This Center is dedicated to Osho from
His Devotees in sign of gratitude
BIOGRAPHY OF OSHO
From his earliest childhood in India,
Osho was a rebellious and independent spirit, challenging all
accepted religious, social and political traditions and insisting
on experiencing the truth for himself rather than acquiring
knowledge and beliefs given by others.
At the age of twenty-one, on March 21, 1953, Osho became
enlightened. He says about himself, "I am no longer seeking,
searching for anything. Existence has opened all its doors to me.
I cannot even say that I belong to existence, because I am just a
part of it...When a flower blossom, I blossom with it. When the
sun rises, I rise with it. The ego in me, which keeps people
separate, is no longer there. My body is part of nature, my being
is part of the whole. I am not a separate entity."
He graduated from the University of Sagar with First Class Honors
in philosophy. While a student he was All-India Debating Champion
and the Gold Metal winner. After a nine-year stint as professor
of philosophy at the University of Jabalpur, he left to travel
around the country giving talks, challenging orthodox religious
leaders in public debate, upsetting traditional beliefs, and
shocking the status quo.
In the course of his work, Osho has spoken on virtually every
aspect of the development of human consciousness. From Sigmund
Freud to Chuang Tzu, from George Gurdjieff to Gautam Buddha, from
Jesus Christ to Radindranath Tagore...He had distilled from each
the essence of what is significant to the spiritual quest of
contemporary man, based not on intellectual understanding but
tested against his own existential experience.
He belongs to no tradition - "I am the beginning of a totally new
religious consciousness," he says. "Please don't connect me with
the past - it is not even worth remembering."
His talks to disciples and seekers from all over the world have
been published in more than 650 books, and translated into
over thirty languages. He says, "My message is not a doctrine,
not a philosophy. My message is a certain alchemy, a science of
transformation, so only those who are willing to die as they are
and be born again into something so new that they cannot even
imagine it right now...only those few corageous people will be
ready to listen, because listening is going to be risky.
Listening, you have taken the first step towards being reborn. So
it is not a philosophy that you can just make an overcoat of and
go bragging about. It is not a doctrine where you can find
consolation for harassing questions...No, my message is not some
verbal communication. It is far more risky. It is nothing less
than death and rebirth."
Osho left his body on January 19, 1990. Just a few weeks before,
he was asked what would happen to his work when he was gone. He
said: "My trust in existence is absolute. If there is any truth
in what I am saying, it will survive...The people who remain
interested in my work will be simply carriyng the torch, but not
imposing anything on anyone...
"I will remain a source of inspiration to my people. And that's
what most sannyasins will feel. I want them to grow on their own - qualities like
love, around which no church can be created; like awareness,
which is nobody's monopoly; like celebration, rejoicing, and
maintaining fresh, childlike eyes...I want people to know
themselves, not to be according to someone else. And the way is
in."
In accordance with his guidance, the commune which grew up around
him still thrives in Pune,
India, where thousands of disciples and seekers gather throughout
the year in the
Ashram to participate in the unique meditations and other personal growth and creative programs offered there as
the very popular Osho Tarot. For
futher information about the Osho Commune in Poona
www.osho.com
IT WAS TOLD ABOUT HIM
Many rivers of words were said about Osho, being a
revolutionary Master, who had the whole world talking about
Him.
In fact, the site dedicated to Osho is a vast resource, from
where to get information and knowledge.
So I will limit myself to just mentioning briefly the declaration
of His Holiness, the Tibetan Lama Karmapa (only second to Dalai
Lama), in Osho’s regards.
“ He is a living Buddha, the greatest
incarnation in India, after Buddha.
Osho had chosen to be born in complete awareness, with the task
of helping people – n.d. r. His methods to work with the
people are absolutely correct and are similar to the Tibetan
practices. Whatever kind of work the Osho’s disciples are
doing, it is similar to ours.”
Moreover the Lama had invited an disciple of Osho,
Swami Govind Siddharth, to visit a golden statue, representing
the previous incarnation of Osho. He went on talking about Him:
”He will be recognized all over the world, but only a few
people will be able to understand, who Hi really is. And He is
only interested to those people, who want to understand Him; He
doesn’t like to waste His time. Only if He feels something
special in them, He will allow them to be close to
Him.”
