http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhjOnYbKJJw&feature=plcp
What do you think about this video, and OSHO in general?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhjOnYbKJJw&feature=plcp
What do you think about this video, and OSHO in general?
I don't think about him.
Philosoraptor
"Wise men speak because they have something to say. Fools speak because they have to say something." - Plato
namaste,
I am an osho student. I have read many of his books/discourses. In my 20's and 30's I was a big fan. I still read him but with caution. OSHO can drive you to atheism so you need to be grounded in your belief system whatever that may be first. A lot of people dislike or even hate him. I first became a big fan of him because he spoke a lot about christianity in particular and god in general.
satay
NamasteOsho is somewhat right - human perception of God is generally always a problem.
Osho was an unbalanced man - there's great eloquence and erudition in his words, some understanding, and some that is very much misleading. His personal actions and those of the movement that formed around him also left much to be desired.
He may be unbalanced and towards the end definitely a bit of a megalomaniac - but that God is a problem is not something Osho discovered. He tried to speak on everything under the sun, and I am sure mis represented many things in the process.
Many people have indicated the problem with Mr God, and only with the turn of the century we are seeing people having courage to challenge this fictional being.
Vannakkam Icy: I think the idea of a holy man, charismatic, in robes, is pretty unique to Hinduism. There are some in Buddhism as well. There is some debate with regard to actually being Hindu, or teaching Hinduism, with many, not just Osho.
So there is always that subconscious connection - "There goes another Hindu guru," - but personally I think you have to dig deeper into the teachings to decipher that. Often its a bit of this, a bit of that, etc. Personally, I need to hear the term Hinduism applied, but my definition is pretty strict on it.
Aum Namasivaya
Hari Om!
My take on OSHO is not favorable based on the discourses I've heard and the articles I've read in his magazine. Was initially interested but the deeper I dug, the more it didn't "feel" right. Especially when it comes to his belief in God and sex.
A saying of mine that might have pertinence - "If you take a problem away from God, you've taken away his power. If you lay it at his lotus feet, miracles will happen."
Jai Jai Hanuman!
namaste,
No, osho did not believe in God per say and definitely not in any religion. He for sure did not believe in hinduism, he was raised as in a Jain family but spoke a lot about hinduism even on Upanishads and Vedanta in general.
Some of his earlier discourses definitely show that he kind of believed in God or at least had respect for it even for Jesus but later discourses show that he changed his opinion and showed no respect especially towards Christian idea of God. This is how I got attracted to his discourses because I was looking for sources that will approve my opinion that Christian God idea is completely illogical.
satay
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