Enlightenment has 62 ratings and 4 reviews. Gursimran said: First spiritual reading which I undertook was 'I am that' from Nisargadutt Mahraj. Sayings in book form, says Osho in his talks on the Gita. One can add Osho to this list. Osho spoke over 13,000 words estimated to total 33,000,000 words in his daily discourses. During this period, he also answered over 10,000 questions from his disciples during his discourses. These were transcribed and published in book form within weeks or months.
First spiritual reading which I undertook was 'I am that' from Nisargadutt Mahraj. What Osho says here is exactly the same what Nisargadutt preached. Osho explains it to us through Ashtavakra who happened to be Janak's Guru. The crux of the book is: Ek Ongkar satnam (Sound of Aum is 'the truth') karta Purukh (The Doer) Nibhau Nirvair (WIthout fear, without hate/animosity) Akal moorat ( The formless) ajooni sabhan(Free from the circle of life and death, omnipresent) Gur Prasad (Such is the Guru Grace)- First spiritual reading which I undertook was 'I am that' from Nisargadutt Mahraj. What Osho says here is exactly the same what Nisargadutt preached. Osho explains it to us through Ashtavakra who happened to be Janak's Guru. The crux of the book is: Ek Ongkar satnam (Sound of Aum is 'the truth') karta Purukh (The Doer) Nibhau Nirvair (WIthout fear, without hate/animosity) Akal moorat ( The formless) ajooni sabhan(Free from the circle of life and death, omnipresent) Gur Prasad (Such is the Guru Grace)- Guru Nanak Dev Ji Rest all is commentary, probably to boost the intellect.
Hari Om tat sat. 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 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. Missis bredli torrent torrent 2017.
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.