OSHO WORLD MEDITATE FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS DURING LAUGHTER WEEK

Osho lovers and friends welcomed the New Year of 2005 with a special meditation session for the victims of natural disaster Tsunami, in New Delhi on Saturday, January 1, 2005 at the Osho World galleria; coinciding with the prayers in different parts of the globe.

The first week of the new year is usually celebrated as Laughter week at Osho World. The week was inaugurated by renowned humorist Shri Surendra Sharma with silent meditation before moving towards the lighter side of life.
It is said that when Hotei attained enlightenment he started laughing. He lived at least thirty years afterwards; he continued laughing for thirty years. Even in sleep his disciples would hear him giggling. His whole message to the world was laughter; he would go from one town to another just laughing. He would stand in one marketplace, then in another, just laughing, and people would gather. His laughter had something of the beyond -- a Buddha's laughter. He is known in Japan as 'the laughing Buddha'.

His laughter was so contagious that whosoever heard it would start laughing. Soon the whole marketplace would be laughing; crowds would gather and laugh and they would ask him, "Just give us a few instructions."
He would say, "Nothing more, this is enough. If you can laugh, if you can laugh totally, it is meditation."
Laughter was his device. It is said many people became enlightened through Hotei's laughter. That was his only meditation: to laugh and help people laugh.

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Osho
Never Born
Never Died
Only Visited this Planet Earth Between
11 December 1931 - 19 January 1990

January 19, 2005 is Osho’s punyatithi. Fifteen years ago, in 1990 he left his body on this day. Osho disciples and lovers will be celebrated the eternal message of their beloved Master with meditation and events in New Delhi and various cities.

“Osho Mahotsav”, a weeklong celebration was organized at Osho World galleria from 15th – 21st January to mark the occasion. Renowned singer of Fiza and Taal fame Prashant Samaddar, presented classical recitals during the inauguration of the event on 15th January. Shri Samaddar enthralled the audience with his mesmerizing vocals and bhajans.

Osho World paid deep respect to the enlightened mystic Osho during the weeklong celebrations through daily meditations and events.

A One-day meditation camp was conducted at Oshodham in New Delhi on 19 January and was facilitated by Ma Dharm Jyoti. Similar camps were conducted in other cities of India.

There was a one-day meditation and celebration event in Patna at Vidyapati Bhawan on 16th of January as a tribute to Osho. Swami Chaitanya Keerti from Osho World Foundation, New Delhi conducted this meditation and sannyas initiation event, and Ma Sangeet Divyam sang songs in devotion to Osho. Her new album Sadguru Tumko Pranam published by Tao Music was released during the occasion.

Later Swami Chaitanya Keerti and Ma Sangeet Divyam proceeded to Mumbai where they conducted more such events from 19 to 21 January in Thane, Ghatkopar and Kandivli. Osho’s secretary Ma Yoga Neelam also joined in to lead these events.

“Death is an absolutely necessary process for life to be. It is not the enemy, it is the friend. And it is not there somewhere in the future, it is here, now. It is not going to happen, it has been always happening. Since you have been here it has been with you. With each exhalation it happens -- a little death, a small death -- but because of fear we have put it in the future.”_OSHO

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