas y la lectura reciente, me han hecho hacer conciencia sobre la muerte, verla de una manera distinta a la que nos han acostumbrado. Tan es así que estoy preparando mi folder de qué hacer cuando me muera (casi me dieron ganas de morirme pronto otra vez). Pienso que nuestra educación en torno a la muerte debería ser más abierta y menos satanizada, ya que no hay nada más seguro que nos vaya a ocurrir en la vida, que la muerte.
September 12, 2022
Iluminador
Profunda enseñanza que abre camino a tu caminar, y al único, que al propio, que al eterno. La vida misma, la vida el vivir de verdad que se da al morir también, en especial al morir
Profunda enseñanza que abre camino a tu caminar, y al único, que al propio, que al eterno. La vida misma, la vida el vivir de verdad que se da al morir también, en especial al morir
July 19, 2018
Ideas interesantes, pero un esquema repetitivo, no profundiza mucho
May 21, 2020
Un tantín repetitivo
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