AN EVENING DEDICATED TO LAUGHTER

Osho World galleria was rocked with uproarious laughter, on April 01, when April fools day, celebrated as Mulla Nasruddin day, in honour of the laughing Sufi mystic popularized by Osho in his discourses was inaugurated by popular Hindi humour poets Yusuf Bhardwaj, Rajesh Chetan and Poetess Ritu Goyal

The humour poets regaled the audience with their witty and humorous compositions.

At 6 p.m. every evening from 1 to 7 April, Osho World Galleria will be rocking with laughter as Osholovers will share rip-roaring jokes of the Mulla. A favourite of Osho in his discourses, these Mulla jokes with a deep spiritual message will also be related on tape in the inimitable style of Osho. It will all add up to an hour of uninhibited laughing meditation that has proved so popular at the Galleria.

Maquettes of Mulla cast in Bronze created exclusively for Osho World galleria by famous sculptor K.S. Radhakrishnan captures Mulla Nasruddin in an array of moods and gestures are on display at the galleria.

But who is this Mulla Nasrudin? Replies, Osho, “Born in Iran, Nasrudin is a Sufi mystic, a little crazy, but always tremendously wise.

“To be Mulla Nasrudin means two things: Be foolish in your wisdom and be wise in your foolishness. It is a very great contradiction. Be wise in your foolishness and be foolish in your wisdom.

You should be aware of the fact that Mulla Nasrudin is a Sufi device. It is to make you clear that life is wise in its foolishness. And when you try to be wise you become a fool. The greatest wise people are like fools. And the greatest foolish people are those who pretend that they are wise. If you have to choose, choose the fool and you will become wise. Don't choose to pretend wisdom, otherwise you will become a fool.”

Explains Osho, “Mulla Nasrudin is a simple man with utter purity -- every act in his life is full of wisdom, but on the surface looks a little crazy. He belongs to the same category as Bodhidharma, as Mahakashyap. But he is a little more eccentric than any of them. Who has recognized Mulla Nasrudin? Very few people. Who has recognized Mahakashyap suddenly laughing? Only Gautama Buddha. Ten thousand monks were present but nobody could understand this eccentric behavior. But it was arising out of the empty heart, from a clarity of vision. Only another man of the same clarity can understand it.”

Osho concludes, “Buddha's message in short is: Be a light unto yourself. And mine? Be a joke unto yourself! Being a joke unto yourself, you will be a bliss for everyone.”

CEREMONIAL BOWLS”, CERAMIC EXHIBITION LAUNCHED BY VETERAN ARTIST DEVI PRASAD

“Ceremonial Bowls”, a collection of ceramics, was launched by Shri Devi Prasad, renowned veteran master studio potter, at Osho World galleria, Ansal Plaza, New Delhi, on 10th April 2005 at 6.00 pm.

“Ceremonial Bowls”, is the celebration of artistic expressions and for the first time 4 studio potters, Dipalee Daroz, Ela Mukherjee, Rahul Kumar and Abhay Pandit, have displayed their creations together at Osho World.

Shri Devi Prasad, expressed his wonder at the collection of ceramics displayed at the galleria and said that he feels shy to say that he was unaware of such a serene and beautiful place existing in Delhi. He expressed his wish to hold his own ceramic exhibtion at Osho World galleria at some point of time. Shri Prasad, congratulating the artists said that pottery should not just be a mere piece of art but should have its utility as well.

Osho, the enlightened master has given many discourses on creativity as an expression of meditation. Osho says, “Meditation brings your creativity to an expression. Whatsoever is hidden in you will become unhidden; whatsoever you are carrying within you will be sung, will be danced -- whatsoever it is.”
Osho says, creativity is not something that can be confined to painting, dancing, music or arts, it is an attitude. Bringing out the essence of creativity, Osho shares, “Creativity is the quality that you bring to the activity you are doing. It is an attitude, an inner approach -- how you look at things.”

“Creativity means loving whatsoever you do -- enjoying, celebrating it, as a gift of God!”

Apart from artifacts and creative splendor, Osho world galleria houses at all times, Osho discourses in the form of books, audios in tapes, ACDs and MP3CDs, videos in VHS, VCDs and DVDs, Osho World monthly magazines and music from the world of Osho.

“The only way to be one with the creator is to be in some moment of creativity, when you are lost. The potter is lost in making his pottery; the potter is lost while working on the wheel. The painter is lost while painting. The dancer is lost; there is no dancer, only the dance remains. Those are the peak moments, where you touch God, where God touches you.” _Osho

OSHO WORLD CELEBRATES MAHAVIR JAYANTI

Osho World celebrated Mahavir Jayanti at the galleria on 22nd April 2005 by dedicating melodious evening with renown Violin player Asghar Husain.

Osho’s love for Mahavir is conspicuous by the volume of discourses He has spoken on Mahavir. In His discourses, Osho says, Mahavir was a very unique and rare flowering, a rare fragrance.
“Mahavir spoke out of his inner silence. His words are the most wonderful ever spoken.”

Osho brings out the essence of Mahavir through a beautiful story, “wherever he moved, for miles around life would become more alive. And he was an inactive man. He would simply stand or sit under a tree, for hours, for days, but for miles life would start throbbing with a new rhythm. It is said that trees would bloom out of season; trees would start growing faster than ever; dead trees would start producing new fresh leaves.”
“Mahavir was such a pool of energy, such an overflowing of energy, such an overflowing of God, that wherever he was, life would move faster. A speed would happen to all the existence around him. He would not be doing anything but things would start happening.”

Osho World dedicates this day to Mahavir through meditation and celebration.

For Violinist Asghar Husein, music runs in his blood. At the tender age of ten, he started learning Violin. His father Ustad Anwar Husain was a famous table player of his time, thus, the rhythm comes to him naturally. Having equipped himself in the art of violin playing. Asghar took his initial training from Ustad Gauhar Ali Khan and afterwards he became the disciple of violin wizard Ustad Zahoor Ahmad Khan of Delhi Gharana to satisfy his quest to final new horizon & learn more and more. At present, he is learning under the able guidance of Ustad Iqbal Ahmad Khan, the famous vocalist & head (KHALIFA) of Delhi Gharana. Ustad Sahab’s teaching has given Asghar’s violin a new dimension that depicts fine blend of “Gayaki Ang” & “Tantrakari Ang”.

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