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The New Dawn
A many-faceted series of discourses in which Osho dismantles a variety of questions from disciples. One asks: With the imminent possibility of global suicide isn't it a paradox that all we can do is to sit silently? Another worries about the misuse of genetic science, and a third isn't sure how to cope with the stress of living in the world. There are also many questions straight from the heart: about feelings of unworthiness; how to transform feelings of loneliness to a joy in aloneness, and what we can learn from love. Osho's responses are applicable to everyone, everywhere, who is seeking to understand and to evolve.
- GenresPhilosophy
410 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1997
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Osho
4,285 books6,789 followersRajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain, 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990) and latter rebranded as Osho was leader of the Rajneesh movement. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and mystic.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
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July 3, 2023
This book is a fine toast to all those who will be heralding the new dawn, and being the harbingers of the new dawn and the spirits soaring beyond the limits imposed by man upon man whatsoever.
May 26, 2023
My fav quotes (not a review):
Joke: Hymie and Betty Goldberg were having a day in the country. Betty saw a lovely place under a tree next to a small pond and pointed it out to Hymie. ”That’s a beautiful spot for a picnic,” she said. ”It must be, dear,” shrugged Hymie. ”Fifty million mosquitoes can’t be wrong.”
Joke: ”I don’t know why you married me!” cried Mrs. Cohen. ”Because,” Mr. Cohen said, ”you defied the law of gravity.” ”What are you talking about?” said his wife. ”Well,” said Cohen, ”you were easier to pick up than to drop!”"
-Page 76 |"first you have to be enlightened and then you have to find an enlightened woman – that is very difficult. First, it is difficult to become enlightened, and then to find an enlightened woman is an almost impossible job."
Joke: "An old man had gone to the doctor. He was feeling very weak and it looked almost as if his story was coming to an end. The doctor said, ”There is not much that I can do. I can only give you a suggestion: cut your sex life in half.” The old man said, ”Okay, which half – thinking or talking?” Real sex had disappeared long before; it was now only thinking and talking."
Joke: "Asked about his achievements on the earth, Henry Ford boasted, ”My model-T Ford is one of the greatest achievements of all time. Incidentally, what do you think about it?” God smiled and said, ”It was not a bad invention.” And he asked Henry what he thought about his greatest creation – woman. ”Not bad,” said Henry. ”But if you ask me, the inlet valve is a bit too near the exhaust.”"
-Page 300 "You never think about food – every day you eat whatever you feel like eating and whatever your need is. You don’t think about it, you don’t dream about it, you don’t need some pornography, some delicious dishes to look at."
-Page 385 "Titi means date, day, time. Atiti means one who comes absolutely suddenly, without sending a telegram ahead of himself, ”I am coming.”"
-Page 431 "China has gone against Lao Tzu, who was its greatest son. It has gone with Confucius, who is just as ordinary as Manu in India – just a social thinker, creating ways for having a better culture, better civilization, without thinking at all about consciousness."
-Page 457 "Just enjoy everything. When you are alone, laugh. Tell a beautiful joke to yourself, sing. But remember that you have to nourish your aloneness so much that it becomes the most beautiful experience of your life;"
-Page 481 "You say, ”Meditation takes away the immediate tension.” Then your meditation is not real meditation. At the most it may be a little relaxation; that’s why it takes away your immediate tension. If it is meditation it takes away your tension forever. That is the very definition of meditation: not only the tension is taken away, it takes away your very mind which is the root cause of all the tensions."
Joke: "Paddy, Sean and Mick were out hunting one day when they came upon some tracks. After looking at them closely, Paddy said, ”Those are bear tracks.” ”No, no,” said Sean, ”those are deer tracks.” ”Hey Mick,” they both asked, ”what do you think they are?” But before he could answer, all three were hit by a train.
Joke: Little Eddy said to his mother, ”Mom, I want to be early at school this afternoon so that I can sit in the front row. We are going to have a lesson on sex.” When he returned home later that day, his mother noticed that he looked very sad and disappointed. ”What is the matter, Eddy, didn’t you enjoy the lesson?” she asked. ”Phooey,” replied Eddy, ”it was all theory.”
Joke: "Paddy, Sean and Mick were out hunting one day when they came upon some tracks. After looking at them closely, Paddy said, ”Those are bear tracks.” ”No, no,” said Sean, ”those are deer tracks.” ”Hey Mick,” they both asked, ”what do you think they are?” But before he could answer, all three were hit by a train."
Joke: 530 "Little Eddy said to his mother, ”Mom, I want to be early at school this afternoon so that I can sit in the front row. We are going to have a lesson on sex.” When he returned home later that day, his mother noticed that he looked very sad and disappointed. ”What is the matter, Eddy, didn’t you enjoy the lesson?” she asked. ”Phooey,” replied Eddy, ”it was all theory.”"
Joke: The people around him said, ”Couldn’t you get a perfect woman in a lifetime’s search of ninety years?” He said, ”That is the most sad thing. Once I came across a perfect woman, but she was looking for a perfect man.”"
Joke: Hymie and Betty Goldberg were having a day in the country. Betty saw a lovely place under a tree next to a small pond and pointed it out to Hymie. ”That’s a beautiful spot for a picnic,” she said. ”It must be, dear,” shrugged Hymie. ”Fifty million mosquitoes can’t be wrong.”
Joke: ”I don’t know why you married me!” cried Mrs. Cohen. ”Because,” Mr. Cohen said, ”you defied the law of gravity.” ”What are you talking about?” said his wife. ”Well,” said Cohen, ”you were easier to pick up than to drop!”"
-Page 76 |"first you have to be enlightened and then you have to find an enlightened woman – that is very difficult. First, it is difficult to become enlightened, and then to find an enlightened woman is an almost impossible job."
Joke: "An old man had gone to the doctor. He was feeling very weak and it looked almost as if his story was coming to an end. The doctor said, ”There is not much that I can do. I can only give you a suggestion: cut your sex life in half.” The old man said, ”Okay, which half – thinking or talking?” Real sex had disappeared long before; it was now only thinking and talking."
Joke: "Asked about his achievements on the earth, Henry Ford boasted, ”My model-T Ford is one of the greatest achievements of all time. Incidentally, what do you think about it?” God smiled and said, ”It was not a bad invention.” And he asked Henry what he thought about his greatest creation – woman. ”Not bad,” said Henry. ”But if you ask me, the inlet valve is a bit too near the exhaust.”"
-Page 300 "You never think about food – every day you eat whatever you feel like eating and whatever your need is. You don’t think about it, you don’t dream about it, you don’t need some pornography, some delicious dishes to look at."
-Page 385 "Titi means date, day, time. Atiti means one who comes absolutely suddenly, without sending a telegram ahead of himself, ”I am coming.”"
-Page 431 "China has gone against Lao Tzu, who was its greatest son. It has gone with Confucius, who is just as ordinary as Manu in India – just a social thinker, creating ways for having a better culture, better civilization, without thinking at all about consciousness."
-Page 457 "Just enjoy everything. When you are alone, laugh. Tell a beautiful joke to yourself, sing. But remember that you have to nourish your aloneness so much that it becomes the most beautiful experience of your life;"
-Page 481 "You say, ”Meditation takes away the immediate tension.” Then your meditation is not real meditation. At the most it may be a little relaxation; that’s why it takes away your immediate tension. If it is meditation it takes away your tension forever. That is the very definition of meditation: not only the tension is taken away, it takes away your very mind which is the root cause of all the tensions."
Joke: "Paddy, Sean and Mick were out hunting one day when they came upon some tracks. After looking at them closely, Paddy said, ”Those are bear tracks.” ”No, no,” said Sean, ”those are deer tracks.” ”Hey Mick,” they both asked, ”what do you think they are?” But before he could answer, all three were hit by a train.
Joke: Little Eddy said to his mother, ”Mom, I want to be early at school this afternoon so that I can sit in the front row. We are going to have a lesson on sex.” When he returned home later that day, his mother noticed that he looked very sad and disappointed. ”What is the matter, Eddy, didn’t you enjoy the lesson?” she asked. ”Phooey,” replied Eddy, ”it was all theory.”
Joke: "Paddy, Sean and Mick were out hunting one day when they came upon some tracks. After looking at them closely, Paddy said, ”Those are bear tracks.” ”No, no,” said Sean, ”those are deer tracks.” ”Hey Mick,” they both asked, ”what do you think they are?” But before he could answer, all three were hit by a train."
Joke: 530 "Little Eddy said to his mother, ”Mom, I want to be early at school this afternoon so that I can sit in the front row. We are going to have a lesson on sex.” When he returned home later that day, his mother noticed that he looked very sad and disappointed. ”What is the matter, Eddy, didn’t you enjoy the lesson?” she asked. ”Phooey,” replied Eddy, ”it was all theory.”"
Joke: The people around him said, ”Couldn’t you get a perfect woman in a lifetime’s search of ninety years?” He said, ”That is the most sad thing. Once I came across a perfect woman, but she was looking for a perfect man.”"
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