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Sannyas, as defined in traditional sense is all about renunciation. People who follow the path of sannyas are expected to lead very austere and ascetic lives, setting aside all desires and comforts. In the Vedic tradition, the four stages in a spiritual aspirant’s life are brahmacharya, grahastya, vanaprastha and sanyas. As a student, one learns about life, actions, achievements and fulfillment. As a householder, he acts on his learning and lives as a contributing member of society. On retirement, he hands over the reins to the next generation, and withdraws to a quiet... |
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It is very difficult to define a sannyasin, and more so if you are going to define my sannyasins.
Sannyas is basically a rebellion about all structures, hence the difficulty to define. Sannyas is a way of living life unstructuredly. Sannyas is to have a character which is characterless. By 'characterless' I mean you don't depend anymore on the past. Character means the past, the way you have lived in the past, the way you have become habituated to living -- all your habits and conditionings and beliefs and your experiences... |
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 To me, sannyas is not something very serious. Life itself is not very serious, and one who is serious is always dead. Life is just an overflowing energy without any purpose, so to me, sannyas is to lead life purposelessly. Live life as a play and not as a work. If you can take this whole life just as a play, you are a sannyasin; then you have renounced. Renunciation is not leaving the world, but changing the attitude...
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| From the World of Sannyas |
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Beloved friends,
Recently we went for a short holiday with Neerava and Garimo who were visiting from Perth, Australia to stay at a quaint village in the Northwest of Bali, famous for its snorkeling opportunities.
When we visited there for the first time more than 10 years ago, one just had to walk into the ocean to immediately see beautiful corals and an abundance of tropical fish. A few years later on another visit we were horrified to see a devastated wasteland instead of vibrant colors and plenty of fish – local fishermen had destroyed their livelihood by using bombs and arsenic for fishing, dropping anchors without any thoughts of the habitat and dragging nets along the seabed... |
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I used to live in a place... I lived there for twenty years, in Jabalpur. Its ancient name was Jabalpur; it was named after a great mystic and seer of the UPANISHADS, Satyakam Jabal... |
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How scientific is tantra?
Tantra is a science, an art and a lifestyle. I will give you an example of what I mean. It may happen sometime, that a person has... |
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Whenever you are with things which grow, you grow. That is the difficulty with machines: they don't grow, so if you work with machines you are stuck. They don't keep the growing energy flowing around you. So people who work with machines, by and by, slowly slowly become mechanical. Machines reduce man to a machine.
To be with trees and plants is beautiful because they go on growing, they become an impetus, an inspiration, and the whole energy is flowing upwards with the growth. You cannot remain low, you have to go high. If you are alert, then farming can turn you on as no drug can ever do. Just the smell of the wet earth, the smell of the growing plants, the joy of the birds and the sun -- all that becomes a milieu for spiritual growth. To be close to nature is to be close to god.
OSHO
Don’t Bite my Finger, Look where I am Pointing,
Chapter- 21
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 Witnessing is a revolution. It is a radical change... |
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| What does enlightenment mean? — Spiritual awakening, discovering the truth about life? Or is it less defined, just a formless sense of something to work towards on a journey of personal exploration?
Whatever you may have thought or read up until now |
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 Krishna Week celebrations inaugurated
by Sonal Mansingh
Eminent Odissi dancer, Padma Vibhushan Sonal Mansingh, inaugurated “Krishna Week” on August 26, 2010 at 6.30 pm with a “Baithak” (dance excerpts) depicting various moments and episodes from the life of Lord Krishna...
 Tea Ceremony: A Great Meditation
“Zen as a way of life”, an exhibition of paintings by Yuriko Lochan was launched on August 10, 2010 at Osho World galleria. The paintings are in ink on rice paper (‘Suiboku-ga’) and calligraphy. ‘Zen’ is the word derives from ‘Dhyan’ in Sanskrit, means meditation...
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| Laugh Your Way to God |
 Religion remains something dead without a sense of humor as a foundation to it. God would not have been able to create the world if he had no sense of humor. God is not serious at all. Seriousness is a state of disease; humor is health. Love, laughter, life, they are... |
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