RELIGION: OSHO - GURU NANAK (WITH PHOTO)
Guru Nanak Week inaugurated to mark Gurpurab

New Delhi, Nov 27(UNI) Former Chief Election Commissioner M. S. Gill has said that disrespect to other religions and considering one's own religion as the sole repository of truth was the root cause of violence all over the world.

Inaugurating the Guru Nanak Week at Oshoworld here yesterday, Mr Gill said all religions point to the same universal truth preached by Guru Nanak: Ek Omkar Satnam. He found it interesting that Muslims, Christians and Jews have been fighting each other inspite of having a common origin of their religions.

In a nostalgic mood, he recalled that he puzzled his Jewish hosts when he bowed at the Church and the Mosque during his visit to Israel. He noted that Osho had expanded on the basic truism of Guru Nanak's message with his unique insights on almost all religions and enlightened masters to create a vast treasure of spiritual growth.

An MP3 CD on Osho's discourses on 'Baba Farid - Akath Kahani Prem Ki' (one of the saints whose divine compositions are incorporated into Guru Granth Sahib) was also released on the occasion.Osho had in one of his discourses described Guru Nanak as 'one of those beautiful people for whom I have immense love.'

A poet from London, Chaman Lal 'Chaman', recited his poem on the greatness of Guru Nanak, and Bhai Gurvinder Singh and party, hazuri singers of Gurudwara Bangla Saheb, provided a meditative musical tribute. Sunil Arora and party rendered shabads of the Guru. Daily kirtan, shabad, meditation and Osho's discourses on Japuji Sahib will be held every evening until December two.

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HEAVEN’S ON SALE IN KOREGAON PARK

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
It's a spiritual supermarket and the west is buying in heavily. Molshree vaid takes a walk on the esoteric side of town.
KOREGAON park reeks of spirituality. There’s even a California Healing Arts centre advertised here.
The lanes, the restaurants, even the eclectic mix of red-robed Osho sanyasins and long-haired foreigners, looking like something the hippie era left behind, all have that air of the ethereal about them. If there’s anything spiritual you’re looking for - meditation, massages, reiki, pranic healing, tai chi, tarot-card reading, rejuvenation and pyramid therapies, vipassana, Chinese therapy, acupuncture, Koregaon park has it all.
The Osho Ashram sits benignly in the midst of it all, the unspoken inspiration for all these healing centres, even today drawing thousands of soul-seekers from across the world.
A sanyasin, who refuses to give us her name, explains it metaphorically. “The commune is the big ocean attracting thirsty souls from all corners of the world. These spirituality centres are the surrounding ponds and lakes,” she says.
park. There are Zen restaurants and a cyber cafe called Buddha’s Paradise. The target audience is clearly the foreigners. In fact, the Indians living in Koregaon park seem totally juxtaposed against this spiritual backdrop, as they go about their normal life.
Says Ma Bipsa, owner of a reiki healing centre here, “We have a regular flow of Westerners and they are our main business.” Javed Keen of Australia came in search of spirituality to Koregaon park and he is not disappointed.
“There’s an intensity in the air and a supernatural feel about this place. The rejuvenating treatment available here has really helped me de-stress,” Keen says. Swami Amrit of Amrita Ayurvedic Centre says most of the people who frequent his centre come f r o m a b r o a d seeking ‘naturality’. “We synthesise massage techniques with spirituality. We try to heal with awareness,” Amrit says. There’s a spiritual angle to even the precious gems, crystals and stones, displayed in designer shops and by the peddler on the street. Healing powers and divine energy are supposed to be their USP.
Swami Teertha of Centre Point, shows us a Schorl - a black coloured stone that he says prevents and cures radiation. But it’s the Reiki crystals that Teertha says are most in demand.

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Let There Be Light

Diwali, the festival of lights, is very significant for all of us, as it can function as a reminder that we need to bring light into our life. Though there are historical reasons to celebrate Diwali- to remember Lord Rama's victory and celebrate with lighting the lamps and enjoying the firecrackers but that's not the main aim of celebrating Diwali. People need to meditate and transform their lives, enlighten themselves and spread light all around.

Osho says: Two religions in India, Hindus and Jainas, celebrate the festival of lights. They have different reasons; it is just a coincidence that something has happened on the same day in the history of both religions. Hindus celebrate it because Rama, one of the Hindu incarnations of God, was victorious over Ravana. He came back after fourteen years of wandering in the forests and the mountains to his capital, Ayodhya. And because he was coming back after fourteen years, the capital rejoiced with lights and firecrackers. And this celebration is observed even today!

That is the Hindu reason. For Jainas this is not the reason. Mahavira became enlightened on the same day, and Mahavira is the most important individual in the history of Jainism. Jainas are celebrating because Mahavira attained liberation. And he attained liberation in a unique way.... Gautam Buddha became enlightened on a full-moon night. And except for Mahavira, anybody who has become enlightened has become enlightened either on a full-moon night or close to it. Mahavira is unique in that he became enlightened on the night of amawas, no moon, and complete darkness. He is alone; there is nobody else who has become enlightened on the night of amawas.

Diwali simply means moving from darkness to light-Tamso Ma Jyotirgamaya. And that's the message of Upanishads, the sages and all the enlightened Beings. Buddha says: Appo Deepo Bhav. Be A Light Unto Yourself.

Presented by Swami Chaitanya Keerti Osho
Rajyoga Meditation Centre, New Delhi

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Wisdom

Don't search for any light outside. The last words of Buddha were 'Be a light unto yourself. Be a lamp unto yourself.' Don't search for light anywhere else; the light is already there, the fire is already there. Just probe a little deeper into your being, enquire. Maybe much ash has gathered around the fire... Just probe deep inside, and you will find the spark again. And once you have found a single spark inside you, you will become a flame soon, you will be a fire - a fire that purifies, a fire that transforms, a fire that gives you a new birth and a new being.

Dipam means a light, a lamp. Be a lamp unto yourself. Those are the last words of Gautama, the Buddha, but they contain the whole message of all the masters. Listen, learn, watch …

Learn from each and everything: from trees, from birds, animals, rivers, mountains. Learn from everywhere, keep yourself open to all the dimensions of life. Let existence pour its wisdom into you, from every nook and corner. That is the message in this simple word 'dipam': be a light unto yourself.

If you don't take the lamp of awareness with you, you are going to create a hell around you. Light your lamp wherever you go. Wherever you go, whatsoever you do, always do it in the inner light, with awareness. Good follows your inner light just like a shadow. You take care of the inner light. That's what meditation is all about - to become more alert. Live the same life, just change your alertness - make it more intense.

One has to discover one's own light, one's own being, one's own self-nature. The moment one discovers one's inner being, all darkness starts disappearing, because at the very centre of your being is nothing but pure light. But it has to be discovered. Love is the quality of enlightenment. It is the light that comes out of that inner lamp, that inner lamp of enlightenment. When that flame is burning inside, then the light flows outside. Wherever it falls, it is love.

Love is such a light that the darkness of the ego cannot exist in it at all. If you love others, if your love is focused on others, you will live in darkness. Turn your light towards yourself first, become a light unto yourself first. Let the light dispel your inner darkness, your inner weakness. Let love make you a tremendous power, a spiritual force. And once your soul is powerful you know you are not going to die, you are immortal, you are eternal. Love gives you the first insight into eternity; love is the only experience that transcends time.

If your inner being changes, your whole outer life will be totally different. It will have a different fragrance, a different beauty, a different grace. And when your inner being is changed and becomes a flame of light, you will become a light unto others too. You will become a beckoning light, a great herald of a new dawn. Your very presence will trigger revolutions in other people's lives.

Feel yourself as a flame, live as if you are an inner burning light, move with the inner flame. Do whatsoever you do, but always feel yourself as if you are made out of light. And by and by you will see a luminousness arising around you.

Compiled by: Swami Chaitanya Keerti
Osho Rajyoga Meditation Centre

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Hans Raj Hans, the renowned Panjabi singer of India with a repertoire from classical to light vocal, qawwali, ghazal to folk, pop or filmy music revealed that he keeps on getting energy and inspiration from Osho, the enlightened master.

Hans Raj Hans who has just been appointed Punjab’s first ‘Raj Gayak’ or State Musician released the November 2001 Nanak Issue of Osho World Magazine in Jallandhar. At this function, he said Osho is an energy phenomenon and although he did not have the good fortune of meeting Osho in person, he continually meets Osho in spirit and is blessed by Osho’s divine energy.

After hearing Osho for the first time, many new avenues of his life started unfolding for him; and many mysteries of life have gradually been revealed to him. Only after reading and listening to Osho did he come to realize the real meaning of Guru Nanak’s message; what Sant Kabir wanted to convey and to discover Lord Krishna in a new dimension, said Hans. He constantly listens to Osho’s discourses on tape – even on his world tours.

He was delighted to have the honour of releasing Osho World magazine in Hindi and he expressed it by presenting a Sufi composition on this occasion.

Gradually, Hans acquired distinction and depth, he is the true disciple of Ustad Puran Shah Koti, and possesses the quality of traditional Punjabi Sufiana music. Recently, he was paid a special tribute by the former U.S. President Bill Clinton for participating in his charity fund raising in New York for the victims of the Gujarat earthquake.

During his recent visit to New Delhi last month, Hans visited the Osho World Galleria in Ansal Plaza and expressed his joy at this venue for presenting the vision of Osho.

Swami Chaitanya Keerti

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He added a ‘creative dimension’ to meditation
AMIT AGNIHOTRI
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
HANDIGARH: "The grace and feminism in his looks yet the fieryness in his words impressed me instantly. Osho was a revolutionary," said Ma Yog Neelam recapitulating the moment when she met him for the first time in 1969 at Ludhiana.
"I was a 20 then, married and had a daughter. Initially we used to attend his discourses and meditation camps whenever he visited Ludhiana. In 1974 when the commune was established at Pune we used to go there in vacations. Finally, in 1981 we left for Oregon, USA to attend his commune where stayed back along with my daughter," she said.
Describing Osho, she said that even in chaotic situations he could remain composed and guide others. "He was like one of us, very ordinary but extraordinary at the same time. He has given honour to women and this has impressed me," she said.
On his philosophy, she said that Osho preached that one should meditatively enjoy this world which gives a high dimension to life. "He believed in Zorba the Buddha, which is a concept for the new man. Outwardly one should enjoy life while enriching it inwardly at the same time. He believed that meditation leads to celebration. It is the inner joy which is expressed in external bliss. Osho added a creative dimension to meditation," she said.
Detailing about the meditation process she said that this world is like a leela of god who is Natraj. Dance and dancer are inseparable. God is the dancer and this world is his dance. Dance too can express the feeling of oneness with god, she said.
On her experiences in Oregon she said that the westerners are better at planning. They lay emphasis on detail, but can not handle chaos. Indians, Italians and the Spanish are better at it. Interacting with them I learnt to express myself without being emotional, which we Indians lack, she said.
Speaking on carnal desires she said that they should not be suppressed but understood and sublimated rather. "Opulence in life is justified if accompanied by meditation. We should aim at becoming Samriddha Narayan and not Daridra Narayan as preached by our saints. Being dharmic does not mean sacrificing the worldly pleasures. Bring meditation in your life and all problems will be resolved," she added.
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