Encontros com Pessoas Extraordinárias

by Osho

As pessoas mais notáveis do mundo são muitas vezes aquelas que passam ao lado da atenção dos historiadores. Assim sendo, quando ouvimos falar de Buda, Pitágoras ou Zaratustra, eles parecem-nos mais figuras mitológicas do que personagens históricas, tal como se tivessem existido apenas na imaginação coletiva da humanidade. E, na verdade, a sua existência imprimiu-se na consciência humana, com efeitos profundos e duradouros.

Ao longo destas páginas, Osho dá vida, com o seu estilo provocador e inteligente, a alguns dos líderes religiosos mais influentes de sempre, como Buda, Jesus e Krishna, a poetas como Lao-Tsé e Rumi, a filósofos como Nietzsche, Pitágoras e Sócrates e a pensadores de escolas espirituais, como Kahlil Gibran e Gurdjieff. Ao discutir as filosofias mais complexas destes pensadores e ao expor os ensinamentos destes grandes místicos, Osho convida-o a adquirir uma perspetiva pessoal e única acerca das grandes questões da vida.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Rajneesh (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.

Reviews

[Marisa Fernandes · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Encontros com Pessoas Extraordinárias" é um livro sobre as ideias centrais de um conjunto de pessoas que Osho considerou como "mais notáveis do mundo" e que, na sua perspectiva, passam habitualmente ao lado dos historiadores. São-nos igualmente dados a conhecer alguns aspectos da vida destas pessoas e, neste sentido, este pode ser um livro interessante para quem, como eu, gosta de ler biografias e romances históricos.

Também acredito ser uma boa opção para os amantes de filosofia como eu, até porque entre essas pessoas que o autor considerou como extraordionárias encontram-se vários filósofos como Sócrates, Heraclito e Friedrich Nietzsche. Para aqueles que não forem amantes de filosofia, mas tenham curiosidade acerca destas figuras e outras, vale a pena na mesma ler este livro.

Gostei bastante do que aqui li, tendo tido oportunidade de rever alguns conhecimentos e adquirir outros... novos. Uma das figuras que continua a despertar a minha curiosidade há já vários anos, e Osho conseguiu acicatar ainda mais essa curiosidade, é Nietzsche. Parece-me que é desta que agarro e leio mesmo sem largar "Assim falou Zaratustra"!

[Miguel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sempre bons os livros de Osho, este diferente pois descreve as vidas e modos de pensar/actuar dos maiores mestres, filósofos e poetas da humanidade, segundo Osho.