New meditation hall at Osho Khumari Meditation Centre, Lonavala (Pune)

Osho Maitreya Mandir inaugurated on 23rd May by Chaitanya Keerti, and celebrated with Anadi’s band A beautiful pyramid-shaped meditation hall, named Osho Maitreya Mandir, which can accommodate around 40/50 people, has been inaugurated on the occasion of the Buddha Purnima celebrations on 23rd May 2024. Swami Chaitanya Keerti was the …...Read More

The future belongs to meritocracy

A quote by Osho published in The Times of India, May 31, 2024 Democracy cannot be the highest possibility man can attain. It is good in comparison to other forms of govt that have preceded it, but not something that can succeed it. I call that meritocracy. I want a …...Read More

Religion is the passion for the impossible

“For a real lover of challenges, success and failure mean nothing,” says Osho to a sannyasin in darshan I’ve always spent my life seeking out challenges – dealing with them, usually mastering them, and going on to something else, another challenge. I’m hearing two things from you. One is, that …...Read More

The Big Impact We Don’t Realize We Make Every Day

“Don’t underestimate the impact your words, actions, and energy have on people. A small act can impact others in bigger ways than you’ll ever know.” ~Kat Quach One thing we all share is the desire to leave a legacy behind. The desire to show that our life was worth something, …...Read More

The OSHO Source BOOK: A Bio-Bibliography

A review of Neeten’s online book by Scott Lowe, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, published in the magazine Nova Religio The OSHO Source BOOK A Bio-Bibliography by Pierre Evald Self-Published, 2014, 2019, with Supplement and Update 2024 oshosourcebook.com Quite a few articles on Osho have in recent years appeared in Nova …...Read More

When It’s Time Tell Your Story: How to Step Out of Hiding and Into Healing

“One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will be someone else’s survival guide.” ~Brené Brown “Hey, can I call you?” read the text from my cousin Dani. “Of course,” I responded, nervously drawing in a deep breath. I had recently …...Read More

Bliss is a fragrance

Osho speaks on ‘Bliss’; “You cannot achieve it directly. You have to grow rose bushes; when the roses arrive there will be fragrance automatically. Bliss is a fragrance of meditation.” Bliss is a fragrance. You cannot achieve it directly. You have to grow rose bushes; when the roses arrive there …...Read More

How to Make a Big Change by Embracing Love and Confronting Fear

“If you truly want to change your life, you must first be willing to change your mind.” ~Dan Altman I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts recently, and the guest speaker, Gary Zukav, was explaining that humans operate from two major emotions. Once you learn this and can …...Read More

Fragrances of human flowering: living creatively

In part 12, Shanti lets artists and poets speak: Michelangelo, Robert Frost, Rabindranath Tagore, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Miguel de Cervantes, Gertrude Stein, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikos Kazantzakis, Ōtagaki Rengetsu, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Maria Angelou, Sappho Rabindranath Tagore poet “Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will …...Read More

No Luck

By Noelle Sterne “You’re so lucky!” “Lucky break.” “Pure luck.“ “As luck would have it.” “What a stroke of luck!” “Just lucky, I guess.” You’ve probably heard these and similar exclamations many times and may have used them. Whenever I hear one of them, I rankle. Why? Because there is …...Read More